News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 18 from 88)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UNâs top aid official in Ukraine expressed concern on Friday about âcontinuous attacksâ on energy production sites and distribution facilities.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More details continued to emerge on Friday of atrocities committed during and after the fall of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudanâs Darfur region.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN and partners are pushing ahead with aid deliveries across Gaza despite new Israeli airstrikes and a faltering ceasefire, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
The strong storm that directly hit Jamaica and Cuba and affected the islands of Haiti and the Dominican Republic has left a heavy toll of displaced children and families.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Hurricane Melissa has left a trail of devastation after crossing Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas, with severe effects also felt in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and parts of Central America, the UN aid coordination office (UNOCHA) reported on Thursday.
ReliefWeb News
This latest tragedy took place in the rapidly worsening crisis in El Fasher, where escalating violence, siege conditions and rising hunger and disease are killing civilians, including children.
ReliefWeb News
The hunger crisis is most severe in North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika. Ongoing violence, population displacement, and limited access continue to worsen food insecurity in these areas.
ReliefWeb News
The escalating violence has left thousands of children, besieged for more than 500 days, further trapped amid relentless shelling, heavy fighting and severe shortages of food, safe water and medicine.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Horrific stories of mass-atrocities committed by the RSF militia continue to emerge, along with the tens of thousands of civilians who have fled the North Darfur city of El Fasher in Sudan.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the killing of civilians, including children, in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight into Wednesday, calling for all parties to uphold their commitments to the fragile ceasefire
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Millions in Jamaica and across the Caribbean are bracing for massive impact from Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday as the UN and partners warn of a âsevereâ and âimmediateâ threat.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a category 5 storm, agencies continue mobilising supplies to support affected communities, with one senior official on the island telling UN News that Government-led preparations have been nothing short of âextraordinaryâ.
ReliefWeb News
âAccess will be a major challenge. If the storm surge hits hard, it will be difficult to get humanitarian staff in and move food and relief supplies â alternative airstrips are being prepared."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Millions of people across the Caribbean are bracing for the impact of Hurricane Melissa as it reached Category 5 status on Monday â the most powerful on the scale â defined by sustained winds of at least 157 mph (252 kmh).
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Airstrikes and ongoing conflict in Ukraine are leaving civilians â including thousands of children â without homes, power, water and basic services, as humanitarians warn the approaching winter is heightening the risks for communities along the frontlines.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than 470,000 movements by civilians heading north inside the Gaza Strip have been recorded since the ceasefire began, said the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Sharp declines in global aid are undermining decades of human rights and development progress, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al Nashif, warned on Monday.
ReliefWeb News
The IRC is scaling up its emergency response in Tawila and the surrounding areas through safe water supply, mobile clinics, cash aid and emergency response activities to reach those most in need.
ReliefWeb News
Countries, including Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic, are expected to endure several days of intense weather that could disrupt basic services, especially in vulnerable coastal areas.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
With Hurricane Melissa threatening to unleash torrential rains and hurricane-force winds across the Caribbean, at least 1.6 million children are at risk as families in Jamaica, Haiti and surrounding islands brace for flooding, landslides and widespread disruption.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UNâs top humanitarian official has called for an immediate ceasefire in El Fasher, the capital of Sudanâs North Darfur region, amid reports of significant civilian deaths, attacks on hospitals and the cityâs reported capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN and its partners are accelerating deliveries of life-saving aid across Gaza, but relief efforts remain constrained by access restrictions and overwhelming humanitarian needs, officials said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Marking its 80th anniversary, the United Nations celebrated decades of multilateral cooperation for peace, human rights, and sustainable development through events across the globe.
ReliefWeb News
Diseases directly linked to poor living conditions account for 70 per cent of all outpatient consultations at MSF's health care centers in southern Gaza this year.
ReliefWeb News
An IRC report calls for a paradigm shift in climate finance: prioritizing flexible, grant-based support that is conflict-sensitive, community-led, and designed to reach local actors.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Gazaâs health system remains in ruins despite the fragile ceasefire holding, with hundreds of thousands still facing urgent medical and humanitarian needs, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Over 900 days of brutal conflict, widespread human rights violations, famine, and the collapse of essential services have driven millions of people in Sudan to the âbrink of survivalâ â with women and children bearing the heaviest burden.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres has welcomed Wednesdayâs advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) saying Israel must allow aid into Gaza.
ReliefWeb News
Over 30 million people require humanitarian assistance; widespread violations of human rights, famine, and the breakdown of essential services have pushed them to the brink of survival.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As Ukraine enters its fourth winter since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, the United Nations remains committed to providing aid for embattled civilians across the country.