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Siria: Nueva urgencia para acabar con el sistema de detención ilícita que afecta a decenas de miles de personas tras la derrota del Estado Islámico

More than 100 aid organizations call for immediate action to pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe Almost five months into 2025, the Humanitarian Needs Response Plan is less than 10 per cent funded, preventing critical aid delivery to millions of people across the country, including women, girls and other vulnerable groups.

زلزال ميانمار بعد مرور شهر: الاحتياجات لا تزال هائلة لا تزال الأوضاع الميدانية صعبة للغاية. فقد تم تدمير أكثر من 50,000 مبنى، وانهارت العديد من المباني الأخرى جزئياً أو أصبحت مهددة بالانهيار. أكثر من 198,000 شخص نزحوا ويواصلون العيش في العراء تحت درجات حرارة تصل إلى أربعين درجة مئوية، وسط خوف شديد من الهزات الارتدادية المستمرة. ومع اقتراب موسم الأعاصير في ميانمار خلال أيام قليلة، تتعرض المجتمعات الساحلية لرياح قوية وأمطار غزيرة، مما يعرّض العائلات لمخاطر الفيضانات والانهيارات الأرضية والحرّ الشديد.

New data: Since 2014, 52,000 migrants died fleeing humanitarian crises; IOM urges collective action Since 2014, more than 52,000 people have died while trying to escape crisis-affected countries. That’s nearly three-quarters (72%) of all migrant deaths recorded globally during this period. These include over 39,000 people who died within crisis zones, often while trapped in unsafe conditions, and more than 13,500 who died while trying to flee conflict or disaster.

World Food Programme warns of rising hunger and malnutrition in Ethiopia as humanitarian needs outpace resources - More than 10 million people are facing hunger and malnutrition across Ethiopia. These include three million people forced from their homes due to conflict and extreme weather. - Malnutrition rates are alarmingly high, with 4.4 million pregnant and breastfeeding women and children in need of treatment. - In parts of Somali, Oromia, Tigray, and Afar regions, child wasting has surpassed the 15 percent emergency threshold. - Humanitarian needs in Ethiopia are rising due to conflict in neighboring countries. WFP already supports 800,000 refugees in Ethiopia, including 100,000 Sudanese refugees, while escalating insecurity in northeastern South Sudan could drive 10,000 more refugees across the border. - Poor rainfall expected in south-eastern Ethiopia through May risks another drought in the Somali region as families are still reeling from the 2020-2023 drought – the country’s longest on record.

In 2024, the Emergency Events Database recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95 billion. The year 2024 was marked by extreme temperature events in Asia that caused thousands of deaths, severe droughts in Africa affecting over 25 million people, and devastating tropical storms in the United States of America, with cumulative damage exceeding US$100 billion.

La violencia persistente y el desplazamiento provocan un hambre récord en Haití mientras las necesidades se disparan El último informe de la Clasificación Integrada de la Seguridad Alimentaria en Fases (IPC por sus siglas en inglés) muestra que se proyecta que una cifra récord de 5,7 millones de personas —más de la mitad de todos los haitianos— experimentarán inseguridad alimentaria aguda (IPC Fase 3+) hasta junio de 2025. De ellos, se proyecta que poco más de dos millones enfrentarán hambre en nivel de Emergencia (IPC Fase 4), mientras que se espera que unas 8.400 personas enfrenten Catástrofe (IPC Fase 5), el nivel más crítico de inseguridad alimentaria, donde las personas experimentan una escasez extrema de alimentos, desnutrición aguda grave y riesgo de inanición.

At least 23 children and 9 aid workers reportedly killed in Al Fasher, Abu Shouk and Zamzam camps in North Darfur, Sudan Horrific violence has seen 16 children reportedly killed in Al Fasher, a further six children and nine aid workers killed in an attack on Zamzam camp for internally displaced people, and one child killed in Abu Shouk camp. Over the past three months, more than 140 children have been killed or maimed in Al Fasher alone, underscoring the relentless toll of the ongoing war on children in Sudan.

Myanmar: Heavy rains heighten risk of disease outbreaks following earthquake Save the Children and its partners are seeing the needs of children firsthand in communities with limited access to clean water in the aftermath of the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake on 28 March. In some areas, access to safe water has been severely disrupted with some primary water sources now contaminated and people forced to rely on spring or surface water. In the hardest hit areas, damaged pipelines have also cut access to spring water and rivers are far away. The lack of electricity in some areas has made it impossible to pump water.

Myanmar - Earthquakes (ECHO Daily Flash of 28 March 2025) - A strong earthquake of 7.7 M at a depth of 10 km occurred on 28 March at 06.20 UTC (12.50 local time) in Sagaing Region, central Myanmar. The epicentre was located about 16 km north-north-west of Sagaing city, and 19 km north-west of Mandalay city. An aftershock of 6.4 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in the same area at 06.32 UTC. Sagaing is home to 1.3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) – a third of all IDPs in Myanmar. - USGS PAGER estimates that up to 7,000 people were exposed to violent shaking, up to 2,866,000 people to severe shaking, and up to 10,190,000 exposed to strong and very strong shaking. - According to media reports, several buildings collapsed in Mandalay city, and buckling roads have been observed in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. The earthquake was felt in Bangkok and Chiang Mai cities in Thailand, where people have been evacuated from buildings, and in Yunnan and Shaanxi provinces in China. Aftershocks are continuing to be felt across the country. - Myanmar has the fifth highest number of people in need of humanitarian assistance globally – 20 million, or about a third of the country.

A third of Myanmar’s population faces food insecurity, UN human rights experts warn Since the military coup in February 2021, the intensification of conflict across the country has led to an estimated 15.2 million people facing acute food insecurity.

Violence in South Sudan causes new influx in Ethiopia’s Gambella region The situation in South Sudan's northern counties of Nasir and Ulang rapidly escalated, causing significant displacement and humanitarian concerns. Since mid-February 2025, the violence has led to the displacement of tens of thousands within South Sudan, with 50,000 people newly displaced within Nasir and 34,000 in Ulang. According to the local authority in Gambella, many have fled to neighbouring Ethiopia. By March 10, over 10,000 people had crossed into Gambella Region, a sharp increase from 6,900 just a few days earlier on March 6. These new arrivals, predominantly from South Sudan's Upper Nile State, are crossing through the Burbiey border of Gambella Region. The numbers are increasing at an alarming rate, and local authorities are tracking and assisting the displaced individuals, as they are dispersed across various communities, especially in Burbiey and Matar area.

Uno de cada cuatro países notifica un retroceso en los derechos de las mujeres en 2024 Los derechos de las mujeres y niñas se enfrentan a un escenario sin precedentes de amenazas cada vez mayores en todo el mundo, desde niveles más altos de discriminación hasta protecciones jurídicas más débiles y un menor financiamiento para los programas y las instituciones que apoyan y protegen a las mujeres.

تقول تقارير إن أطفالاً بعمر السنة تعرضوا للاغتصاب في خضمّ الصراع العنيف في السودان — اليونيسف

1 de cada 3 niños y niñas desplazados en Haití tiene 5 años o menos Se calcula que casi 200,000 de los más de 500,000 niños y niñas desplazados en Haití tienen cinco años o menos, muchos de los cuales se han visto obligados a huir varias veces. Estos niños y niñas pequeños son especialmente vulnerables y, mientras estén desplazados, muchos de ellos no podrán acceder a las necesidades básicas de la primera infancia, como vacunas, agua potable, atención sanitaria, alimentos nutritivos y cobijo adecuado frente al calor extremo y la lluvia.

DSWD DROMIC Report #2 on the Effects of Northeast Monsoon in Northern Luzon as of 01 March 2025, 6PM

Apoyo a Ucrania para construir un futuro sin minas - UNOPS adquirió y entregó una máquina de desminado mecánico para el Servicio Estatal de Transporte Especial (SSTS) de Ucrania. Esta máquina, que se controla a distancia, protege a quien la opera de la exposición a los explosivos y aumenta la velocidad del desminado. - UNOPS ha entregado casi la mitad de los más de 7.600 artículos de equipo necesarios para el despliegue de 428 especialistas de actividades relativas a las minas más que llevarán a cabo el desminado manual. - Se prestó apoyo al Servicio Estatal de Transporte Especial de Ucrania para capacitar a 164 personas, 138 de las cuales ya están cualificadas como especialistas en desminado y listas para el despliegue operacional. - El centro de formación del Servicio Estatal de Transporte Especial recibió unidades de calefacción y aire acondicionado para poder impartir capacitación durante todo el año.

Latest IPC analysis predicts 4.4 million Somalis will face high levels of acute food insecurity Below-average rainfall in October-December 2024 led to a substantial reduction in crop output in agropastoral and riverine livelihoods and faster pasture and water depletion in pastoral areas.

بناء المهارات الريادية لدعم المشاريع وخلق فرص العمل في العراق تعزز منظمة العمل الدولية بيئة ريادة الأعمال في العراق من خلال توفير التدريب لدعم المشاريع المتناهية الصغر والصغيرة والمتوسطة (MSMEs). ومن خلال برنامج "ابدأ وحسّن مشروعك " (SIYB)، يكتسب المدربون ورواد الأعمال المهارات الأساسية في إدارة الأعمال، مما يساهم في زيادة فرص التشغيل للاجئين والنازحين والمجتمعات المضيفة.

India: New scientific study confirms climate change played key role in deadly 2023 lake outburst in Sikkim Massive collapse of moraine into South Lhonak lake in October 2023 sparked a 20-metre-high ‘tsunami-like’ wave that sent 20,000 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of water downstream – making it one of the most catastrophic to hit the Himalayas in recent decades.