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Neglected displacement crises

The media chooses what you hear. And they are neglecting to tell you about some of the worst displacement crises in the world.
Updated 15. Oct 2024

How many articles have you seen published about the world’s biggest displacement crisis in Sudan? Or the severe hunger crisis sweeping through the resource-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo? How often do you hear journalists reference the number of people who rely on aid in the Sahel?

When information about these crises doesn’t reach you, it’s easier for global leaders to ignore. And it’s much harder for humanitarian organisations, like the Norwegian Refugee Council, to attract funding to support those in need. As a result, millions of people suffer in silence.

We’re here to tell you about the crises no one is talking about.


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How many articles have you seen published about the world’s biggest displacement crisis in Sudan? Or the severe hunger crisis sweeping through the resource-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo? How often do you hear journalists reference the number of people who rely on aid in the Sahel?

When information about these crises doesn’t reach you, it’s easier for global leaders to ignore. And it’s much harder for humanitarian organisations, like the Norwegian Refugee Council, to attract funding to support those in need. As a result, millions of people suffer in silence.

We’re here to tell you about the crises no one is talking about.

Latest news

Sudan: Worsening humanitarian crisis

NRC’s Advocacy Manager Mathilde Vu talked to Reuters about the famine in Sudan, saying: “The UN has been very shy and not brave in calling out the deliberate obstruction of access happening in this country.”

Sahel: Floods in the Sahel and Lake Chad region 

NRC issued a press release on the floods in the Sahel and Lake Chad region. It was picked up by African Business, Human Angle, The Independent, allAfrica, CNBC Africa, Panorama nyheter, and Transit Magasin, among others.

South Sudan: Needs greater than funding

Head of programme Martje van Raamsdonk was interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland: “We see humanitarian needs who are greater than available funding, and we struggle to give people who are affected by displacement all the support that they need.”



      


Each year, the Norwegian Refugee Council publish a list of the ten most neglected and forgotten displacement crises in the world.

The purpose is to focus on the plight of people whose suffering rarely makes international headlines, who receive no or inadequate assistance, and who never become the centre of attention for international diplomacy efforts:

      

Voices from neglected crises

      

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