News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 31 from 83)
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.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN agencies in Gaza confirmed on Thursday that desperately needed aid has finally arrived at warehouses inside the enclave after an 11-week blockade by Israeli authorities.
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Approximately 720,000 refugees supported by WFP in Kenya will from June receive an in-kind food ration of just 28 percent and all cash assistance will halt, unless additional funding is received.
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Humanitarians are reaching millions each month through in-country and cross-border operations, but only 10 per cent of the UN's $2 billion appeal has been funded.
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Despite this slight improvement compared with the last analysis, recovery efforts are struggling as infrastructure remains damaged, the economy stagnates, inflation rises and aid funding lags.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel to distribute five trucks worth of lifesaving relief that was allowed into Gaza at the start of the week, after an 11-week blockade.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Noor, a 16-month-old toddler, is from the Lahj governorate in the southwest corner of Yemen. A UN-partner volunteer diagnosed her with severe malnutrition – and her story became headline news when the UN relief chief recounted it to the Security Council during an impassioned briefing last week.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Armed violence and insecurity in Haiti have exposed already vulnerable children to sexual violence and exploitation, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
After years of stalemate and suffering, Syria is beginning to see renewed international engagement.
ReliefWeb News
Every day of delay worsens hunger and brings Gaza closer to famine. We cannot allow aid to remain blocked while millions of people see their lives threatened. The international community must act now.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Aid is trickling into Gaza after nearly three months of blockade, but it remains far from enough to meet the soaring humanitarian needs, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Women and girls living through humanitarian crises are at risk of being overlooked – just as they are at their most vulnerable.
ReliefWeb News
Almost five months into 2025, the HNRP is less than 10 per cent funded, preventing critical aid delivery to millions of people across the country, including women, girls and other vulnerable groups.
ReliefWeb News
“We need governments that have the voice ... to shine the light on the DRC. The DRC has long been a forgotten crisis, and we need the international community to stand up for the people of the DRC.’’
ReliefWeb News
Global aid cuts have affected its newborn and reproductive health services in several countries, with the worst impacted including the DR Congo, Yemen and Nigeria, said Save the Children.
ReliefWeb News
The entire population is running out of food and essential supplies, with increasing risk of famine. This means every woman and girl, (more than one million), is facing catastrophic levels of hunger.
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There were more than 3,600 reported incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care, a 15% rise compared with 2023. The attacks included the killing of more than 900 health workers.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad appeal to global solidarity, as delegates from around the world gather in Geneva to confront mounting health, climate, and financial challenges – and finalise a global treaty to head off the next pandemic.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN humanitarian affairs chief has welcomed Israel’s decision to allow limited aid to cross into Gaza after 11 weeks of complete blockade – but significantly more is needed “starting tomorrow morning”.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid intensifying Israeli bombing and ground operations in Gaza, the UN’s relief coordination agency, OCHA, said on Monday that it was in talks with Israel to re-start deliveries of lifesaving supplies to the stricken enclave.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarians demand access to the Gaza Strip and already have a plan in place to deliver life-saving assistance to civilians, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said in a strong call issued late on Friday evening.
ReliefWeb News
Only 43 per cent of the targeted people have been reached with food assistance, leaving critical needs unmet. Funding remains limited despite the scale and urgency of the needs.
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UNICEF and partners support unaccompanied and separated children, but access to mental health and psychosocial services remains insufficient amid ongoing influx of Sudanese refugees in Chad.
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ActionAid’s teams recorded 247 cases of sexual violence in March alone – almost eight times as many as in February. In two months, survivors reported 381 cases of sexual violence.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In July 2024, famine was detected in the Sudan’s Zamzam IDP camp. In the following months, the official alert expanded to other camps in Darfur and Western Nuba Mountains. From December until now, famine has been confirmed in five other areas of the war-torn country. A further 17 areas are at risk.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid reports that Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight into Friday killed at least 64 people, aid teams once again pushed back strongly at allegations that aid is being diverted to Hamas, demanding an end to Israel’s blockade.
ReliefWeb News
In 2024, more than 295 million people across 53 countries faced acute hunger — up almost 14 million people on 2023 — while the number of people facing catastrophic levels of hunger reached a record.
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“The scale of needs in Gaza in 2024 was enormous. Now it is overwhelming. The health system is completely overstretched. Over 90 per cent of Gaza’s population is experiencing acute food insecurity."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Intensified hostilities continue in the Gaza Strip, bringing further death, displacement and destruction as the weeks-long aid blockade grinds on, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said on Thursday.