News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 36 from 79)
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The new school year has started but yet again with a glaring and damaging absence of girls from classrooms. This is not only harming their prospects, but the peace and prosperity of all Afghans.
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"Families are being pushed to the edge of catastrophe in the centre of the country as chaos continues to deprive children of lifesaving services," warns UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban.
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A devastating fire at the Bri-Mashamari camp for internally displaced persons in Konduga, northeast Nigeria, has claimed the lives of three children and left thousands in urgent need of assistance.
As Syria’s children step out of the shadows of war, securing their future is more critical than ever
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More than 75 per cent of Syria's 10.5 million children have been born during the 14-year civil war, with their entire childhood set against a backdrop of displacement, violence, and devastation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing to the devastating violence on the coast earlier this month, which marked a grim new chapter in Syria’s fragile transition to a lasting peace.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
With thousands fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) across the border into Burundi, aid operations are stretched to the limit, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country’s children living under the threat of airstrikes and staggeringly high malnutrition rates, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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Restoring a ceasefire deal is vital as death toll hits 50,000 and continues to rise amid Israeli airstrikes, aid and power blockades and renewed mass forced displacements.
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Reduced global funding for life-saving child survival programmes is causing health-care worker shortages, clinic closures, vaccination programme disruptions, and a lack of essential supplies.
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MSF has witnessed a renewed spike in atrocities in eastern DR Congo’s Ituri province, where our medical teams are providing care for civilians with horrific injuries.
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The lack of funds and uncertainty over donor contributions has forced UNHCR to suspend all medical treatment for refugees in Egypt except emergency life-saving procedures, affecting 20,000 people.
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The WFP currently only has the funds to sustain operations for 120,000 refugees through June. Without additional financial support, the agency will be forced to suspend food assistance.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes – but pledged that “the UN is not leaving” the enclave.
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Unrelenting conflict in Myanmar, dwindling financial resources and competing global crises have made it critical for the international community to step up for the Rohingya refugees.
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Worsened by limited access to water, sanitation, hygiene and health services, the alarming number has resulted in close to 2,900 deaths, many of whom are children.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said on Sunday.
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For more than three years, the rights of girls in Afghanistan have been violated. All girls must be allowed to return to school now, said UNICEF Chief, Catherine Russell.
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Deaths from TB fell by 42% between 2015 and 2023 while cases declined by 24% over the same period, according to the World Health Organization Global TB Report 2024.
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In and around the city of Goma in North Kivu, sites that were previously home to 400,000 internally displaced people have all been destroyed, leaving families stranded without shelter or protection.
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The looting, which included at least 2,200 cartons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), has put the lives of more than 2,000 children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) at risk.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Israel’s renewed bombing campaign and intensifying ground operation in Gaza are reversing gains achieved during the brief ceasefire, UN humanitarians inside the devastated enclave said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that has engulfed the international aid sector, made worse by pronounced cuts in Washington, the UN children’s and refugee agencies said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday strongly condemned the looting of vital humanitarian supplies from Al Bashair Hospital in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, warning that the theft puts thousands of malnourished children and mothers at risk.
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Death, injury and lasting family separation are among the traumatic events that have upended the lives of Ukraine’s children in the three years, according to a new report from UN Human Rights Office.
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The siege of northern Gaza is again blocking all life-saving supplies, including food and medicines to the area, with Save the Children unable to deliver water due for distribution through a partner.
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Global efforts to combat TB have saved an estimated 79 million lives since 2000. However, the drastic and abrupt cuts in global health funding happening now are threatening to reverse these gains.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN chief António Guterres on Thursday hailed positive announcements from the White House, Kremlin and Kyiv aimed at stopping crippling attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia, linked to Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The legacy of the Syrian conflict, which saw the overthrow of the Assad regime in December last year, is that 16.5 million people are in dire need of assistance, making it one of the largest humanitarian crises globally, a senior UN humanitarian said on Thursday.
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Months of fighting in eastern DRC have uprooted hundreds of thousands of people –Burundi has taken in the lion’s share – nearly 66,000 Congolese refugees and asylum seekers to date.
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The climate crisis has dramatically worsened water scarcity over the past few decades, leaving nearly 116 million people without safe drinking water, according to a new Oxfam report.