Current affairs

DRC in Ukraine: Support for IDP collective centres in Western Ukraine

VIDEO: They fled to save their lives from the war in Ukraine, but now struggle to find a safe place within their country while waiting for peace to return. DRC has mapped the needs of 20+ IDP centres in western Ukraine and 6 have already applied for grants to improve basic living conditions.

DRC sets ambitious target: Reducing 50% of our carbon emissions by 2030

The climate crisis causes disasters and protracted climate change that leads to forced displacement and worsened conditions for millions of the world's most vulnerable. At DRC, we have now committed ourselves to respond to the climate crisis by reducing the carbon footprint that emerges from our work for people affected by conflict and displacement around the world.

DRC launches Community Feedback Mechanism Guidance key to closing persistent accountability gap

Of the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) nine commitments, Commitment 5 on welcoming and addressing complaints consistently scores the lowest.

Humanitarian mine action in Afghanistan

It’s spring and the peak season for farmers to prepare the land for new crops in Afghanistan. Among the challenges here, however, is not least that large parts of farmland are contaminated by explosive remnants of war.

UKRAINE: Access to war-stricken families is crucial

DRC is working with 61 local partners for crisis response and is preparing several mine clearance operations in Kyiv. Regional director: "We are operating under extremely harsh and unpredictable conditions. But with the support of thousands of donors, we will continue to expand our life-saving crisis response."

The Long Walk to Mogadishu: Thousands of Drought-Affected IDPs Flee to The City

Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are experiencing one of the worst droughts in 40 years after three back-to-back failed rainy seasons. Thousands of people have been forced into displacement while seeking food, water and pasture, and the governments of Kenya and Somalia have declared national emergencies.

DRC legal advice by street lawyers in east Ukraine

I lost my home - what are my rights as internally displaced? Where do I get new ID papers? Can I cross the border without documentation?

Explosive remnants of war in Ukraine

For every new day of conflict in Ukraine, the country is littered with lethal traces of unexploded ordnance.

DRC in Ukraine: Emergency aid to Odesa

Parcels on the way to Balta and Podilsk in Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine, where communities are in dire need of humanitarian aid due to the consequences of active fighting.

The deadly legacy of Yemen’s forgotten conflict

As Yemen enters its eighth year of fighting, civilians are in danger from the growing and deadly threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance left behind by the conflict.

Hunger eats away at Afghans' ability to dignified self-preservation

"The extent of distress and desperation we see here in Afghanistan is incomprehensible. And it's getting worse day by day. " These are the words of Jared Rowell, country director of DRC Afghanistan where nearly 23 million people are starving. Read about the disastrous reality of the Afghan population, and how it has come to this.

Myanmar: New waves of displacement in Kachin State

Active fighting continues to erupt between belligerent forces in Kachin State in northern Myanmar. Thousands of people here are regularly displaced due to conflict and often in protracted periods of time.

Thousands pushed into displacement as Horn of Africa suffers worst drought in 40 years

Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are experiencing one of the worst droughts in 40 years after three back-to-back failed rainy seasons. Thousands of people have been forced into displacement while seeking food, water and pasture, and the governments of Kenya and Somalia have declared national emergencies.

UKRAINE UPDATE: DRC is mobilizing a broad humanitarian response

Head of Emergency: “We aim to assist both internally displaced people and host communities in Ukraine, as well as refugees and host communities in neighboring countries.”

Chaos in Ukraine: We are there

The Danish Refugee Council is present in Ukraine with 230 employees. We remain in the country and are ready to continue our humanitarian work whenever possible.

Repairing homes on former frontlines in Afghanistan

With active fighting subsiding in Afghanistan since troop withdrawal and change of power dynamics in 2021, people are returning home to areas that used to be battlefields. Houses in ruins and assets lost is what often meets them.

Widowed and displaced with nine children

Among the internally displaced in Southern Afghanistan are individuals and entire families who became homeless during the years of active conflict and more recently due to the escalation of fighting in the months leading up to rapid changes in power dynamics in August 2021.

Hardship and resilience in rural Afghanistan: Meet Nabiullah from Nawa

DRC right now delivers emergency assistance and humanitarian mine action in remote and crisis-affected communities across 11 provinces of Afghanistan.

Afghan mine action capacity at risk

As the world is waiting to decide on how to secure financial aid to Afghanistan, time is running out for maintaining critical local mine action capacity. But there is still a chance for the international community to rescue and support Afghan efforts to clear their lands for mines and unexploded ordnance.

Suspension of essential services will worsen the already severe humanitarian crisis in DR Congo

Despite the state of siege currently in place in Ituri, the security situation in the eastern DR Congo province remains dire.