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The Central Sahel: How conflict and climate change drive crisis
Learn how conflict and climate change interact to form a compounded crisis in the Central Sahel, one of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
- Article
- September 27, 2023
What happens when climate change and conflict collide?
Discover how climate change and conflict intersect to drive crises in vulnerable regions and how the IRC supports impacted communities.
- Article
- November 26, 2024
Protecting and aiding civilians in conflict
In conflicts around the world, the targeting of civilians and their homes, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure has become routine. People are cut off from food, water and lifesaving assistance. The IRC advocates with global leaders for actions that uphold the laws of war, protect civilians in conflict, hold violators to account and allow humanitarian organizations to have greater access to people in need.
- Resource
- October 12, 2020
Mali
The International Rescue Committee provides lifesaving assistance to Malians affected by conflict and facing food shortages in the West African nation.
- Country
Sudan Crisis Report: One Year of Conflict
April 2024 marks one year since fighting broke out between rival factions of Sudan’s security force, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), engulfing Sudan in conflict. Read our report here.
- Report
- April 12, 2024
Conflict in the DRC: What you need to know about the crisis
Learn more about the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and how humanitarian organizations are delivering aid to affected communities.
- Article
- February 12, 2025
Ethiopia
The International Rescue Committee provides a wide range of assistance for refugees, displaced persons and vulnerable Ethiopian communities as the country faces conflict, regional instability, climate change and food insecurity as a lingering effect of subsequent droughts.
- Country
3 ways the Ukraine conflict will drive up hunger in other crisis zones
Humanitarian needs in countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and Somalia could rise as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. Here are three reasons why.
- Article
- August 1, 2022
Are we listening? Acting on our commitments to women and girls affected by the Syrian conflict
This report sheds light on the condition of women and girls inside Syria and those who have fled the conflict for safety in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq.
- Report
- September 1, 2014
How to Make the New Climate Finance Target Work for Conflict-affected Communities
The three global challenges of climate change, extreme poverty and conflict are converging to form a new epicenter of crisis. This convergence is neither a coincidence nor inevitable.
- Report
- May 27, 2024