News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 30 from 83)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Desperate hunger drove crowds of people to overrun a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday, reportedly leaving two dead and several injured in a chaotic scramble for food.
ReliefWeb News
“The decision to cut these programs so abruptly and in this untransparent manner violates IHL which the US is bound by and undermines decades of US leadership in humanitarian and development efforts."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid from the new US and Israeli-backed aid distribution facility operating independently of the UN.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating public health crisis in Sudan, as conflict and mass displacement continue to drive a surge in disease, particularly cholera and malaria.
ReliefWeb News
Continuous attacks on power plants over the past month have disrupted electricity supply and worsened water shortages, significantly impacting access to safe water, increasing the risk of cholera.
ReliefWeb News
In Ethiopia, 10.2 million people, including more than three million IDPs, are severely food insecure. In Kenya, 34.5% of the population is undernourished. In Uganda, 25.4% of under fives are stunted.
ReliefWeb News
MAG anticipates that it will require an increase in funding from current levels of about $6 million a year to about $25 million in order to provide an appropriate response across the whole of Syria.
ReliefWeb News
It is vital that victims and survivors access services after the attack, as sexual violence is a medical emergency. The immediate and long-lasting consequences can be life-threatening.
ReliefWeb News
The agencies will collaborate in 15 crisis countries to detect, prevent and treat malnutrition. The work includes delivering nutritious food, along with addressing underlying causes of malnutrition.
ReliefWeb News
Recognizing the escalating disaster, the SRCS activated its Early Action Protocols for drought, triggering rapid assessments and preemptive delivery of aid and cash grants to 1,330 households.
ReliefWeb News
Report stresses urgent need for leaders, policy makers, donors and international and regional organizations to do more to support actors that work directly with communities facing these challenges.
ReliefWeb News
The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 highlights that the annual cost exceeds US$2.3 trillion when cascading and ecosystem costs are taken into account.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As a controversial United States and Israel-backed aid distribution plan gets underway in Gaza, the UN called on Tuesday for an “immediate surge” of its own pre-positioned supplies to help prevent starvation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across healthcare, housing, education and employment.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to ease sanctions against Syria.
ReliefWeb News
From January to April 2025, more than 220 children have been killed or injured in attacks – approximately 40 per cent higher than the number of child casualties reported during the same period last year.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on Monday that the “trickle” of supplies being allowed into the war-torn enclave will not halt famine.
ReliefWeb News
As of April 2025, more than 80% of Gaza Strip’s cropland area has been damaged (12,537 hectares out of 15,053) and 77.8% isn't accessible to farmers, leaving just 688 (4.6%) available for cultivation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent weeks, as conflict and a series of disasters fuel a worsening humanitarian crisis – one that risks deepening as vital relief operations face a severe funding shortfall.
ReliefWeb News
Nearly one out of five people attempting perilous sea movements in this region have been reported as dead or missing in 2025, making the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal waters amongst the deadliest.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Long-awaited food supplies have been looted in Gaza overnight while being transported to desperate communities in the war-torn enclave, UN aid teams reported on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General on Friday outlined a five-stage plan to provide lifesaving aid to the stricken population of Gaza, making clear the organization will not take part in any scheme that fails to respect international law or basic humanitarian principles.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Millions of people in Syria continue to face mortal danger from unexploded munitions, disease and malnutrition and more international support is urgently required, senior UN aid officials said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday that food insecurity is worsening both within the country and in neighbouring States, where 140,000 Congolese have fled since January.
ReliefWeb News
Cross-border displacement is compounding the food crisis. In the first four months nearly 140,000 Congolese fled, with Burundi and Uganda receiving the largest influxes – 70,000 and 60,000 respectively.
ReliefWeb News
More than 25,000 people have been newly displaced in Mozambique in a matter of weeks. They join close to 1.3 million people who have been uprooted by armed conflict, back-to-back cyclones and drought.
ReliefWeb News
Hostilities between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army – In Opposition have left at least 75 civilians killed and 78 injured, and displaced thousands.
ReliefWeb News
Vital convoys entered Gaza this week carrying resources to support operations for hot meals; however, after nearly 80 days of a total blockade of humanitarian aid, families still face a high risk of famine.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters and residential buildings, the UN human rights office OHCHR said on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that it has been forced to cut food aid to unprecedented lows in Kenya’s sprawling refugee camps, as a result of severe funding shortages.