Sudan and DR Congo top world's most neglected crises list, NRC says

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Jun 04, 2026 · 519 words · By Gavin Blackburn

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The Norwegian Refugee Council report says that the ist of neglected crises also includes Yemen, Afghanistan, Honduras, Ecuador and Cameroon.

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The Norwegian Refugee Council report says that the ist of neglected crises also includes Yemen, Afghanistan, Honduras, Ecuador and Cameroon.

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Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Colombia top the list of the world's most neglected displacement crises, a prominent Norwegian aid group said on Thursday, noting that nationalism and rearmament campaigns grabbed attention in wealthy…

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Sudan, which since 2023 has been ravaged by a bloody conflict between two rival generals competing for power, has more than 9 million internally displaced people, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in a statement.

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Claim 1: “The Norwegian Refugee Council report says that the ist of neglected crises also includes Yemen, Afghanistan, Honduras, Ecuador and Cameroon.”

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Multiple web search results from the NRC and related reports confirm that Yemen, Afghanistan, Honduras, Ecuador, and Cameroon are included in the list of neglected displacement crises.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Immigration to Norway has been a significant factor in the country’s demographic composition. As of 1 January 2024, Norway had 931,081 residents who were immigrants, representing 16.8% of the country'…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Norway

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Red Sea crisis is an ongoing armed conflict and maritime crisis instigated by the Houthis, an armed group in Yemen. The Houthis began launching missiles and armed drones at Israel in response to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Between 12 January 2024 and 6 May 2025 the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, launched a series of cruise mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US–UK_airstrikes_on_Yemen

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Claim 2: “Colombia for its part has been marred for over 60 years by an internal conflict involving guerrilla groups, paramilitaries, drug traffickers and security forces”

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Yahoo News Canada and JournalQuest both confirm the long-term internal conflict in Colombia involving guerrillas, paramilitaries, and drug traffickers spanning several decades.

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web search NEUTRAL — Colombia for its part has been marred for over 60 years by an internal conflict involving guerrilla groups, paramilitaries, drug traffickers and security forces, and "trapped in a rollercoaster of neg…
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/sudan-dr-congo-top-list-131057867.…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lhe Colombian government has reached a six-month ceasefire with the five main armed groups and drug-trafficking…
https://time.news/in-colombia-a-ceasefire-with-the-main-arme…

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web search NEUTRAL — Since the 1970s, Colombia has experienced a civil war, guerrilla groups, violence, drug trafficking, and human rights violations, which demonstrates weakness in the democratic system.
http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1180/colombias-oppo…

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Claim 3: “Sudan, which since 2023 has been ravaged by a bloody conflict between two rival generals competing for power, has more than 9 million internally displaced people, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in a statement.”

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Wikipedia confirms the civil war in Sudan started in April 2023 between two military factions. Web search results from ReliefWeb and WFP confirm approximately 9 million internally displaced persons.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Sudan to the north, Ethiopia to the east, Kenya to the southeast, Uganda to the south,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between the two main factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government of Sudan contr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…

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Claim 4: “The list of neglected crises also includes Yemen, Afghanistan, Honduras, Ecuador, Cameroon, Nigeria and Mozambique.”

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Web search results from June 7, 2026, explicitly list Colombia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Honduras, Ecuador, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Mozambique as part of the neglected crises.

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Claim 5: “Several African countries, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Mali and Nigeria, have featured on NRC's list six or more times”

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No evidence was provided in the search results or Wikipedia entries to confirm the specific number of times (six or more) these particular African countries have appeared on the list.

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Claim 6: “The NGO's list is based on three criteria: lack of humanitarian funding, lack of media coverage and lack of political will within the international community.”

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The NRC's own documentation (10th Edition report) explicitly states the criteria for the report: media coverage, funding, political attention, and scale of the crisis.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 6 February 2023, at 04:17:35 TRT (01:17:35 UTC), a moment magnitude (Mw) 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The epicenter was 37 km (23 mi) west–north…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since its foundation in 1948, Israel has been accused of carrying out genocide against Palestinians during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. A wide consensus of scholars have concluded that Israel's a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Refugees and internally displaced people of Sudan are people from Sudan who have been forced to leave their homes, either by seeking refuge outside the country or by being displaced within Sudan. In r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_and_internally_displa…

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Claim 7: “The DRC, where an Ebola epidemic has added turmoil to the east of the country ravaged by decades of conflict, appears on NRC's list for the 10th year in a row.”

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Multiple sources, including The Hindu and NRC's own site, confirm that the DRC has appeared on the list for the 10th consecutive year and mention the Ebola epidemic's impact.

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web search NEUTRAL — For the tenth year running, the Democratic Republic of Congo appears on the Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) annual list of top neglected displacement crises, and the neglect is deepening.
https://allafrica.com/stories/202606090404.html

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web search NEUTRAL — The Democratic Republic of Congo, where an Ebola epidemic has added turmoil to the east of the country ravaged by decades of conflict, appears on NRC's list for the 10th year in a row.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sudan-dr-congo-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo ranks second, having appeared first or second on the list every year since its inception seven years ago. Colombia, Sudan, and Venezuela follow in this g…
https://www.nrc.no/countries/nrc-representation-offices/nrc-…

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Claim 8: “In 2025, only 27.4% of the funding needed for DRC had been secured, leaving more than 21 million people in need, according to the NRC.”

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One web search result mentions 'leaving more than 21 million people in need' in the context of a 2025 report, but the specific funding percentage (27.4%) is not independently corroborated by a second distinct source in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 16, 2026 ... In response to this severe humanitarian emergency, the EU supports health, nutrition, and multipurpose cash assistance efforts through partners ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DU2W_jIEs2B/

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 21, 2025 ... The report noted that 5.4 million people fled violence and persecution across borders in 2025. ... leaving more than 21 million people in need, ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO20V88CEfE/

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web search NEUTRAL — According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), up to the year 2020, over 825 million people will have gone hungry, and roughly 2 billion will have ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9690952/

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Claim 9: “A further four million Sudanese have fled to neighbouring countries and nearly 19.5 million people there are also suffering from hunger, the NRC said in its annual Neglected Displacement Crises Report.”

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Web search results from April 2026 and June 2026 confirm that 4 million Sudanese have fled to neighboring countries and that the region is facing a massive hunger crisis (though the specific 19.5 million figure is closely aligned with the general scale of the crisis described in the search results).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sudanese_Civil_War

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة السودانية, romanized: Al-Qūwāt Al-Musallaḥah as-Sūdāniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of Sudan. The force strength has been estimate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces

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Claim 10: “Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Colombia top the list of the world's most neglected displacement crises, a prominent Norwegian aid group said on Thursday”

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Web search results from June 2026 explicitly link Sudan, DRC, and Colombia as top neglected crises in the NRC's reporting.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Redemption Council (NRC) was the ruling Ghana military government from 13 January 1972 to 9 October 1975. Its chairman was Colonel I. K. Acheampong, who was thus also the head of state of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Redemption_Council

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has one of the largest populations of internally displaced persons in the world. As of February 2025, over 6.9 million people have been forced to leave their…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internally_displaced_persons_i…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Refugees of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are people originating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), a country with more than 114 million inhabitants, who seek refuge outside …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Democratic_Rep…

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