Cologne/Mahagi. A new wave of violence in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has forced over 200,000 people to flee their homes in just two months. According to the...
Cologne/Cox’s Bazar. As the first cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Bangladesh’s Kutupalong camp, nearly one million Rohingya refugees in the world’s largest refugee settlement are facing the added...
Kampala. Malteser International is preparing assistance for people affected in the Kasese district of western Uganda following the region’s worst flooding in almost 50 years. Days of torrential rains...
Cologne. Malteser International warns that the impact of the coronavirus emergency could increase the number of severely hungry people around the world in the coming months. “The COVID-19 pandemic...
Last Friday, a new case of the Ebola virus disease was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The confirmation of the new case in the eastern city of Beni – the first recorded in over 40...
Cologne/Idlib. As the war in Syria enters its tenth year, Malteser International has called for a change in perspective. “Nine years of brutal conflict have cost hundreds of thousands of human lives...
Families faced with severe food crisis as locusts devastate crops Nairobi. Malteser International is preparing to respond to the massive locust infestation sweeping across East Africa. Vast swarms of...
Ten years ago, on January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people and leaving over 1 million homeless. The solemn anniversary comes in the wake of urgent...
Joint statement by 40 NGOs The international community is failing in its commitment to share responsibility for responding to one of the world's biggest refugee crises, 40 international NGOs in...
Port au Prince, le 21 novembre 2019 – Les organisations humanitaires en Haïti expriment leur préoccupation face à l’ampleur de la crise alimentaire confirmée par la publication des résultats du Cadre...