News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 12 from 75)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Russiaâs latest deadly attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight including the capital, Kyiv, left four children dead and dozens injured, UN aid agencies reported on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, âparalysing daily life and forcing families to flee,â UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that France, Germany and the United Kingdom have initiated a process that could lead to the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme within the next 30 days.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarians continue to push for more support for Sudan amid ongoing conflict, rising malnutrition and a cholera outbreak, a senior UN aid coordination official said on Thursday in New York.
Countries in Africa risk running out of âwonderâ food over the next three months due to aid cuts
ReliefWeb News
The collapse in nutrition funding globally has been predicted to cut off treatment for 15.6 million people across 18 countries and expected to continue to deteriorate in 2026.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Relentless monsoon rains continue to wreak havoc across Pakistan, leaving villages cut off, homes destroyed and families struggling to access food, clean water and medical care.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nearly two years of war in Gaza along with continued violence and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank - and talk of an imminent takeover by Israel of the whole Strip - formed the backdrop to a Security Council meeting on Wednesday, as UN officials underscored the need to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new warning over the deadly impacts of the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza on people there now suffering starvation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
After 500 days of siege, the city of El Fasher in Sudanâs North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease and violence claiming young lives every day, the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
Since the start of the siege in April 2024, more than 1,100 grave violations have been verified in Al Fasher alone, including the killing and maiming of more than 1,000 children.
ReliefWeb News
A UN report stresses the impacts hostilities continue to have on children, pointing to the failure to respect international human rights law and disregard for the specific protection of children.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A new resolution by the Thai Government that will allow long-staying refugees from Myanmar to work legally in the country was welcomed on Tuesday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, as a significant boost to the national economy.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More civilians have been killed and injured in Ukraine following recent hostilities and attacks across the country, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday in an update.
ReliefWeb News
IRC is mounting an urgent response to severe flooding that has swept across the south and warns that with more heavy rain expected, the risk of further flooding threatens to displace even more families.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In the days leading up to the fall of Goma, the capital of North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dr. Thierno Balde slept with a helmet and bulletproof vest beside his bed as shells rattled the walls of his hotel.
ReliefWeb News
Famine means mothers unable to breastfeed because they, too, are starving. And it forces mothers to make the impossible choice between which of their children to feed, and which must be left to perish.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Dr. Nouf moves briskly from patient to patient wearing her mask and gloves, with a stethoscope resting around her neck, driven by a strong passion to help the vulnerable at the Migrant Response Point (MRP) in Maârib in Yemen.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
One of the many ugly consequences of wars and conflict is injuries leading to a loss of limbs. Gaza, which now has the highest number of child amputees per capita anywhere in the world, is no exception.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
From Gaza to Sudan, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to protect civilian populations, with health workers, hospitals, health centres and ambulances being targeted in horrifying numbers, according to the UN agency for reproductive health and rights, UNFPA.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new UN-backed food security report released on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As the Israeli military offensive in Gaza City intensifies, the UN and partners continue to warn against the catastrophic consequences for civilians.
ReliefWeb News
UN Humanitarian Coordinator calls for the facilitation of swift and unhindered delivery of aid and services and commercial supplies across the Gaza Strip through all crossings and land routes.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
With intensifying Israeli activity in and around Gaza City reportedly continuing on Thursday, UN chief AntĂłnio Guterres renewed his urgent call for a ceasefire, as Palestinians fled intense airstrikes, artillery shelling and gunfire.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Special Envoy for Syria briefed the Security Council on Thursday, saying that amid a strained ceasefire and military skirmishes in Syria, the political transition âremains on a knifeâs edgeâ.
ReliefWeb News
Donors must seize this unprecedented opportunity to invest in Syriaâs recovery and to support the many who are finally returning home but find nothing but ruins, urges Jan Egeland, NRC chief.
ReliefWeb News
After attacks by a non-state armed group, northern Mozambique is experiencing its largest wave of displacement since February 2024. Official figures estimate more than 50,000 people are on the move.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The Israeli military has escalated attacks across Gaza City, reportedly deciding to press ahead with plans to take full control which will only lead to further âmass killings of civiliansâ and displacement, UN human rights officials warned on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
In 2024, Asia Pacific experienced more displacement linked to disasters than any other region in the world. Hazards like storms, floods, heatwaves, and droughts are becoming more intense and frequent.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Before Pedro Matos joined the World Food Programme (WFP) for 17 years, he said his job in space engineering just âwasnât enoughâ.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
With the news on Tuesday that a record 383 aid workers were confirmed killed in the line of duty last year, one veteran UN aid worker based in Gaza reaffirmed the resolve of humanitarians everywhere to save lives and relieve suffering, no matter how challenging the situation.