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Climate change could significantly modify vector-borne diseases and their effect on human populations, making epidemics more difficult to predict and control, says the IFRC.

The Higher Defence council, a military body, has declared that all 'semi-permanent structures' built by Syrian refugees using materials other than timber and plastic sheeting in informal camps must be deconstructed.

The European Commission has allocated an additional €20 million in emergency aid to Afghanistan as the humanitarian situation has worsened since the beginning of 2018.

Refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo who found refuge in Northern Angola after an outbreak of violence in the Kasai region, are afraid to return home, even as life in the refugee settlements becomes more difficult due to funding challenges, says The Lutheran World Federation in Angola.