ReliefWeb: Updates by Country

03.01.2024 08:23 Countries: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Sudan, United States of America Source: US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Please refer to the attached file. The United Nations and partner organizations estimate that 299.4 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection in 2024. These needs are driven by conflict, the climate crisis, and economic factors, according to the , the annual assessment of worldwide humanitarian needs and how to address them. This report will provide brief updates on the five crises— in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and Myanmar—with the largest populations in need of humanitarian assistance in 2024, according to the Global Humanitarian Overview. This list is far from an exhaustive summary of situations in need of humanitarian support. other crises in Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen have some of the most significant funding requirements. Some crises—such as those in the Central African Republic, Burundi, Burkina Faso, and Venezuela—are relative to their needs. By covering crises that have the most people in need, this report draws on both ‘forgotten’ crises, such as Myanmar, and crises that demand the largest humanitarian responses, such as Afghanistan. The report will conclude with policy recommendations related to these emergencies.

02.01.2024 23:50 Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: UN Children's Fund Please refer to the attached file. Highlights The scale and complexity of the ongoing conflict resulted in new massive displacements notably in North Kivu putting children at risk. Close to 3,400 unaccompanied children or children separated from their caregivers have been assisted in the past five months with a sharp increase in the number of children requiring assistance in the past month. DRC is facing the worst cholera outbreak in six years with over 28,000 notified cases reported in North Kivu alone. The cholera outbreak is expanding in the IDPs sites following the new population movements Since June 2023, UNICEF has reached nearly 1.3 million people across the crisis-affected areas representing 45% per cent of the ambitious scale-up target. UNICEF received only 3 per cent of the funding required since the declaration of the L3 scale up. Funding remains a challenge in attaining the life-saving and acute protection assistance scale-up targets.

02.01.2024 15:30 Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: UN Satellite Centre Please refer to the attached Map. This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters and landslides in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of The Congo, as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 28 December 2023, at 10:21 local time. Within the analysed area of 44,000 ha, approximately 3 ha of landslide scars are observed and about 460 ha of land appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data, the detected surface waters and the landslide scar extent, about 25,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to landslide and flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please provide ground feedback to the United Nations Satellite Centre .

02.01.2024 15:30 Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file.

02.01.2024 15:30 Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file.

02.01.2024 15:30 Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file.