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Neglected displacement crises

The media chooses what you hear. And they are neglecting to tell you about some of the worst displacement crises in the world.
Updated 03. Feb 2025

How many articles have you seen published about the world’s biggest displacement crisis in Sudan? Or the severe hunger crisis sweeping through the resource-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo? How often do you hear journalists reference the number of people who rely on aid in the Sahel?

When information about these crises doesn’t reach you, it’s easier for global leaders to ignore. And it’s much harder for humanitarian organisations, like the Norwegian Refugee Council, to attract funding to support those in need. As a result, millions of people suffer in silence.

We’re here to tell you about the crises no one is talking about.


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How many articles have you seen published about the world’s biggest displacement crisis in Sudan? Or the severe hunger crisis sweeping through the resource-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo? How often do you hear journalists reference the number of people who rely on aid in the Sahel?

When information about these crises doesn’t reach you, it’s easier for global leaders to ignore. And it’s much harder for humanitarian organisations, like the Norwegian Refugee Council, to attract funding to support those in need. As a result, millions of people suffer in silence.

We’re here to tell you about the crises no one is talking about.

Latest news

Chad: Nearly one million displaced from Sudan

NRC's Country Director Dermot Hegarty spoke to RFI about the situation in Chad: “I think it's time for donors to wake up, to take action, and provide more funding because the regional funds for responding to such a serious emergency is not robust enough.”

Sudan: Malnutrition 

Head of operations Tariq Riebl spoke to France 24 about hunger, famine and malnutrition in Sudan saying, “There is no way for humanitarian assistance alone to plug the gap for 50 million people’s needs, and this is where we need an entire reset for the country in terms of the conflict stopping and then having a resumption of economic activities.”

Sudan: US sanctions

Riebl also spoke to ABC Radio’s RN Breakfast about the US imposing sanctions on the leader of RSF, saying “We welcome the international attention, and we think that it is overdue that countries like the US, like Australia gather behind, looking at this conflict, assessing what is happening on the ground and take decisions that hopefully will have an impact in terms of stopping the conflict.”

      


Each year, the Norwegian Refugee Council publish a list of the ten most neglected and forgotten displacement crises in the world.

The purpose is to focus on the plight of people whose suffering rarely makes international headlines, who receive no or inadequate assistance, and who never become the centre of attention for international diplomacy efforts:

      

Voices from neglected crises

      

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