News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 15 from 92)
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Nigeria is facing one of the worst hunger crises in recent times. Nearly 35 million people [are projected to experience acute and severe food insecurity during the 2026 lean season.
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Unlike during the pandemic, remote learning is not an option for most children in Sudan where more than 1,000 days of fighting have disrupted education, shattered families and destroyed communities.
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Humanitarian access is increasingly constrained with limited clarity on conditions inside "rehabilitation" camps, raising serious concerns for the safety of children living in these settings.
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Another child in the Gaza Strip has died from hypothermia as winter weather continues to whip the enclave, the UN said on Wednesday, citing information from the health authorities.
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Report reveals about 673 million people suffered from chronic hunger in 2024 (the latest data available), while 295 million people faced acute food insecurity across 59 countries and territories.
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Save the Children staff said many families lost their only source of income when they were forced to flee Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps and are now living in overcrowded apartments.
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Catastrophic flooding across Mozambique is devastating lives and livelihoods, sharply increasing the risk of disease outbreaks and malnutrition, while also forcing dangerous wildlife – including crocodiles – into flooded urban areas, the UN warned on Tuesday.
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The reported demolition underway early Tuesday of the headquarters of UN agency UNRWA by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem - reportedly “under the watch of lawmakers and a member of the Government” - has prompted swift condemnation from the global body.
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According to preliminary government data, more than 513,000 people have been affected, over half of them children. More than 50,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Yemen, renewed political instability and economic woes linked to the war threaten to complicate the already difficult task of helping vulnerable people suffering from deepening hunger, illness and displacement, the UN’s top aid official there said on Monday.
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Since 2026, nearly 17 percent of Lebanon’s population has been living in a state of major food insecurity – a situation that is likely to worsen in the coming year.
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As global leaders gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, UN agencies are warning that rising hunger and displacement are not only humanitarian emergencies but growing threats to global economic stability.
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Five thousand children are estimated to be among the 10,000 forced from their homes across north-eastern Syria in a resurgence of clashes over recent days, Save the Children said.
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The country is now carrying the highest burden of IPC Phase 4 globally - more than 148,000 people entered into crisis or worse levels of food insecurity in 2025 alone.
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Severe storms have rapidly flooded tents and torn through makeshift shelters. Children are sleeping in soaked clothing, with no protection from the cold and nowhere safe to go, warns IRC.
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Three months into the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the UN and partners have delivered tonnes of assistance items and carried out critical repairs, but this is only a temporary “Band-Aid” solution, a veteran aid worker has warned.
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For children, the impact of such harsh conditions is both physical and mental. Darkness and freezing temperatures intensify fear and stress, and can lead to, or exacerbate health conditions.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More children in war-ravaged Gaza are now back in the classroom, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) said on Friday.
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Families across Ukraine are in “constant survival mode” amid ongoing waves of Russian missile and drone strikes that have left blocks without power for days at a time, while temperatures plunge to deadly lows, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
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A staggering 55 million people across West and Central Africa are expected to suffer crisis levels of hunger, or worse, during the lean season from June to August as funding cuts to humanitarian operations continue amid rising violence and displacement.
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A staggering 55 million people are expected to endure crisis levels of hunger, or worse, in the June-August 2026 lean season. More than 13 million children are set to suffer from malnutrition in 2026.
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Fighting the harsh winter storms in Gaza, Amina stays awake at night, hitting the canvas of the tent above her head to prevent it from collapsing under the pooled water.
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The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday that it is struggling to keep emergency operations running in Sudan, where more than 1,000 days of war have pushed families to the brink.
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Twelve months after the armed conflict in Catatumbo escalated sharply on 16th January 2025, the violent territorial dispute shows no sign of abating in this volatile region bordering Venezuela.
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Already, conservative estimates projected that 200,000 children under five would die in 2025 due to these cuts, leading to the first rise in under-five child mortality this century.
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Since the ceasefire was announced 100 days ago, needs remain desperate. Severe weather has hit Gaza, and there has been a near-total water and sanitation infrastructure collapse.
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A fragile political calm in Yemen is fraying, with renewed instability and aid restrictions deepening hunger, illness and displacement for millions of civilians, senior UN officials warned the Security Council on Wednesday.
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The temporary closure of a UN-run health centre in East Jerusalem is the latest phase in “a pattern of deliberate disregard” for international law, the head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Wednesday.
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"As the winter season lingers on, more families will be on the doorstep of starvation and yet the humanitarian response in Afghanistan remains gravely under-funded," said IRC's Lisa Owen.
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Overall, an estimated 10.8 million people across Ukraine will require humanitarian assistance this year, including internally displaced and war-affected non-displaced people.