Last week, the United Nations World Food Program (UN WFP) reached the impressive three million (3 M) metric tons of food and first need items successfully transported and delivered to Somalia by...
Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, is visiting Pakistan this week following the unprecedented flooding emergency that resulted in a rapid deteriorating of the humanitarian situation...
Heavy rainfall has been affecting several parts of Venezuela (particularly the Andean Region and the central-western States) over the past few days, causing floods, landslides and severe...
The newly formed Hurricane ORLENE is moving over the western Pacific, towards the western coast of central Mexico. On 3 October at 6.00 UTC, its centre was located about 25 km north of Las Islas...
An earthquake of 5.9 M (6.0 M as reported by the national authorities) at a depth of 21 km occurred in North Tapanuli Regency (North Sumatra Province, western Indonesia) on 30 September at 19.28 UTC...
On 30 September, a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul left more than 20 persons dead. Most of them were young women who were sitting exams at the Kaaj education centre in the Dasht-e-Barchi...
Introduction Chad is one of the poorest countries in the world, marked by low development, very limited availability of basic social services, and exposure to climate and environmental hazards. The...
Introduction In Northeast Nigeria, 8.4 million people require humanitarian aid. According to the latest Cadre Harmoniséprojections, 4.1 million people there could struggle to find enough food during...
Introduction A complex crisis is affecting Mali, driven by conflict and insecurity, triggering (i) large-scale population displacements, (ii) socio-political instability, (iii) climate shocks and...
Janez Lenarčič Commissioner for Crisis Management said: "The EU is alarmed at the deterioration of the humanitarian operating environment in northern Ethiopia since the resumption of hostilities in...