The methodology used for the 2026 Watchlist is described here to ensure transparency and reproducibility.

Philanthropist and IRC Advisory Board Member, Badr Jafar’s latest book, The Business of Philanthropy, discusses the changing nature of philanthropy within and from emerging markets

In an instant, Assad lost his home and his livelihood when the Aug. 4 explosion devastated his Beirut neighberhood. Now he's beginning again with the IRC's support.

The Democratic Republic of Congo features on this year’s emergency watchlist. This is why.

Four reasons why South Sudan ranks fifth on the International Rescue Committee’s 2025 Emergency Watchlist.

The Immigrant Welcoming Task Force at First Congregational Church in Bellevue spent the month of February gathering pantry staples, seasonings, spices, and condiments to stock the IRC in Seattle's emergency food pantry.

Humanitarian need and political instability grow as armed groups expand their control of northern Burkina Faso. Learn more about why Burkina Faso features on the IRC’s 2023 Emergency Watchlist....

Here are five reasons the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Yemen as the country most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe in 2021.