News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 44 from 95)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In July 2024, famine was detected in the Sudanās 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 Israelās blockade.
ReliefWeb News
In 2024, more than 295 million people across 53 countries faced acute hunger ā up almost 14 million people on 2023 ā while the number of people facing catastrophic levels of hunger reached a record.
ReliefWeb News
āThe scale of needs in Gaza in 2024 was enormous. Now it is overwhelming. The health system is completely overstretched. Over 90 per cent of Gazaās 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.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The ceasefire between the United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen provides an opportunity to revitalize the peace process in the Middle Eastern country, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
Many communities face unreliable access to electricity, clean water and healthcare, while gaps in civil documentation hinder returnees from accessing services or claiming housing and land rights.
More than 55,000 children at risk of illness in Somalia as aid cuts force nutrition centres to close
ReliefWeb News
Aid cuts, continued displacement and below average rainfall are pushing children deeper into a humanitarian emergency. 11% more children are expected to be severely malnourished than in 2024.
ReliefWeb News
The operating environment continues to pose challenges with high security risks, which limit humanitarian access to some areas, including displacement sites, and impact service provision.
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.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In the aid desert of Gaza, malnourished children are dying while survivors can now expect a lifetime of dire health problems, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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.
ReliefWeb News
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.
ReliefWeb News
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.
ReliefWeb News
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
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.
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.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
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.
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.