Severe malnutrition among children has surged across Somalia, with health facilities supported by the ICRC seeing record admissions since the devastating drought two years ago. In May alone, the stabilization centre at Kismayo General Hospital admitted 277 critically ill children, the highest monthly number since 2023.

From April 30 to May 15, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) accompanied 1,359 unarmed individuals belonging to the government forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their families

Thousands of Sudanese refugees have arrived in the border town of Tiné in Eastern Chad since fighting escalated in the neighboring Darfur in mid-April.

Tens of thousands of people arrived in Burundi since the beginning of this year, fleeing the escalation of armed conflict in the east of the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.

Health facilities attacked or looted, health personnel displaced, ambulances blocked or destroyed – nearly two years of the armed conflict in Sudan have had a devastating impact on healthcare.

The DRC Red Cross, the ICRC and the IFRC are gravely concerned by the deepening humanitarian crisis in the Kivu region of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly in the city of Goma. Thousands of civilians, including women and children and wounded and sick people, are bearing the brunt of the conflict.

Severe malnutrition rates have risen sharply in healthcare facilities supported by the ICRC in northeast Nigeria. Clinics report a 24% increase in the number of young children suffering from malnutrition compared to the previous year.

Rural areas of northern Ethiopia that have experienced heavy fighting in the past years remain heavily contaminated by unexploded ordnance. Weapon contamination poses severe risks for civilians, especially children.