The security situation in Libya has worsened and the region is bracing itself for a possible crisis. Tunisia has already prepared an emergency medical plan to deal with the situation should the violence escalate and spill into its territory.
UNICEF has launched a new appeal for humanitarian support for children who are bearing the brunt of intensifying violence in northwest Syria.
At the height of the Darfur war — considered the world's worst conflict in 2004 — a nurse from the US treated a baby with a leg injury. 15 years later, she was reunited with him on board a migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) denounced that after 10 years of conflict in northeastern Nigeria, living conditions and humanitarian needs remain very serious.
Many migrants from East Africa choose a route that is less known, cheaper and even more dangerous than the Mediterranean: They cross the Gulf of Aden and land in war-torn Yemen. Many were unaware of the conflict.
Libyan authorities in Tripoli have announced the shutdown of three migrant detention centers in Misrata, Khoms and Tajoura, which was hit by air strikes that killed at least 53 people.
Save the Children reports that at least 33 children have been killed in the northwestern province of Idlib in Syria since June 24. That's more than the 31 killed during the entire year of 2018. The charity calls for an end to the violence against civilians.
The Libyan government of Fayez al-Sarraj is evaluating the possibility of closing migrant detention centers in the country after an airstrike on the center in Tajoura.
A conflict between Libya's competing government factions has placed refugees in the middle of a bloody power struggle. A deadly airstrike on a detention camp is just the latest attack to target refugee facilities.
Clashes in Tripoli have displaced over 60,000 people, according to the Libyan chapter of the International Red Cross. Many are living in public schools while others have fled to different cities.
A recent spike in violence in parts of northwest Nigeria has forced an estimated 20,000 people to seek safety and security in Niger since April,according the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR.
Officials working for international organizations and institutions have visited Tunisia's border areas with Libya to evaluate the resources available ahead of the potential arrival of refugees fleeing armed clashes in Libya.