Here are the new reads published on The New Humanitarian, Relief Web and featured by CaLP Network between 05 January – 09 January 2026 selected for this week’s The Friday Humanitarian Scan.
Click here for the first post of the Friday Humanitarian Scan from the last week.
Cash Assistance
| Title | URL | Source | Category | Publication Date |
| Afghanistan: When an Afghan mountain came down | https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/when-afghan-mountain-came-down | ReliefWeb | Cash Assistance | 2026-01-09 |
Social Protection
| Title | URL | Source | Category | Publication Date |
| What Would It Cost to End Extreme Poverty? | https://www.nber.org/papers/w34583 | Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) – Shared by CaLP Network | Social Protection | 2026-01-08 |
General Humanitarian
| Title | URL | Source | Category | Publication Date |
| Ten humanitarian trends to keep an eye on in 2026 | https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2026/01/05/ten-humanitarian-trends-keep-eye-2026 | The New Humanitarian | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-05 |
| The Kyiv cat colony: A cautionary tale for the entire aid sector | https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026/01/05/kyiv-cat-colony-cautionary-tale-entire-aid-sector | The New Humanitarian | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-05 |
| What’s shaping aid policy in 2026 | https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2026/01/07/whats-shaping-aid-policy-2026 | The New Humanitarian | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-07 |
| Ten humanitarian crises that demand your attention now | https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2026/01/07/ten-humanitarian-crises-demand-your-attention-now-2026 | The New Humanitarian | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-07 |
| “I volunteer because I love my people”: On the ground with Darfur’s mutual aid volunteers | https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/video/2026/01/08/i-volunteer-because-i-love-my-people-ground-darfurs-mutual-aid-volunteers | The New Humanitarian | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-08 |
| Rethinking Humanitarianism | What we’ve learned so far: Key takeaways for 2026 | https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/2026/01/08/rethinking-humanitarianism-what-weve-learned-so-far-key-takeaways-2026 | The New Humanitarian | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-08 |
| The gifts I have been given: Survival as a collective act in Sudan | https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/first-person/2026/01/08/gifts-survival-collective-help-sudan | The New Humanitarian | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-08 |
| Mozambique 2025 Humanitarian Response (Conflict), as 30 November 2025 [ENG/PT] | https://reliefweb.int/report/mozambique/mozambique-2025-humanitarian-response-conflict-30-november-2025-engpt | ReliefWeb | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-09 |
| South Sudan – Access Constraints Map, 09 January 2026 | https://reliefweb.int/map/south-sudan/south-sudan-access-constraints-map-09-january-2026 | ReliefWeb | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-09 |
| Lebanon: Inter-Sector Coordination Group Meeting – 9 January 2026 | https://reliefweb.int/report/lebanon/lebanon-inter-sector-coordination-group-meeting-9-january-2026 | ReliefWeb | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-09 |
| Nigeria: In Maiduguri, Médecins du Monde improves access to healthcare for thousands of displaced persons | https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/maiduguri-medecins-du-monde-improves-access-healthcare-thousands-displaced-persons | ReliefWeb | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-09 |
| Children in Sudan have endured “1,000 days of agony” | https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/children-sudan-have-endured-1000-days-agony | ReliefWeb | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-09 |
| Syria: KSC Condemns Attacks and Siege on Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh | https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/ksc-condemns-attacks-and-siege-aleppos-sheikh-maqsoud-and-ashrafieh | ReliefWeb | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-09 |
| Syria: SAMS Deeply Alarmed by Renewed Violence in Aleppo and Its Impact on Civilian Communities | https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/sams-deeply-alarmed-renewed-violence-aleppo-and-its-impact-civilian-communities | ReliefWeb | General Humanitarian | 2026-01-09 |
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