News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 4 from 99)
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Six million children in six countries are experiencing severe food shortages but this is set to rise to eight million in the next few months unless urgent action is taken, Save the Children said.
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Today's update from IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) shows that Ta'iz Governorate hosts the most displaced people, with 73,494. Lahj follows with 33,828, then Aden with 8,946.
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Many are going back to a country still wracked by conflict, where damaged homes, schools and clinics cannot meet the needs. Without urgent support, families risk being uprooted again.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN has condemned continued cross‑border attacks by Houthi forces against Saudi Arabia, including an attempted strike on the capital Riyadh, as fighting inside Yemen drives one of the country’s fastest displacement surges in years.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
People displaced by the renewed fighting in Yemen have described fleeing for their lives amid shelling and gunfire, aid agencies reported on Friday, while highlighting the dramatic increase in humanitarian needs in the country and in Djibouti, where thousands have sought shelter.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Haiti is facing a worsening child malnutrition crisis, with an estimated 253,725 children aged 6 to 59 months projected to suffer from acute malnutrition between June 2026 and May 2027, new UN-backed analysis has revealed.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The catastrophic flooding that swept away entire villages in northern Nepal could occur again in the country or elsewhere in the Himalayas due to climate change.
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El Niño alone could push 49 million more people into acute food insecurity by the end of 2027, bringing the global total to 274 million. At the same time, funding has fallen nearly 60% since 2022.
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Between December 2026 and May 2027, 29 municipalities are projected to reach IPC Acute malnutrition phase 3; Cité Soleil and Cabaret are expected to reach phase 4, the second-highest classification.
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Any further flooding would strain a health system already stretched thin, where access to care is limited and resources to respond to a new emergency are scarce.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Renewed fighting in Yemen is deepening an already severe humanitarian crisis in a country where more than 12 million children depend on aid, after more than a decade of conflict.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to raise $97.5 million to protect 540,000 children and their families in Gaza and the West Bank from harsh winter conditions in the coming months.
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The event is expected to strengthen further and peak towards the end of 2026. Its effects may lag and persist beyond the peak, and will not be felt everywhere at the same time or in the same way.
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The United Nations conducted a risk perception survey on 1,300 stakeholders across 155 countries. Political risks moved to the center. Concerns about AI and frontier technologies rose sharply.
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More than 104,000 people have been displaced in just two weeks. The fighting across western Taiz, southern Hudaydah, Marib and other affected areas is cutting children off from essential services.
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While some indicators, such as falling admissions and slower transmission, may suggest the outbreak is easing, MSF is observing a worrying trend: cases are spreading into new, underprepared areas.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Search and rescue operations continued in Gaza City on Wednesday following the collapse of a bombed-out building that killed at least 20 people, according to reports.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Three weeks after the devastating flash floods in Nepal, about 17,000 children require urgent mental health and psychosocial support in the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The already dire hunger crisis in South Sudan is becoming increasingly critical as violence, extreme weather and dwindling aid leave millions without enough food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The escalating conflict in Yemen is choking off aid shipments and driving fresh displacement, including to nearby Djibouti, with UN agencies reporting on Tuesday that nearly 100,000 people have been displaced since fighting intensified earlier this month.
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Just 15 days into the new school year there have been over 1,000 air raid alerts across the country - the highest number for this period in the last five years and nearly double last year.
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More than half the population - 7.8 million people - struggle to find food each day; 2.2 million children and 1.2 million pregnant and breastfeeding mothers require urgent nutrition support.
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The latest wave follows the fall of Al Mokha. Families arriving in host areas report having had no time to grab their belongings, and many left their livestock and livelihoods behind.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners have delivered lifesaving assistance to families in conflict-affected communities in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, many of whom had gone months without humanitarian support.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN aid agencies on Monday said they may be forced to scale back humanitarian aid in Sudan – home of the world’s worst hunger and displacement crisis – due to funding shortfalls.
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Nearly three years since war started in Gaza, almost all school buildings (97.5%) are damaged while 86% of 649 kindergartens assessed have either been destroyed, damaged or are in inaccessible areas.
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As of 26 August 2026, more than 334,000 people remained displaced, unable to return because of security concerns, property damage and limited access to essential services.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least 46,000 people have been displaced since renewed fighting last week between Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in southwestern Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Friday.
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The Commission remains concerned about killings, displacement, attacks affecting civilians and infrastructure, disruption of humanitarian operations and growing insecurity for humanitarian personnel.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A drone strike on the protective structure at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant could have endangered the safety of millions of people, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Alexander De Croo told reporters via video link from Kyiv on Thursday.