News Monitor

Already dire humanitarian conditions are worsening rapidly, and access to these vulnerable populations is severely restricted by insecurity, roadblocks and the presence of violent armed actors.

Since early December, more than 120,000 people have fled the ongoing violence in Blue Nile, White Nile and Sennar states in Sudan, to South Sudan. Dozens of wounded required urgent medical care.

The ongoing cyclone season and powerful aftershocks have made recovery efforts more difficult, with key infrastructure severely impacted by the earthquakes, including hospitals and schools.

Civilians are being forced to flee the combat zones in haste. More than 290,000 people have been displaced throughout Lubero territory, including 70,000 in Lubero-Centre and 30,000 in Kipese.

The plans outline strategies to address the needs of people whose lives have been upended by the war. They also emphasize the importance of international solidarity to sustain critical aid in 2025.

Almost half the population faces acute food insecurity, more than 13 million people do not have sufficient access to clean water and 40% of health facilities are partially or not functioning.

At least 40 civilians were reportedly killed in Kukawa's Dumba community on 12 January. This incident follows a series of attacks against civilians recorded in 2024.

If implemented, the pause in hostilities between Israel and Hamas will bring vital reprieve. But the NGO warns that a definitive ceasefire is needed as children still face hunger and disease.

As of 9 January, WHO has verified 2,209 attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine, leading to 205 deaths and 698 injuries since the war erupted nearly two years ago.

Latest data reveals 1,041,000 people, many displaced multiple times, are struggling amid an intensifying crisis. Children bear the greatest burden of displacement, making up over half of the numbers.

In 2024, at least 5,230 children sustained injuries requiring rehabilitation that is inaccessible due to continued attacks on healthcare, leaving them with a high likelihood of disability.

Children are disproportionately hit by climate change due to their physiological and developmental characteristics. Under-fives bear 88% of the global disease burden associated with climate change.

This is the second cyclone to hit Mozambique in only a month; in Madagascar, Dikeledi resulted in three deaths, 352 people displaced and 750 children out of school.

Conflict in DR Congo has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, with nearly 7 million people, including at least 3.5 million children, displaced and one in four people in need of aid.

Each day without a ceasefire risks more children’s futures. Even after one, restoring schools and the physical and mental safety children need to be able to resume learning will be a mammoth task.