Food insecurity reaches catastrophic levels: South Sudan enters 2026 with a hunger crisis—28,000 people face catastrophic ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today released its annual Emergency Watchlist, identifying the 20 countries most at ...

Lima, Peru, March 9, 2022 — As Peru has become one of the main host countries for displaced Venezuelans, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) announced the launch of operations in the country.

12 December 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is raising the alarm as thousands of people fleeing escalating clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have crossed into Burundi ...

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We are seeing unprecedented levels of humanitarian need in the world today. Last year alone, nearly 340 million people identified as being in humanitarian need. In 2014, that number was 81 million ...

The Emergency Watchlist report is the International Rescue Committee’s assessment of the 20 countries at greatest risk of new humanitarian emergencies each year. It is based on an analytically ...

Sudan: More lives at risk as conflict spreads to parts of Al-Jazirah State, restricting access to aid, warns IRC ...

The ongoing blockade of grain and wheat exports in the Black Sea ports of Ukraine is having dire impacts for regions like East Africa already facing severe food insecurity. Without action, countries ...

Each year, the International Rescue Committee releases a list of the 20 humanitarian crises expected to deteriorate the most over the next year. For the past decade, this report has helped us ...

Heightened conflict and climate shocks are increasing humanitarian needs in Somalia as communities work to recover from the country’s most severe drought in four decades, which has reduced food ...

Each year, the International Rescue Committee analyzes 190 countries and territories to identify the countries at greatest risk of experiencing a new or worsening humanitarian crisis in the coming ...