News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 18 from 83)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN and humanitarian partners warned on Wednesday that nearly one million civilians in Gaza City who have been told to leave by the Israeli military have nowhere safe to go.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Gang violence, hunger and instability continues to roil Haiti as the UN relief chief declared on Wednesday that “we have to do better” to help the families striving to survive amid an alarming humanitarian funding shortage.
ReliefWeb News
The number of children receiving school meals is up more than 30% from 66 million in 2022 to 87 million in 2024. Government investment in school meals has also increased, signalling a major shift.
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The Nutrition Cluster in Afghanistan estimates that about 37,000 children under five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are facing acute malnutrition in the earthquake-affected areas.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A Russian airstrike on a Ukrainian village in the frontline region of Donetsk on Tuesday has reportedly killed more than 20 – including many elderly civilians who were lining up to collect pension payments.
ReliefWeb News
In the capital alone, the number of returnees is expected to reach 2.1 million this year, compared to an estimated five million who were displaced from the city at the height of the fighting.
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"The resilience of the Afghan people has been continually tested and there is a real danger, with each crisis that hits, that the fragile gains made in recent years will be reversed,” said the HC.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A senior UN aid coordination official in Afghanistan on Monday urged the international community to respond to earthquake victims’ urgent need for support “not only to survive today, but to have the strength to rebuild their lives tomorrow.”
ReliefWeb News
There is a narrow window - until end-September - to prevent famine from spreading to Deir al Balah and Khan Younis. That window is closing fast ... Let aid in - unimpeded and at the scale we can deliver.
ReliefWeb News
Syria’s agriculture sector is reeling from one of the worst droughts in nearly 40 years, compounded by over 14 years of conflict, widespread destruction of infrastructure and deep economic collapse.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A baby was among those killed overnight into Sunday during what was reportedly Russia’s largest aerial assault on Ukraine since its full-scale invasion began in 2022.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The narrow window to prevent the spread of famine from northern Gaza to other parts of the Strip is closing fast, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Sunday.
ReliefWeb News
The latest data released by the Government Media Office in Gaza showed at least 20,000 children - about 2 per cent of Gaza’s child population - have been killed since October 2023.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, has released $10 million in response to the urgent need for food, water, shelter and other lifesaving provisions following this week’s devastating earthquakes and aftershocks in Afghanistan.
ReliefWeb News
The outbreak has affected the Bulape and Mweka health zones, where health officials have been carrying out investigations following reports of 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths.
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Save the Children delivered the first emergency medical supplies, food, water and tarpaulins to a remote village in western Sudan cut off by a massive landslide, killing between 300 and 1,000 people.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
War-torn Sudan continues to face “a horrific humanitarian situation” as UN colleagues scramble to help communities affected by the devastating landslide that struck Tarseen village in South Darfur state over the weekend, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called on Thursday for the international community to do everything possible to prevent catastrophe in Gaza City as Israel ramps up military operations ahead of a planned full takeover.
ReliefWeb News
The DRC’s Ministry of Health reported a 16% jump in cases of sexual violence to about 73,400 in the first half of 2025 – almost one-third of whom were girls aged under 16.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A massive assistance mission for earthquake survivors continued in Afghanistan on Wednesday as aid teams tackled blocked roads and downed communications lines in a bid to reach the most remote communities still in need of help.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Thousands of Palestinians have been caught in the crossfire while trying to escape attacks and dire food shortages in war-torn Gaza, with extraordinary challenges for some, according to latest reports from UN officials on the ground and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday he was “profoundly saddened” by the death and destruction caused by the recent floods in northern Pakistan. The current death toll stands at over 400.
ReliefWeb News
Our teams in Kunar province report that families are sleeping in the open, enduring repeated aftershocks. Local resources are stretched to breaking point and lack of funding is limiting the response.
ReliefWeb News
The campaign – part of Somalia’s ongoing efforts to end polio once and for all – launched in Somaliland, with 852,000 children vaccinated. In Puntland, the campaign reached 676,000 children.
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West and Central Africa face the sharpest impact, with 1.9 million children at risk of losing out, while the Middle East and North Africa could see an increase of 1.4 million out-of-school children.
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About 25 million children in Punjab are out of school or face disruption to their education - 96% of school-aged children in the province - three weeks after the summer break was supposed to end.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In remote eastern Afghanistan, aid workers are continuing to race to assist survivors of Sunday’s devastating earthquake as the death toll continues to climb, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarians “will spare no effort” to ensure that aid reaches people affected by a deadly landslide in a remote mountain village in war-torn Sudan, a senior UN official in the country said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children out of school by 2026, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to block aid deliveries amid escalating attacks, according to the latest updates on Tuesday from UN agencies on the ground.