The International Rescue Committee said in a report on Thursday that global humanitarian crises will worsen in 2024 as a result of climate change, worsening armed conflicts, increasing debt burdens, and diminishing international support.
The Committee, a non-governmental organization aiming to provide humanitarian aid and international development and based in New York, indicated that 20 countries located primarily in Africa are at greatest risk of deteriorating humanitarian situation next year.
This year, the number of people in need of humanitarian aid across the world rose to 300 million, while the number of those forced to flee their homes rose to 110 million.
Sudan ranked first on the committee’s emergency monitoring list, followed by the occupied Palestinian territories and South Sudan. Then come 9 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, Myanmar and Afghanistan in Asia, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen in the Middle East, Ukraine in Europe, Ecuador in South America and Haiti in the Caribbean.
The International Rescue Committee said that the 20 regions contain about 10% of the world’s population, but they represent 86% of global humanitarian needs, 70% of displaced people, and an increasing share of those facing extreme poverty andClimate risks.
Gaza is the most dangerous in the world
She added that Sudan, which was not included last year, topped the list as large-scale wars received “minimal international attention,” while it entered the list. Gaza strip On the list in 2024 as the most dangerous place for civilian lives in the world.
The committee said that while some African countries are achieving rapid improvement in living standards, conflicts, coups and poverty are increasing at “alarming rates,” while the El Niño phenomenon threatens to create extreme climate.
She added that Ecuador, home to many Venezuelan refugees, joined the list for the first time with rising rates of violent crime, which the state largely attributes to drug trafficking, exacerbating the economic impacts from the pandemic and climate risks.
She also noted that in Haiti, nearly half of the population needs humanitarian aid, and said that it was “unlikely” that United Nations efforts to help the police fight armed gangs would significantly improve conditions next year.
