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Sudan: Carnage in Al Fasher must end

Statement by Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Secretary General Jan Egeland on the situation in Al Fasher, Sudan

“The horror unfolding in Al Fasher is beyond words. The Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) assault on civilians and the terror inflicted on families trying to flee are indefensible. Civilians are being shelled, hospitals have been hit, and aid workers and local volunteers are being targeted. Families fleeing the city describe…

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Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water

The collapse of water, sanitation, and hygiene services is accelerating the spread of preventable diseases including cholera and acute watery diarrhoea

Hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been cut off from safe water supplies in recent months due to severe humanitarian funding shortfalls, putting entire communities at heightened risk of deadly disease outbreaks, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). With just a trickle of the humanitarian appeal set at the start…

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Sudan: Surge in Darfur displacement pushes Tawila into full-scale crisis, cholera spreading

Since April 2025, Tawila, has absorbed nearly 379,000 people fleeing repeated campaigns of mass destruction and year long siege on Zamzam Camp and Al Fasher

A massive increase in people fleeing to Tawila in North Darfur over the last three months is propelling the small town into a full-scale humanitarian crisis. With the rainy season starting, hundreds of thousands of people who just barely escaped horror are bracing themselves for torrential storms, cholera outbreak and…

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Aid cuts leaving millions without support

Halfway through 2025, aid cuts by some of the world’s largest donors are having drastic consequences for the world’s most vulnerable, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

“Cuts in aid from major donors are close to crippling the humanitarian response in some of the world’s most dire displacement crises. It is hard to articulate the depth of donors’ abandonment. Compared to this point last year, just two-thirds of the humanitarian funding has been received, which itself was…

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Mozambique: Spiralling hunger crisis and violence amid collapsing aid budgets

Mozambique is being battered by the triple blow of conflict, climate disasters, and extreme hunger, as global funding cuts leave up to a million stranded without aid, warns Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Secretary General Jan Egeland

In a visit to the neglected crisis raging in the north of Mozambique, Egeland described it as at a “critical tipping point,” sounding the alarm over skyrocketing violence, the devastation from multiple cyclones, and the near collapse of aid lifelines due to global funding cuts.   “In a region suffering from…

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Cameroon: the world’s most neglected displacement crisis

The displacement crisis in the country was seldom mentioned in most media outlets around the world, leaving the realities for displaced and conflict-affected people invisible to many

Cameroon is now the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, according to a new report from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Decision makers must recognise that displacement isn’t a distant crisis; it’s a shared responsibility which cannot be ignored. The annual list of neglected displacement crises is based on three criteria:…

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Promoting women's leadership in Cameroon peace processes

The ongoing effects of the Boko Haram insurgency in Cameroon have left thousands of individuals displaced, communities fractured, and former combatants in need of reintegration

Women in Cameroon face unique challenges such as trauma, displacement and stigmatisation because of the Boko Haram insurgency. Recognising the pivotal role women can play in re-building, NORCAP supports women-led organisations to lead disarmament, demobilisation and re-integration efforts. The ongoing effects of the Boko Haram insurgency in Cameroon have left…

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Sudan: Two years of war, starvation & global failure, the world must act now

The region is at a tipping point, with tensions now flaring in South Sudan, Chad and Ethiopia

Two years of war in Sudan have created a humanitarian catastrophe without parallel. Over 30 million people – nearly 65 percent of Sudan’s population – now need urgent assistance to survive. Attacks on civilians are relentless. Women and girls endure systemic sexual violence. The reported use of rape as a…

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Sudan’s darkest hour

Statement by Jan Egeland, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Secretary General on the two-year mark of the Sudan crisis:

“This week, we mark two years of war in Sudan which have caused one of the most harrowing crises of our generation, with the forced displacement of nearly 15 million people. Armed men have for more than 700 days and nights attacked defenceless civilians with impunity. Civilians have not been protected, and peace…

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Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo): Millions facing destitution as violence forces people to flee multiple times

Since the M23 offensive across the region earlier this year, an estimated 1.2 million people have been displaced across North and South Kivu provinces

The escalation of violent conflict in recent months has pushed hundreds of thousands of people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into desperate conditions, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Secretary General Jan Egeland on a visit this week. Displaced families sheltering at temporary sites have once again been…