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Worsening socio-economic conditions, new and ongoing conflicts and humanitarian funding shortfalls are increasing the risk of gender-based violence for forcibly displaced women and girls, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning today. “A toxic mix of crises…

Overview The emergency On 5 December 2021, clashes over diminishing water resources broke out between herders, farmers and fishermen in Cameroon’s Far North region, the second major outbreak of violence within four months. The situation rapidly deteriorated: according…

Escalating conflicts intensify large-scale forced displacement he West and Central Africa (WCA) region currently hosts over 13 million persons of concern to UNHCR, including 1.6 million refugees and 7.6 million internally displaced people. The region counts 5.5…

One of the most damaging effects of conflict is the way it disrupts and destroys the social life of children. Children are often forced to move into refugee camps where they may wait for years in…

Girls aged 15 to 24 are three times more likely to acquire HIV than boys of the same age group in sub-Saharan Africa Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania – On the occasion of International Day of the Girl,…

Ensure Psychosocial Services Are Based on Rights, Autonomy, Dignity (Brussels) – Governments, UN agencies, and humanitarian organizations should take concrete steps to develop and invest in psychosocial support for people affected by armed conflicts, Human Rights Watch…

Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. AIR AND DRONE STRIKES KILL DOZENS OF CIVILIANS…

Júlia Palik Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Anna Marie Obermeier Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Siri Aas Rustad Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) 1. Introduction Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 calls on the world to achieve peaceful and inclusive societies…

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 the lean season (June-August 2022) without humanitarian assistance. According to the…

Project Update The land route between Central America and the United States (US) is one of the most dangerous in the world for migrants. People leave their countries in search of safety and well-being. But what they…