IOM Director General Amy Pope tells AFP that declining development aid is driving more displacement from crisis-hit regions like Sudan, and urges wealthy donor nations to invest in stability now rather than face costlier emergencies later.

Just Security reports that the U.S. has reached a secretive agreement to deport third-country nationals to the Central African Republic, where they would face armed conflict, Russian Wagner-linked forces, and a collapsing health system now confronting Ebola risk.

U.S. funding cuts to UNFPA-supported maternity services in northeastern Central African Republic are forcing overwhelmed clinics to reduce staffing and cut outreach, Al Jazeera reports.

U.S. aid cuts have pushed the 2026 humanitarian appeal for Bangladesh's Rohingya camps to just 18% funded, leaving over a million refugees facing school closures, deteriorating health care, and growing fears that worsening conditions will drive a new wave of dangerous departures, The Globe and Mail reports.

In Kenya's Dadaab refugee complex, slashed aid, closed resettlement pathways, and terminated aid worker contracts are driving a rise in suicides among a population living in decades-long displacement, The New Humanitarian reports.

ProPublica investigates impacts after the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world. Thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved. Here, the authors follow the story of Rose Natabo, who works tirelessly to keep her children alive even amid deep food insecurity caused by the cuts.

Reductions to humanitarian aid in Rohingya refugee camps have stripped away protection services, leaving children more vulnerable to trafficking, forced labor, and early marriage, reports the AP.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace reports that the abrupt reduction in U.S. humanitarian aid has left major gaps in global emergency response systems and strained the ability of the United Nations and partner organizations to meet rising humanitarian needs. The funding shock presents both a crisis and a potential inflection point for reforming the international humanitarian system.

Syrian families who once counted on U.S.-funded cash and food assistance are now facing hunger and eviction as humanitarian support dries up, Foreign Policy reports.