News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 29 from 79)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Gazans remain at ācritical risk of famine,ā UN-backed food security experts warned on Monday, a full 19 months since war began with Israel and 70 days since deliveries stopped of all aid and commercial supplies.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN expressed deep concern on Monday over the impact of ongoing drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across Sudan.
ReliefWeb News
From 11 May to end-September 2025, the whole territory is classified in Emergency (IPC Phase 4), with the entire population expected to face Crisis or worse acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above).
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Shattered by her husbandās death during the rising tide of gang violence in Haiti last year, Christiana and her six children fled 223 kilometres from their hometown to the city of Mirebalais, where her six-year-old daughter, Leineda, began treatment for malnutrition.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN humanitarian teams have completed a mission to the Sudanese town of Tawila to provide life-saving assistance for civilians recently displaced by intensifying violence in North Darfur state.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Statesā decision to halt future funding to the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, will slash critical health services for women and girls worldwide, the agency warned on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central Africa are facing record hunger as conflict, displacement, economic hardship and repeated extreme weather push the region towards a major crisis.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Israelās plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger and cause mass displacement while using aid as ābaitā, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Costa Ricaās long-standing commitment to protecting refugees is under threat as severe funding cuts cripple support for surging numbers of Nicaraguan asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
Gaza's health system has been deliberately targeted. "Despite being protected under international law, Gazaās healthcare workers are being erased before the worldās eyes", said MAP.
ReliefWeb News
MSF teams are returning to the hospital after suspending activities in January after several violent incidents. Initial focus will be on responding to the growing and worrying cholera outbreak.
ReliefWeb News
Limited access to clean water, poor sanitation, malnutrition, and a fractured health system continue to leave millions at risk of deadly but preventable diseases.
ReliefWeb News
WFP needs $710 million to reach 5.6 million of the most vulnerable people over the next six months, including malnourished children. Thatās less than half the 12 million people we had planned to help.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid reports that renewed drone strikes on a key Sudanese aid hub were thwarted late Wednesday, UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres added his voice to increasingly urgent calls for serious peace negotiations to end more than two years of war in Sudan.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli security forces into three of its schools in occupied East Jerusalem, describing it as a violation of childrenās right to education and safety.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
An estimated 3,800 people have died as a result of the devastating earthquakes that struck Myanmar on 28 March. Six weeks on, the situation in Myanmar remains dire, with whole communities still traumatised and vulnerable.
ReliefWeb News
With at least 209 civilians killed and 1,146 injured, April became the deadliest month for Ukraineās civilians, and the month with the highest number of overall civilian casualties, since September 2024.
ReliefWeb News
More than 60,000 malnourished children in South Sudanās Upper Nile state are at risk of plunging deeper into malnutrition as treatment supplies run critically low and resupply efforts are hampered.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Students displaced by the war in Gaza have been channeling their anguish into art in psychosocial support sessions provided by the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Grim details emerged on Wednesday of Israeli airstrikes on a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering 2,000 displaced people, which reportedly killed 30 Palestinians sheltering there.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A UN food convoy has successfully delivered vital supplies to support tens of thousands of displaced people affected by escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to humanitarian teams on the ground.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN has renewed its call to end the brutal conflict in Sudan after a surge in drone strikes, including in Port Sudan ā the vital hub and lifeline for humanitarian aid.
ReliefWeb News
The number of people in need far exceeds the capacity to respond. MSF teams have set up two health posts at the main arrival sites to provide water and immediate nutrition and medical support.
ReliefWeb News
As the humanitarian crisis in DR Congo continues to worsen, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and 107 partners are appealing for $781 million to continue providing urgent and life-saving support in 2025.
ReliefWeb News
Nearly 20,000 people ā mostly exhausted and traumatized women and children ā have arrived in the past two weeks, reflecting escalating violence in North Darfur, particularly in and around El Fasher.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Thousands of exhausted Sudanese refugees continue to flee fighting in search of safety in neighbouring Chad, aid teams said on Tuesday, as a third day of drone strikes ripped into the city of Port Sudan.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The reported Israeli proposal to deliver humanitarian supplies through hubs controlled by the military would be a breach of the core principles of neutral, impartial and independent aid delivery, the UN said on Tuesday.
ReliefWeb News
The airstrike obliterated the hospital, killing at least seven civilians and injuring many patients and staff. It destroyed critical infrastructure, cutting off thousands from lifesaving care.
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Amnesty documents how frequent floods and heatwaves are overwhelming an underfunded healthcare system in the worldās fifth-most vulnerable country to climate disasters.
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Many health facilities are unable to provide basic services; nutrition, primary and reproductive care. Humanitarian response is critically underfunded with only 9% having been funded as of April 2025.