News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 37 from 88)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A record 83.4 million people have been forced from their homes around the world, fuelled by an increase in disasters and conflict, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The Security Council met in New York to discuss the horror unfolding in Gaza, where humanitarians warn of āa critical risk of famineā and aid shipments have been blocked by Israel for over 70 days. UN relief chief Tom Fletcher briefed the Security Council, asking ambassadors if they will finally act decisively "to prevent genocide" and ensure respect for international law. He also called on Hamas to release all hostages and stop putting civilians at risk. App users can follow the coverage here.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
No aid has entered Gaza for more than 10 weeks and every single one of the 2.1 million people there faces famine conditions, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said on Tuesday in a briefing to the Security Council in New York.
ReliefWeb News
Based on the results of a rapid global survey conducted among 411 women-led and womenās rights organizations across 44 crisis contexts, the report finds that 90% have been hit by funding cuts.
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The latest State of the Climate in Africa report reveals a stark pattern of extreme weather events, with some countries facing exceptional flooding and others enduring persistent droughts.
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The number of IDPs reached 83.4 million at the end of 2024, the highest figure ever recorded, with 73.5 million people displaced by conflict and violence, an increase of 80 per cent in six years.
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The Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan is only 11.1% funded as of 12th May. The food and nutrition sectors are the least funded, receiving just 2.9% and 3% of the life-saving support this year.
ReliefWeb News
Insecurity in Mexico and on the Central American migration route, as well as new restrictive immigration policies in the region, are the main factors leading to the increase in violence.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious possessions: goats, cows and cattle. The animals are central to peopleās lives and age-old customs including marriage and cultural traditions. All risk being swept away or scorched by the ravages of climate change.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.