News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 28 from 99)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Just how many people are still trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher? Thatās the burning question for relatives of the many thousands of people believed to still be there, since paramilitary fighters overran the regional capital of North Darfur last month, after a 500-day siege.
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A protection catastrophe in Darfur and Kordofan is intensifying at an alarming pace as escalating violence drives thousands of families from their homes, many for the second or third time, UNHCR warns.
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More than 21 million people in Sudan, 45 per cent of the population, are not getting enough to eat as the war between rival militaries continues, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
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More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked to more than two years of war between Hamas and Israel, welfare agencies have reported.
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People are unable to start repairs to homes without equipment and many are scared to move due to unexploded ordnance or the fear of further airstrikes, Save the Children said.
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Super Typhoon Fung-wong has wreaked havoc on homes, schools and access to health services across 16 regions in the archipelago already exhausted by multiple climate-related and geophysical shocks.
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) warn of a major hunger emergency, with acute food insecurity set to worsen in 16 countries and territories between now and May 2026, putting millions of lives at risk.
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Some 90,000 people have been displaced following the fall of El Fasher in Sudanās North Darfur - with another 50,000 fleeing violence in the Kordofans, according to the UN migration chief.
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At least 600,000 litres of desperately needed diesel fuel has managed to enter the Gaza Strip in less than a week, UN aid coordinators OCHA said in an update.
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As these regions edge closer to catastrophic conditions or even famine, funding is perilously short. At end-October, only $10.5 billion out of $29 billion needed for the most at-risk had been received.
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In war-torn Sudan, rape is likely being used as a weapon of war and simply being a woman there is āa strong predictorā of hunger, violence and death, the UNās gender equality agency warned on Tuesday.
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At least 21 Rohingya refugees, including two teenage girls, have died after a boat carrying up to 70 people capsized in the Andaman Sea off the coasts of Malaysia and Thailand, according to UN agencies.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, governments and aid agencies are still struggling to reach communities left without homes, healthcare and basic services, as damage assessments in Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti continue to rise, the UN said on Tuesday.
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āOur teams are responding, but insecurity and depleted supplies mean we are only reaching a fraction of those in need. Without safe access and urgent funding, operations risk grinding to a halt."
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Schools have been suspended for at least the next two days in the Philippines after the country was battered by Typhoon Fung-wong overnight, disrupting education for millions of children.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least 117 million people have been displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, while highlighting how much their plight is tied to the growing climate crisis.
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A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their former homes and communities wherever access is allowed, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported large-scale attacks and hostilities in Ukraine over the weekend which caused widespread civilian casualties and disrupted critical services across the country.
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Save the Children, funded by the Green Climate Fund and the Global Partnership for Education, has launched a $17 million project to strengthen climate resilience in education across the country.
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Amnesty International documents how, between 2020 and 2023, climate change-related drought, coupled with conflict and marginalization, forced thousands of people to relocate to camps for IDPs.
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Donors announced commitments of nearly CHF 110 million, a record level of investment into the IFRCās Disaster Response Emergency Fund, which enables rapid, locally-led humanitarian response.
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New waves of destruction of Ukraineās energy system, already stretched to its limit, place millions of people at risk of being left in the cold and dark this winter.
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The crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to worsen amid ongoing fighting that has driven tens of thousands of people from their homes and created acute hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
The numbers of people facing the emergency level of hunger has almost doubled since last year, driven by various conflicts ā and demonstrates the impact of a major shift in the Eastern DRC context.
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The United Nations said on Thursday that Israeli authorities have rejected more than 100 requests to bring relief materials into Gaza since the ceasefire began nearly a month ago.
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To South Sudan, where aid teams warn that an already severe food and nutrition crisis could get worse without urgent humanitarian relief.
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Around 2.2 million Cubans remain in dire need of assistance across the eastern provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, and Guantanamo as the after effects of Hurricane Mellisa continue, UN aid workers said on Wednesday.
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The 30th UN climate summit unfolds amid worsening climate disasters that are displacing millions of children, disrupting education, and endangering their health and safety.
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The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report projects that over half of the population will face crisis or worse levels of hunger during the 2026 lean season.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
New analysis of hunger and malnutrition in war-torn Sudan has revealed sharp contrasts along conflict lines, three UN agencies reported on Tuesday.