More than one million people in Gaza are facing renewed terror, after receiving an emergency order to evacuate Gaza City, ahead of a major ground offensive by the Israeli military. For many, escape is impossible – the elderly, critically unwell, heavily pregnant or wounded.
This report provides an overview of the total population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan, including those displaced both before and after the onset of the conflict on 15 April 2023.
A new report by Human Rights Watch documents attacks by all the warring parties in Yemen on journalists. An attack on a media center in Sanaa, the capital, by Israeli forces on September 10, is one more example of the danger for media workers in Yemen.
On 12 September 2025, heavy rain and floods across Major 6 village in Um Algura locality, Aj Jazirah displaced approximately 4,250 individuals (850 households).
Despite urgent needs, 62 per cent of UNICEF’s response remains unfunded. Without timely support, the most vulnerable children risk missing access to critical, lifesaving services.
In August 2025, 70 humanitarian access incidents were recorded nationwide. Partners report a marked surge in violence targeting staff, compounds, and supplies—likely linked to worsening economic hardship—resulting in mission stand-downs, delayed deliveries, temporary program suspensions, and heightened risks for civilians and aid workers.
Any further intensification of the military offensive in Gaza City would multiply children’s suffering exponentially, ripping away the last vestiges of protection. Over 50,000 children have reportedly been either killed or maimed in less than two years.
Following the rapid power shift in Damascus on 8 December 2024, the Syrian Arab Republic (hereinafter referred to as Syria) is undergoing a pivotal transformation, reshaping its humanitarian, political, demographic, and recovery landscape.
Child malnutrition in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate, with the latest evidence showing a record proportion of children screened were identified as acutely malnourished in August.
The fall of the Assad government on 8 December 2024 marked a significant turning point in Syria’s political and humanitarian trajectory. This turn of events presents an opportunity to end one of the largest displacement crises in the world including for millions of internally displaced Syrians.
As of 9 September, an estimated 273,000 people are affected in 12 counties across four states, with Jonglei and Unity states accounting for over 91 per cent of those impacted.
August has brought much wetter conditions across the country, improving crop and pasture conditions but also increasing flood risk and leading to expansion of flood areas.
Gaza City is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as Israel’s latest military assault escalates, pushing people to the brink and threatening the survival of what remains of the health system.
IOM’s Flow Monitoring Registry (FMR) tracks migrant arrivals to Yemen and migrant departure from Yemen through preidentified and accessible flow monitoring points located in various governorates in Yemen including Ta’iz, Lahj, Abyan, Shabwa and Al Mahara.
This brief draws on the June 2025 wave of the enhanced Refugee Perceptions and Intentions to Return to Syria Survey (eRPIS), conducted by phone with 6,316 Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt between 25 May and 5 July 2025, representing ~782,000 Syrian refugee households.
South Sudan faces an escalating food crisis, driven by ongoing conflict, frequent climate shocks and economic instability. These overlapping challenges have deepened food insecurity across the country, putting millions at risk and straining already limited resources.
There are now million forcibly displaced due to the outbreak of conflict in Sudan since April 2023, including million internally and million in neighbouring countries.
Since 13 July 2025, the security situation in As-Sweida and Dar’a Governorates in southern Syria has escalated due to political tensions and armed confrontations.
