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Verified humanitarian updates across AFRICA, with maps and attributed sources.
SomaliaUNHCR-led Protection and Solutions Monitoring Flash Alert 24 reports that armed clashes and related security incidents in Baidoa continued from 28 September through 3 October 2026. The alert estimates that 934 households, comprising 5,604 people, fled homes and displacement sites in the Wadajir and Berdale neighbourhoods. It says displaced families…
SenegalHeavy rain caused flooding, transport disruption and building damage in Dakar and other parts of Senegal after rainfall totals exceeded 100 millimetres at some gauges. GDACS event FL 1104203 covers 27 September to 6 October 2026 and lists a Green alert with two deaths and no displaced-person figure. This is retained as the GDACS national event…
GhanaHeavy rainfall caused the River Dayi to overflow in Ghana's Volta Region in late September, flooding homes, displacing residents and disrupting transport. GDACS event FL 1104196 reports 3,346 people displaced across the 23–30 September event window and lists no deaths. The displaced figure is retained as a GDACS event-wide observation. No broader…
NigeriaFloods in Nigeria were linked to six reported deaths and the displacement of 2,400 people between 21 September and 7 October 2026, according to the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS). For those displaced, the figures represent people forced away from their usual homes, although the available report does not say where they are…
ChadUNHCR's Eastern Chad situation update records 1,400,746 Sudanese refugees in Chad as of 28 September 2026. Within that national population, 964,438 people in 279,771 households arrived from Sudan since April 2023. These are distinct scopes: the larger figure is the national Sudanese-refugee population, while 964,438 is the post-April-2023 arrival series.…
Congo - KinshasaThe Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached 9,552 confirmed cases as of 18 October 2026, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) daily epidemiological update. The total included 4,602 confirmed deaths and 2,550 recoveries. This is an increase of 137 confirmed cases, 66 confirmed deaths and 28 recoveries…
AlgeriaAlgeria's General Directorate of Civil Protection reported one death and several rescues during heavy thunderstorms affecting Tébessa province between 19 and 20 September. A person died in Bir El Ater after rain and mud caused a landslide that overturned a tractor. Teams rescued two people trapped in a vehicle on Chrea Road and one person from floodwater…
GuineaGDACS episode 5 currently reports no deaths, 30 people displaced and 30 houses damaged in Boukaria, Kankan Region, from 3 to 5 October 2026. The GDACS revision timeline separately records episode 1 at one death and 269 people displaced from 18 to 20 September. GDACS does not publish a combined 299-person total on the current event page, so WorldsAid…
CameroonFlooding in Douala, Cameroon, after heavy rain on the night of 12–13 September 2026 affected nearly 500 households and forced about 200 people to leave their homes, according to an OCHA situation update drawing on the Wouri divisional committee of the Cameroon Red Cross. Douala I and Douala V were among the hardest-hit areas. The reported impacts are…
SomaliaUNHCR-led Protection and Solutions Monitoring Flash Alert 23 reports that drought and insecurity displaced 350 households, comprising 2,100 people, across Gedo, Lower Juba and Middle Juba between 12 and 20 September 2026. The alert says consecutive failed rainy seasons intensified drought conditions and reduced access to food, safe water and agricultural…
Congo - KinshasaConcern reported expanding community awareness, clean-water access, sanitation and infection prevention support for health facilities. Its 3 September update said awareness activities had reached more than 70,000 people. Source report date: 2026-09-03. Reviewed 28 September 2026.
NigerOCHA’s Niger flood update, published through ReliefWeb, reports that as of 1 September 2026 floods had affected 34,372 people in 5,470 households, with 44 deaths and 95 injuries. Maradi, Zinder and Dosso were among the hardest-hit areas. The report recorded 4,412 houses collapsed, 43 classrooms damaged, and losses to livestock and food stocks. The source…
NigeriaNigeria recorded more than 65,000 suspected cholera cases across 35 states and about 195 Local Government Areas from the start of 2026 through August, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention figures cited in UNFPA's August situation report. Borno State remained the epicentre, with Maiduguri, Monguno and Jere among the…
SomaliaFlash Alert 22, published through UNHCR's Operational Data Portal, records 5,160 people in 860 households displaced to Afgooye after security operations and related armed confrontations in parts of Somalia's Lower Shabelle Region. The reported events occurred between 29 August and 13 September 2026 in and around Basra, Alifow, Baqdaad, Beytalkariim,…
SomaliaSomalia is confronting overlapping hunger, displacement and climate emergencies after consecutive failed rainy seasons, continuing conflict and sharp reductions in humanitarian assistance. The Norwegian Refugee Council reported on 27 August that 6 million people—around one in three Somalis—were facing Crisis-level hunger or worse. More than 700,000…
SudanSudan remains one of the world's gravest humanitarian emergencies as conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces enters a fourth year. Nearly 13 million people have been forced from their homes, including more than 3.2 million who fled to neighbouring countries. UNHCR's June data records 8,805,506 internally displaced people in…
NigeriaArmed bandit attacks, village raids and kidnappings for ransom are driving a worsening humanitarian crisis across north-western and north-central Nigeria. BBC reporting published on 26 August documented survivors from Zamfara who fled killings, arson and abductions, while a separate attack on four villages in Niger State left more than 40 people reported…
NigeriaMSF teams are integrating mental-health support into malnutrition care for children and their caregivers in Nigeria. MSF treated 425,634 children for acute malnutrition across northern Nigeria in 2025, a 41.8 per cent increase over 2024.
Congo - KinshasaThe Democratic Republic of the Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak continued to expand into October 2026. WHO's daily epidemiological update reported 9,277 confirmed cases, 4,478 confirmed deaths and 2,486 recoveries in the country as of 15 October. The current WHO multi-country table totals 9,300 confirmed cases and 4,481 confirmed deaths, while a newer…
SomaliaSomalia's humanitarian funding shortfall is removing essential services just as drought, conflict, displacement and rising costs are increasing pressure on children and families. UNICEF reported that 205 health and nutrition facilities had already closed, reducing service coverage by 30 per cent and forcing families to travel farther for care. Admissions…
EthiopiaMSF has opened a new programme supporting primary and secondary healthcare in West and East Wollega, Oromia. The project is intended to improve access for communities affected by insecurity and gaps in essential services.
SomaliaAn MSF survey of displaced families in Baidoa found every second child assessed was acutely malnourished and one in four severely malnourished. More than 21,000 children entered MSF-supported outpatient nutrition care during 2026, while 2,890 required inpatient care and about 2,500 measles cases were treated.
South AfricaMSF scaled up medical and humanitarian support around the South Africa-Zimbabwe border after anti-migrant violence caused injuries, trauma and barriers to care. The response links emergency treatment with mental-health and protection referrals.
Congo - KinshasaWorld Central Kitchen expanded food assistance in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo through Panzi Hospital and local partners as conflict, displacement, food insecurity and disease pressures deepened. By late July, WCK reported delivering 500,000 meals to patients and staff.
Central African RepublicThe Ministry of Health declared a cholera outbreak in the Bimbo and Mbaïki health districts. As of 9 July, 436 suspected cases and 36 deaths had been recorded across Bangui 2, Bimbo and Mbaïki. Children under 10 accounted for 44 per cent of reported cases. CERF allocated US$1 million for rapid interventions targeting 88,700 people.