News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 3 from 95)
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Sudanese women about to give birth are losing their babies and sometimes their own lives because of a lack of specialist healthcare support, amid the ongoing war, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
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The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ā the fastest-growing on record and on track to become the deadliest ā is killing one person every 30 minutes.
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Humanitarians continue to provide life-saving assistance to people across the Occupied Palestinian Territory despite facing obstacles such as checkpoints, instability and access restrictions, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Without immediate funding, the final food aid for the most vulnerable 240,000 refugees will be provided in September, cutting off a lifeline for hundreds of thousands already living on the edge.
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As a major El NiƱo develops in the Pacific Ocean, millions of people across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East face worsening hunger, disease outbreaks and forced displacement.
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In one of the cities hardest hit by the earthquake that struck Colombia, hundreds of people are still waiting for news of missing relatives, friends and neighbours.
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Five years since the Taliban seized power in Kabul, life for some Afghans has improved while many others suffer growing hardship.
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Levels of wasting in children worsened in two-thirds of provinces in the second quarter of 2026, compared to the same period last year, with current cases driven by increases in infectious diseases.
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Cholera is spreading rapidly across West and Central Africa, with active outbreaks now in six countries and millions of children at growing risk, UN childrenās agency UNICEF has said.
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The UN on Wednesday continued scaling up assistance to areas affected by the deadly earthquake that hit Colombia two days earlier.
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The United Nations has once again urged warring parties in Sudan to protect civilians as the fighting continues to take a heavy toll on the population.
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More than 10.7 million women and girls require assistance. Deteriorating health outcomes, food insecurity, and shrinking access to services delivered by female professionals are deepening the crisis.
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The survey, across 888 households in 14 displacement sites in Baidoa, also found that one-third of families are surviving on just one meal a day, while only two per cent can afford three meals a day.
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As earthquake rescue efforts across western Colombia continued on Tuesday, UN agencies said that they stood ready to help āwith everything we've gotā, in coordination with national authorities.
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Ongoing conflict, displacement and funding shortages continue to deepen needs in Sudan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Monday, underscoring the need for greater civilian protection.
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More than 2,500 refugees fleeing violence spent more than six months without adequate shelter, latrines, access to water or food while awaiting relocation from AdƩmour transit site in Sila province.
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Afghanistan faces a deep humanitarian, economic and climate crisis, but NATO countries have forgotten their solemn promises to stand by the Afghan people, says the Norwegian Refugee Council.
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More than 300 children have died in the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN said on Friday, as health experts urged trials of the only vaccine against the disease to halt further spread of the rare Bundibugyo species.
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As armed gangs expand their control, women-led groups are providing critical support to survivors of violence and displacement, negotiating for humanitarian access, and supporting peacebuilding.
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At least 300 children in Gaza have been reportedly killed in as many days since a ceasefire agreement supposedly came into effect last October to suspend military operations between Hamas fighters and the Israel Defense Forces, the UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
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Nearly eight million people in South Sudan ā more than half the population ā face crisis-level hunger, with famine risk now flagged in four counties, as the Security Council met this morning in New York. A cholera outbreak has killed more than 1,700 people, and some aid workers are being killed and abducted even as they try to reach those most at risk. Follow live coverage below.
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UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres condemned on Wednesday the deadliest Russian strikes on Kyiv this year, which killed 17 people and caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure overnight.
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New data from Ituri Province shows a sharp decline in the number of children and women accessing essential healthcare services as fear of infection and service disruptions keep families away from care.
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Nearly 50 million more people in highly vulnerable communities globally are set to be pushed into acute hunger because of the strengthening El NiƱo weather phenomenon, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
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Russian forces hammered Ukraine with ballistic missiles and long-range drones overnight on Tuesday, killing at least 17 civilians ā mainly around Kyiv ā and injuring another 44, the UN human rights office in Ukraine reported.
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Concluding his first official visit to Cambodia, UN independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said he was encouraged by the governmentās cooperation but remained concerned about key human rights issues such as the lack of freedom of expression.
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El NiƱo is set to peak in September-December but in many areas the effects will be felt throughout 2027, due to impacts on harvests. Drought, flooding and extreme temperatures are already happening.
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Afghanistanās dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and impoverished parents.
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WFPās warning follows the release of an alert highlighting that malnutrition is at critical levels in a third of Afghanistanās provinces - a record - and projected to continue to rise through October.
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Amid a deepening hunger crisis in Somalia, artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to deliver aid to the people who need it most.