News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 92)
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One month after twin earthquakes rocked Venezuela, thousands of women and girls continue to face difficulty in accessing essential healthcare and protection services, a senior official with the UN reproductive and sexual health agency UNFPA said on Friday.
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In a world experiencing record levels of crisis and instability – with more than 130 armed conflicts recorded worldwide in 2025, according to the ICRC – some 41.6 million refugees remained uprooted.
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With the rainy season set to peak next month, safe water is critical to reducing the risk of deadly waterborne diseases. Cholera is already spreading in Sudan, with 1,330 cases reported by WHO in July.
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Children impacted by the twin earthquakes in Venezuela a month ago said they are missing their homes, schools, and the loved ones and friends who were among the 5,400 people that died in the disaster.
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About 15 per cent of the analysed population is experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity between May and August 2026. The situation is projected to deteriorate later this year.
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UN agencies warned that families are still struggling to meet basic needs, and improvements could be reversed quickly without sustained aid, private sector reactivation, funding, and investment.
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Food security and child nutrition have improved across the Gaza Strip largely due to a scale-up in humanitarian assistance and commercial traffic, but progress remains fragile and could quickly reverse without sustained access, funding and recovery support.
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UN partners launched the Winter Response Plan to help 2.1 million people in Ukraine survive another cold season as the country grapples with the on-going Russian invasion.
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Flash floods have killed at least 26 people across eastern Afghanistan, including 23 in the mountainous province of Nuristan, where homes, markets and roads were swept away and search teams continued looking for people reported missing.
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Venezuela was already experiencing protracted economic instability long before the ground began to shake, with more than half of the population living in extreme poverty.
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Anxiety among children and families is widespread, with many worried about whether children will be able to return to school when they reopen in September as new cases of Ebola continue to emerge.
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN health teams and partners are still racing to contain the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak, despite ongoing insecurity in eastern areas where the virus has taken hold. As of 19 July, the DRC Government has recorded 2,423 confirmed cases, including 967 deaths and 469 recoveries.
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"UNICEF is deeply concerned by the continued killing and injuring of children in Ukraine. June recorded the highest monthly child casualty figure since 2022, with seven killed and 116 injured."
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Thousands of people in some of Yemen's most conflict-affected communities are receiving lifesaving health care closer to home, thanks to funding from the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) through the Yemen Humanitarian Fund.
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Haiti’s future success depends on “security, political engagement, and humanitarian action reinforcing each other,” the UN’s most senior official in Haiti has told the UN Security Council which met in New York on Monday to discuss the way forward for the embattled Caribbean island nation.
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As the United States and Iran trade deadly attacks for a second week, the UN continues to call for de-escalation while highlighting the devastation caused to civilians and critical infrastructure across the Middle East.
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Sixty-seven minutes. That is how long volunteers spent serving lunch to people experiencing food insecurity at Refettorio Harlem in New York City last week – one for every year Nelson Mandela gave to public service.
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More than 53% of the population, which is 18 million people, are estimated to be experiencing severe food insecurity, including 2.2 million under-fives and 1.3 million pregnant and breastfeeding women.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
United Nations agencies have deplored a fresh Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv which left at least one person dead and a dozen injured.
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Funding shortfalls mean that we aren’t even able to provide a full ration, people are only receiving 50% of the food they should. Despite this, the people I met were sharing with their neighbours.
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UN humanitarians working in war-torn Sudan on Friday highlighted rapidly growing needs among the more than 100,000 displaced people now sheltering in camps in the city of El Obeid.
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More than 256,000 people in Djibouti – around 25 per cent of the population – are likely to face crisis or emergency level hunger over the coming months, a UN-backed global food monitoring network warned in a new report released Friday.
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With violence in south Lebanon significantly decreased since mid-June, UN peacekeepers there have returned to core functions such as protecting humanitarian aid and restoring critical infrastructure as families continue to return home.
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The UN is supporting farmers in Gaza who are struggling to rebuild their smallholdings in areas devastated by the Hamas-Israel war.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Thousands of people remain displaced three weeks after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela and the possible formation of a strong El Niño climate pattern could worsen their already dire situation, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Thursday.
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Humanitarian actors, donors, and states must shift immediately from short-term emergency delivery to gender-responsive, protection-centred and rights-based WASH recovery, says Oxfam in this analysis.
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According to preliminary information, the two vessels departed from Rakhine State in late June carrying mostly Rohingya passengers, reportedly including some who had travelled from Cox’s Bazar.
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Access to education continues to worsen in the West Bank, the United Nations reported on Wednesday.
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More than 1.1 million people have been badly affected by floods due to waterlogging and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rainfall and upstream run-off since 4 July 2026.
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Millions of vulnerable children are still being left unprotected due to conflict, displacement and poverty. We must reach every child, and we must rebuild trust where it is fraying, says UNICEF chief.