MDB Heads met in Manila on 17 Oct 2026 to strengthen joint action, mobilize private capital, and support vulnerable populations amid conflict and disasters.

DRC reports clearing explosive ordnance from a Rural Damascus irrigation canal, helping farmers regain safe water access amid ongoing EO risk in Syria.

Eight countries launch metals and minerals compacts with World Bank support. The group plans $19 billion in FY26–FY30 to drive jobs and growth.

WFP, supported by USDA Food for Peace, delivers fortified food kits to more than 21,000 families in Guatemala affected by El Niño-linked drought.

WHO scales up Ebola preparedness in 22 Eastern Mediterranean countries, prioritizing Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan as conflict strains health systems.

Ireland confirms a charter flight removed 24 Romanian nationals on criminality grounds, bringing EU Free Movement Directive removals to 148 in 2026.

MDB heads met in Manila to coordinate systemwide financing and greater impact amid conflict, debt, inflation and disasters, chaired by ADB.

MDBs, including the EIB Group, set up a framework to coordinate support for resilient, responsible critical raw materials value chains in developing countries.

African Development Bank highlights Africa’s biodiversity “paradox” and says it will support nature-positive growth solutions ahead of CBD COP17 in Armenia.

WFP urges innovation and anticipatory action as conflict, extreme weather and shipping chokepoints threaten food access; El Niño could raise acute hunger.

Ireland begins 2026 Eco-Scheme advance payments worth €203.105m to 106,913 farmers, with a 75% rate and county-level rollout details.

WFP says funding shortages cut Gaza food assistance by about one-third, affecting 500,000 people, as winter nears and critical funding gaps persist.