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Refugees with food aid at a refugee camp in Maban, northeast South Sudan.

SOUTH SUDAN: SIXTH YEAR OF FLOODING DEEPENS ONE OF WORLD’S WORST HUNGER CRISES

This year an estimated 1.4 million people – about one sixth of the population in the world’s newest country – face the threat of flooding.

A group of Rohingya children play puzzles in a session carried out by the Geutanyoe Foundation, Save the Children's local partner, in a camp in Aceh, Indonesia.

News Quote: Call for attention on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus told the United Nations General Assembly that the Rohingya refugee crisis is on the "brink of collapse" as international aid dries up, urging immediate global action.

Myat Thu*, 17, doing his family's household chores

MYANMAR: Six months after deadly earthquake ‘fear still lingers’, say children

Children and families in heavily impacted areas of the Southeast Asian country were already in need of humanitarian support even before the earthquake.

Pari* with her newborn baby at the Save the Children MHT

AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE: Tents become delivery rooms as babies born with winter approaching

Babies are being born in tents in earthquake-devastated Eastern Afghanistan with rock falls and boulder-strewn roads making the journey to hospital perilous for pregnant women, Save the Children said.  An estimated 11,000 women in the earthquake-affected areas are currently pregnant and could give birth in tents in coming months, where temperatures regularly fall below freezing in winter, escalating health risks for newborns. 

Amina* holds her premature baby, 4 -day-old Mubarik*, at the hospital maternity ward

SOMALIA: Nearly half of Somalia’s youngest children at risk of malnutrition amid crises and aid shortfalls

The figures reveal that 4.4 million people, or just under a quarter of the population, are now expected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity by the end of 2025.

Faisa* holds her daughter Ikran*, 7 months, as she is assessed for malnutrition using a MUAC band which shows red

NUMBER OF CHILDREN FACING MALNUTRITION IN CONFLICT FAILS TO IMPROVE AS GLOBAL GOAL TO END HUNGER OFF TRACK

As leaders meet at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), an analysis of the latest data by Save the Children found in 20 conflict-affected countries, more than one in three children- were stunted. 

Displaced people on the move in Sudan

INGOs call for urgent protection of civilians fleeing Al Fasher as world leaders met at United Nations

Markets, hospitals, mosques, and displacement camps have been repeatedly targeted, leaving families without food, medicine, or safe shelter. Civilians attempting to flee face extortion, ethnic targeting, sexual violence, and killings along the routes, while prohibitive costs make escape impossible for most. 

A portrait of Roby Lay, Humanitarian Specialist at Save the Children Indonesia.

World leaders urged to join forces in a new UN declaration to protect aid workers in deadliest year yet: Save the Children

The Australia-led Declaration – launching today at the UN General Assembly in New York –aims to strengthen compliance and implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 2730, which calls on States to respect and protect United Nations and humanitarian personnel in accordance with their obligations under international law. 

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