Darfur: IRC warns civilians trapped in or fleeing El Fasher risk being killed as arrivals in Tawila remain alarmingly low ...

Artillery shelling has hit a hospital run by IRC partner organization SAMS in Al Atareb, western Aleppo. The attack killed six people and injured at least 16. The hospital was damaged so severely it ...

30.4 million people in humanitarian need, the largest humanitarian crisis since records began. Over 12 million people forcibly displaced since April 2023, the largest and fastest displacement crisis ...

Each year, the U.S. president sets a refugee cap that determines how many refugees can be resettled. The Trump administration has set a record-low cap for fiscal year 2026. The administration’s plan ...

Over 68,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to OCHA, which bases its figures on the Gaza Ministry of Health statistics, and more than 170,000 injured since October 7, 2023. Israeli ...

Climate change is set to unleash widespread and sustained damage across the world—even if we succeed in limiting global warming. This is not a problem for future generations to solve. The catastrophic ...

The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate rapidly as the country becomes more unstable. Already, around 550,000 people—80% of them women and children—have been displaced by ...

Since the Taliban entered Kabul, taking control of Afghanistan, the United States has welcomed over 76,000 Afghans forced to flee their country. Some had to leave because they supported the U.S.

Each year, the International Rescue Committee analyzes 190 countries and territories to identify the countries at greatest risk of experiencing a new or worsening humanitarian crisis in the coming ...

people are in need of humanitarian assistance.

Heightened conflict and climate shocks are increasing humanitarian needs in Somalia as communities work to recover from the country’s most severe drought in four decades, which has reduced food ...

The Emergency Watchlist report is the International Rescue Committee’s assessment of the 20 countries at greatest risk of new humanitarian emergencies each year. It is based on an analytically ...