#civilian-fears

#civilian-fears

The death toll from a deadly highway bombing in southwestern Colombia has risen to at least 20, including 15 women and five men, according to the governor of the Cauca region.

The closure of the international humanitarian law cell means that funding for the Conflict and Security Monitoring Project, run by the Centre for Information Resilience, will also end. This project has been crucial in documenting incidents in Gaza since the war began in October 2023.

Drought and rising costs are pushing Somalia deeper into crisis, with 6.5 million people skipping meals and going hungry every day. The impact is felt across the country.

Qusay told Al Jazeera that the settlers divided themselves into groups to attack the Palestinian tents. Five of the settlers attacked his tent where he had been asleep and began beating him severely with their hands and sticks.

Hawa Adam lost her two-year-old son, Ali, to measles, attributing his death to the lack of basic medical care, including no vaccinations and no qualified doctors.

The evidence shows how sexualised violence is used to pressure communities, shape decisions about remaining or leaving their homes and land, and alter patterns of daily life.

UNICEF stated that it is outraged after Israel killed two drivers it had contracted to deliver clean water to families in Gaza, emphasizing the need for accountability.

Since early 2025, clashes have intensified in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), displacing hundreds of thousands of people across the region.

In 2025, the administration of US President Donald Trump ordered the US Agency for International Development to be closed; this year, it withdrew the country from 66 international organizations. Other Western nations that are plagued with high levels of debt and pressure to prioritize domestic challenges have slashed their foreign aid, too. According to projections, official development assistance dropped by 9-17% in 2025, amounting to some US$55 billion.

Life is cautiously returning to the streets of Dilling, the second largest city in South Kordofan state, after the Sudanese army broke a suffocating siege that had isolated the area for more than two years. For months, the city had been encircled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), cutting off vital supply lines and trapping civilians in a severe humanitarian crisis.