News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 2 from 75)
Renewable water availability per person plunges seven percent in a decade as global scarcity deepens
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Pressure on already scarce freshwater resources is increasing in several regions, particularly Northern Africa and Western Asia, according to the 2025 AQUASTAT Water Data Snapshot released by the FAO.
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Despite widespread suffering driven by conflict, displacement and disasters, Myanmarâs humanitarian emergency has become âalmost invisibleâ to the world, the UNâs senior official in the country has warned.
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In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to still be trapped in El Fasher in the Darfur region, but UN aid agencies believe they may soon get access to the embattled city.
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Civilians across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing collapsing health services and mass displacement as fighting spreads, undermining recent peace efforts and raising fears of a wider regional crisis.
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The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed alarm at reports of a so-called âsettler roadâ being built in the occupied West Bank.
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More than a month after Hurricane Melissa slammed the Caribbean, devastated communities still require assistance, the regional director for the World Food Programme (WFP) told journalists at UN Headquarters on Thursday.
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More than half a million people have now been uprooted by escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the UN said on Thursday, warning that the M23 rebel offensive is driving a rapidly worsening humanitarian emergency.
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Save the Childre analysis found that about 7.7 million children - 23,000 per day - were born into 43 humanitarian crises globally in 2025 as of end-November - about 10% more than five years ago.
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The violence, stress and displacement have had devastating consequences for pregnant women and newborns in Ukraine, with a 37 per cent rise in maternal death rates from 2023 to 2024.
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Over the next year, the humanitarian community will focus efforts on reaching 4.9 million of the most vulnerable people â a steep contraction from the 6.7 million people targeted in 2025.
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In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker TĂŒrk on Wednesday rejected suggestions by the Israeli military that the so-called âYellow Lineâ of concrete blocks it has erected inside the enclave represented a new border.
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As another winter storm hits the Gaza Strip, low temperatures and rains are putting the lives of newborns and other vulnerable groups at risk, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Wednesday.
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Afghanistanâs worsening humanitarian crisis is being driven by the accelerating erosion of fundamental rights â especially for women and girls â alongside mass displacement, economic decline and shrinking aid, senior UN officials warned on Wednesday.
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Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced over 200,000 people and cut thousands off from food assistance, prompting UN warnings of a rapidly expanding humanitarian emergency spilling across borders.
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At least 86,000 homes were damaged in the landslides and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah. More than 630 people were killed and nearly 70,000 are still in temporary shelters, including schools.
More than 100,000 children and their families forced from homes in South Kivu by escalating violence
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The thousands of displaced children and their families are now seeking refuge within other parts of DR Congo as well as across the border in Burundi and Rwanda.
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Mothers whoâve been left starving in Gaza are now giving birth to underweight or premature babies who die in intensive care units or struggle to survive as they endure acute malnutrition, the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.
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Nahed was visiting Sudanâs capital Khartoum with her family to celebrate Eid, a major Islamic holiday, when the war broke out between the rival armies vying for control of her homeland.
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Countries rallied at UN Headquarters on Tuesday to shore up a key humanitarian fund that provides timely assistance for millions worldwide when conflict and climate-related disasters strike.
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In October alone, we admitted 8,300 pregnant and breastfeeding women for treatment for acute malnutrition â about 270 a day â in a place where there was no discernible malnutrition before October 2023.
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âSyrian authorities must act decisively to build a rights-respecting future for Syrians who have suffered so much already. The government must strictly adhere to international human rights standards."
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The outbreak has disrupted childrenâs education, exposing them to illness and loss. In one tragic case, 16 of 62 children died within days after the disease tore through a Kinshasa orphanage.
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As Sudanâs civil war intensified on Monday, top UN officials condemned the killing of dozens of children in drone strikes in South Kordofan state â and the targeting of first responders trying to help the wounded.
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The UN and partners are seeking $23 billion to provide lifesaving support next year to 87 million people worldwide affected by war, climate disasters, earthquakes, epidemics and crop failures.
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Civilians across Ukraine endured a surge in deadly strikes over the weekend, with the UN warning of an âalarming patternâ of intensifying hostilities and mounting damage to essential services as temperatures continue to drop.
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In 2026, the aim is to support 135 million people through 23 country operations and six plans for refugees and migrants, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
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A spike in Israeli military raids and settler violence across the occupied West Bank is driving new displacement, shutting schools and disrupting essential services for tens of thousands of Palestinians, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said in its latest humanitarian update Friday.
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Nearly two months after the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on 10 October, a fragile calm has brought much-needed relief to families who have endured unimaginable suffering and repeated displacement.
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Climate-related disasters striking the same communities over and over again is leaving families with less time to recover between each blow, and children disconnected from the services they need.
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Every week in Gaza, at least 15 women give birth outside any health facility, often without a trained midwife, pain relief or basic medical supplies.