Topic: Crisis Response

Gado Fathi lives in the village of Kompa in Benin, a small country in West Africa. She is an old woman of about 65 years. Before the floods arrived, she lived together with her grandchildren, two boys aged three and five.

Heavy floods are currently affecting the north of Benin in West Africa. In the past months, the neighboring Republic of Niger has experienced heavy rains which resulted in flooding of the Niger river – and the water masses have crossed the border into northern Benin, washing away bridges and houses, destroying farmlands and crops.

“We heard shooting and when we realized it was coming closer we took our baby and ran.” They had no time to take clothes, cooking pots, or any other belongings with them. “I waited for a few hours until the gunfire was gone and then went back to the house to get food, but the village and my house were burnt down,” Jean, the 20-year old father recounts of his flight.

The government of Israel’s eviction and demolition plans for 13 Palestinian villages in the Hebron Hills [1] come as demolition and displacement rates have hit a three-year high, adding to the uncertainty about the future for Palestinians living in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank, a group of 30 aid, development and human rights organizations warned today.

The cholera incidence remains on an upward trend nationally, with the current number of cases at 13,934, and with 232 deaths.

Mali has experienced massive population movements since fighting erupted two weeks ago in the northern cities of Gao, Kidal, and Timbuktu. More than

Feza Mbairwe is a mother of ten children and grandmother of two who loves to cook, spend time with her large family and sing in church

CARE, one of the largest aid organizations worldwide, calls for total protection of women and girls in eastern DR Congo as the conflict in North Kivu enters its fourth month.

One year on from the devastating drought and famine that affected over 12 million people in the Horn of Africa region, CARE International is calling on governments and donors to take action to stop the repeated cycle of food crises in the region.