Somalia, a country where half of the population is in need of humanitarian aid, has been facing a triple threat: conflict, climate change and COVID.

CARE International's Global Rapid Gender Analysis on COVID-19, conducted in consultation with the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

Increasingly restrictive border policies have created the most dangerous route in the world. The coronavirus pandemic has made it even worse.

Meet Misra, a high-school student teaching Ethiopian children through conflict and COVID-19.

COVID-19 has already overwhelmed health systems in high-income countries. As it spreads to fragile and crisisaffected countries, it threatens even greater devastation. There is a small window left to mount a robust response while COVID-19 is still in the early stages of spreading to these settings. COVID-19 is a global threat requiring a global response, but the steps to contain it should be designed locally, particularly in the crisis settings where the International Rescue Committee (IRC) works, to avoid exacerbating humanitarian suffering.

New report by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) finds that fragile and conflict-affected countries face a double emergency: the arrival and impact of COVID-19, and the secondary humanitarian, economic and political havoc this outbreak will wreak on countries like South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen and refugee camps worldwide.

What can the EU learn from refugee and migrants’ experiences during COVID-19?

Five key lessons that could save lives as COVID-19 spreads to countries

This IRC report calls for urgent action from the European Commission and member states to chart a more inclusive way forward beyond the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Masresha Mitiku, Senior Cash Transfer Officer at IRC Ethiopia, gives insight into the challenges of her work, what keeps her going, and how cash relief has proven to be a lifeline for displaced families during the COVID-19 pandemic.