News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 21 from 95)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Food security in Gaza has improved since the ceasefire declared in October, pushing back famine conditions, but the situation remains critical with more than three-quarters of the population still facing acute hunger and malnutrition, a new UN-backed analysis has found.
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Humanitarian needs in Syria remain immense despite a year of reduced violence and political change, with millions still displaced, basic services strained and funding shortfalls threatening aid operations, senior UN officials said on Thursday.
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A pregnant woman in Gaza thought she might lose her child because of malnourishment. Ten days ago, she gave birth and is now in recovery thanks to World Food Programme (WFP) facilities that are back up and running again, the agencyâs representative for Palestine said on Thursday.
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Imagine living through a war and not being able to make a meal or heat your home; thatâs the reality today for thousands of Ukrainians whoâve seen repeated Russian attacks knock out their electricity for days at a time.
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UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres called on Yemenâs leaders to return to the path of peace and release all UN personnel detained there, following a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday.
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Humanitarian agencies working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) have warned that life-saving aid operations risk collapse unless Israel immediately lifts new barriers that are blocking access and forcing international charities to shut down.
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Families continue to flee intense hostilities across the Kordofan region of Sudan and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN said in an update on Wednesday.
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While the Asia and Pacific region has made notable progress in reducing hunger, persistent challenges remain in addressing malnutrition, food insecurity and unequal access to healthy diets, a new UN report published on Wednesday concludes.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The ceasefire in GazaâŻremainsâŻfragile, while humanitarians continue to face obstructions in delivering aid to the people, a senior UN official working to promote greater peace in the region told the Security Council on Tuesday.
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Over 17 million Afghans are facing acute food insecurity this winter, as the scale and severity of hunger and malnutrition deepens, warns the United Nations World Food Programme.
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) released its annual Emergency Watchlist, identifying the 20 countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crises in 2026.
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Conflict, climate shocks, and displacement are intensifying, while funding gaps are forcing painful choices. Millions could be left at risk, especially children facing acute food insecurity.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian assistance in Gaza is being delayed because aid cargo is routinely deprioritised in favour of commercial goods, the UNâs aid coordination office (OCHA) warned on Monday, as winter storms continue to worsen already dire living conditions for displaced families.
Renewable water availability per person plunges seven percent in a decade as global scarcity deepens
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Pressure on already scarce freshwater resources is increasing in several regions, particularly Northern Africa and Western Asia, according to the 2025 AQUASTAT Water Data Snapshot released by the FAO.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Despite widespread suffering driven by conflict, displacement and disasters, Myanmarâs humanitarian emergency has become âalmost invisibleâ to the world, the UNâs senior official in the country has warned.
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In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to still be trapped in El Fasher in the Darfur region, but UN aid agencies believe they may soon get access to the embattled city.
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Civilians across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing collapsing health services and mass displacement as fighting spreads, undermining recent peace efforts and raising fears of a wider regional crisis.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed alarm at reports of a so-called âsettler roadâ being built in the occupied West Bank.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than a month after Hurricane Melissa slammed the Caribbean, devastated communities still require assistance, the regional director for the World Food Programme (WFP) told journalists at UN Headquarters on Thursday.
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More than half a million people have now been uprooted by escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the UN said on Thursday, warning that the M23 rebel offensive is driving a rapidly worsening humanitarian emergency.
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Save the Childre analysis found that about 7.7 million children - 23,000 per day - were born into 43 humanitarian crises globally in 2025 as of end-November - about 10% more than five years ago.
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The violence, stress and displacement have had devastating consequences for pregnant women and newborns in Ukraine, with a 37 per cent rise in maternal death rates from 2023 to 2024.
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Over the next year, the humanitarian community will focus efforts on reaching 4.9 million of the most vulnerable people â a steep contraction from the 6.7 million people targeted in 2025.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker TĂŒrk on Wednesday rejected suggestions by the Israeli military that the so-called âYellow Lineâ of concrete blocks it has erected inside the enclave represented a new border.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As another winter storm hits the Gaza Strip, low temperatures and rains are putting the lives of newborns and other vulnerable groups at risk, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Wednesday.
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Afghanistanâs worsening humanitarian crisis is being driven by the accelerating erosion of fundamental rights â especially for women and girls â alongside mass displacement, economic decline and shrinking aid, senior UN officials warned on Wednesday.
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Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced over 200,000 people and cut thousands off from food assistance, prompting UN warnings of a rapidly expanding humanitarian emergency spilling across borders.
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At least 86,000 homes were damaged in the landslides and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah. More than 630 people were killed and nearly 70,000 are still in temporary shelters, including schools.
More than 100,000 children and their families forced from homes in South Kivu by escalating violence
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The thousands of displaced children and their families are now seeking refuge within other parts of DR Congo as well as across the border in Burundi and Rwanda.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Mothers whoâve been left starving in Gaza are now giving birth to underweight or premature babies who die in intensive care units or struggle to survive as they endure acute malnutrition, the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.