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Violence and insecurity in Burkina Faso continue to force thousands of people to seek refuge in neighbouring Mali. Between April–September 2025, nearly 51,000 Burkinabè refugees arrived in Koro cercle (Bandiagara), with 613 people arriving per day to flee escalating violence across the border. This has doubled the refugee population, straining limited services. Families are sheltering in overcrowded schools, potentially disrupting children’s education as the academic year begins in October. Health facilities lack the capacity to meet growing maternal and reproductive health needs, with the main hospital operating without reliable electricity for surgeries. Protection risks are intensifying for women and children in makeshift shelters, while WASH infrastructure remains severely inadequate. With insecurity continuing to drive displacement, Koro could be hosting up to 110,000 refugees by the end of September, outnumbering the host population. Refugees and host communities urgently need assistance with shelter, WASH services, healthcare, and protection mechanisms. (UNHCR 25/09/2025, UNHCR 22/09/2025, UNHCR 19/09/2025)

Since around 16:00 Kabul time on 29 September 2025, Afghanistan has faced a nationwide internet and telecommunications blackout after the Interim Taliban Authority ordered the shutdown of fibre-optic connections. The restriction follows province-level outages since 15 September in Badakhshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Helmand, Herat, Kandahar, Kunduz, Nimroz, Parwan, Takhar, Uruzgan, and Zabul. The impact has been severe particularly on education. Online classes for women and girls have ceased, leaving them without alternatives amid the ban on female education. Livelihoods are also under pressure, with businesses dependent on internet access (especially online women-led enterprises) reporting significant losses. Humanitarians are struggling to coordinate response efforts, submit reports, and maintain contact with remote provinces, where mobile alternatives are unreliable or costly. The blackout has further restricted media and information flows, isolating communities from reliable information. With no clarity on the duration, prolonged restrictions risk intensifying isolation, obstructing humanitarian assistance, and worsening existing needs. (DW 30/09/2025, The Guardian 23/09/2025, TOLOnews 20/09/2025)

Heavy rainfall from 16–17 September 2025 led rivers to overflow in Haiti's Nord-Ouest department, killing one person and affecting around 4,000 others (823 families). Among the rivers, the Trois-Rivières flooded Port-de-Paix and Bassin-Bleu, inundating 550 houses, severely damaging 75, and destroying 25. The floods coincided with the peak eel fishing season, and several fishermen remain missing. Damaged infrastructure includes a compromised bridge, posing safety risks, and severed roads isolating communities from relief access. Small businesses, as well as the fishing and livestock sectors, have suffered considerable losses. School supplies have also been destroyed, further compounding Haiti's education crisis; until July, over 1,600 schools were closed owing to violence. With above-average rainfall forecast for October–December, affected people urgently need WASH services, sanitation kits, hygiene supplies, and emergency shelter. The floods add to Haiti's severe humanitarian crisis, with nearly 1.3 million people already displaced by June. (ECHO 29/09/2025, OCHA 24/09/2025, FEWS NET 18/09/2025)