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 ...

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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 ...

Sudan: More lives at risk as conflict spreads to parts of Al-Jazirah State, restricting access to aid, warns IRC ...

The IRC's 2025 Emergency Watchlist highlights the top 10 global crises, focusing on countries like Sudan, Syria, and Myanmar, where conflict, climate change, and economic instability exacerbate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Global aid faces a $25 billion funding crisis in 2024, leaving 300 million people without essential humanitarian support as major donors cut budgets. Thirteen countries—including Afghanistan, Yemen, ...