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Gunfire damaged tents at a displacement site in northern Rafah, reportedly causing injuries and forcing a humanitarian partner to leave, UN News reported on 4 November, citing the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The organisation had…
Children in Syria whose births or family relationships are undocumented face barriers to schooling, healthcare and nationality, according to UN News reporting on 4 November. A commissioner on the UN’s Syria inquiry described how missing or deceased fathers and unregistered…
Customised mobility and learning aids are helping three siblings in Gaza become more independent, UN News reported on 7 November. With funding from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), EducAid provided equipment tailored to the needs…
Heavy rain and winds from 6 November flooded makeshift displacement sites and damaged buildings across Gaza. By 8 November, humanitarian partners had received requests for assistance from more than 26,000 households, according to OCHA’s situation report published on 9…
More than 7,000 people fled their homes in northern Cabo Delgado from late September to 27 October, escaping fresh violence and fear of attacks by non-state armed groups, according to IOM’s 3 November 2026 release, verified for publication by Simone. IOM reported 5,794 people…
ECDC reported on 9 November that DR Congo had recorded 10,920 confirmed Ebola cases, including 5,323 related deaths, as of 8 November 2026, using data through 7 November. It also reported 2,940 recoveries and 67 affected health zones out of 178 across eight provinces. ECDC…
Years of drought and failed harvests have left families in southern Madagascar with less food and income. CARE reports that farmer Razafinandrasana Marie Neutte, who lives in Tsivory in the Anosy region, harvested three and a half sacks of rice this year, down from 100 sacks…
Eight people died in cyclone-related incidents in Andhra Pradesh after Cyclone Murasu crossed the coast near Ongole on 3 November, officials said. A 6 November report by the Press Trust of India (PTI), based on an official state press release, said five deaths were in Bapatla…
Flash floods swept through Erbil on the evening of 7 November, inundating homes, shops and roads. Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw said preliminary estimates put rainfall at about 80 millimetres, far above the 30 millimetres forecast. Two people died: a five-year-old boy caught…
About 1.05 million people in Lebanon — 21 per cent of the population analysed — are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Phase 3 or worse) from September 2026 to February 2027, according to the latest IPC…
Families forced from their homes in western Yemen are struggling to find shelter, afford food and reach medical care. For people displaced before, renewed fighting means starting that search again, often with few belongings left to bring. More than 300,000 people have fled…
Families in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Tigray regions have been forced to flee again amid renewed insecurity, according to OCHA reporting. Thousands were reportedly displaced in Debre Birhan in Amhara and Shire Town in north-western Tigray. Families who had recently returned to…
Nearly 900,000 displaced people are sheltering in Tawila locality in North Darfur, one year after El Fasher fell, according to OCHA’s 26 October 2026 briefing. The locality-level figure describes people sheltering there; it is not a count of new arrivals during the reporting…
Families began returning to two neighbourhoods of Hebron after the Israeli military operation ended, the United Nations reported on 2 November. A team from seven UN agencies visited residents, including returnees, and reported initial accounts of damage to belongings in homes…