📊 UpToData: Rising humanitarian risks worldwide
Data Insights: Fighting, violence and censorship
Armed violence in Haiti severely restricts humanitarian access. Armed groups have imposed illegal checkpoints and control over key routes, preventing the delivery of basic services and medical care; deepening a crisis that has displaced over 1.45 million people throughout the country.
Lebanon has recorded over one million displaced people, including 134,900 sheltering in 657 collective sites following hostilities’ escalation across the Middle East that started on 28 February. Recent Israeli airstrikes have caused civilian casualties, while overcrowded shelters and limited humanitarian access increase protection risks.
Meanwhile, in Cameroon, Journalist safety remains a critical concern. On 17 February 2026, judicial police in Yaoundé detained three Associated Press journalists for five hours and confiscated their equipment while reporting on the deportation of African migrants from the United States to Cameroon; created significant barriers to information sharing.
To find more information and data points, explore our datasets on humanitarian access, protection risks, and the information landscape.
INFORM Severity Index: A rapidly deteriorating crisis across the Middle East
Since late February 2026, the escalating US–Iran conflict has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis across the Middle East. In Iran, over 1,000 deaths, mass displacement, and damage to more than 115,000 buildings — including health facilities, schools, and residential areas — reflect the scale of destruction to both civilian life and critical infrastructure. A single missile strike on a school killed at least 170 people, many of them children, while over 700 schools have been affected in total. Humanitarian operations have also come under threat, with 4 Iranian Red Crescent workers killed and 17 injured while delivering assistance.
Beyond Iran's borders, the conflict has displaced over 1.1 million people in Lebanon and intensified needs across the region, pointing to a rapidly deteriorating, high-severity crisis with significant cross-border consequences.
To find more information on how the severity of needs and humanitarian access constraints are increasing across the region explore the Severity Index.
Supporting Early Warning Early Action (EWEA): Emerging risks
March 2026
Political and armed conflict in Somalia’s Southwest state and worsening humanitarian conditions were flagged.
Energy shortages in Cuba leading to essential service disruptions and rising needs were flagged.
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Regular updates on these and other active and emerging risks are available on the ACAPS Risk Radar.
Risks from US–Iran military escalation included casualties and service disruptions in Iran; economic instability and rising humanitarian needs in Jordan; Red Sea disruptions contributing to food insecurity in Egypt; Houthi port strikes disrupting aid in Yemen; Hezbollah–Israel escalation driving displacement in Lebanon.
In Libya, disputes over electoral bodies and growing insecurity, including recent assassinations, are further heightening tensions.
March 2026
Political and armed conflict in Somalia’s Southwest state and worsening humanitarian conditions were flagged.
Energy shortages in Cuba leading to essential service disruptions and rising needs were flagged.
Regular updates on these and other active and emerging risks are available on the ACAPS Risk Radar.
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