News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 44 from 92)
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Recent offensives in South and North Kivu provinces since the beginning of 2025 have contributed to dramatically increasing conflict-related sexual violence, particularly on women and children
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing an escalating public health crisis as aid remains blocked and medical supplies dwindle.
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The rains, marking a delayed start to the 'gu' season, have been particularly heavy in Puntland and South West States. The infrastructure has been damaged and roads inundated.
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A lack of funding and dwindling supplies are forcing the UN World Food Programme to suspend lifesaving treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia by the end of the month. âWe are at the breaking point,â the agency warned on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with more than two million people â mostly women and children â trapped, starving and desperate, as no aid has been allowed in for the past 50 days.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried under the ruins of destroyed homes â but that hope is fading fast.
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WFP's life-saving response has been severely hampered by critical funding shortfalls as 3.6 million of the most vulnerable are at risk of losing food assistance
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Now is the time to invest in Syria, and support people returning to the country and their communities, the outgoing UN Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis said on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A mass wave of displacement in Sudanâs North Darfur state is pushing hundreds of thousands into precarious conditions far from lifesaving aid, as overstretched operations struggle to keep pace with the growing emergency.
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These challenges have severely disrupted existing humanitarian operations and exponentially increased the vulnerability of hundreds of thousands of people.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Thousands of families in Myanmar remain without shelter, water or medical care three weeks after deadly earthquakes struck the country, as frequent aftershocks compound the suffering of communities already battered by conflict and poverty.
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With food insecurity on the rise, the country also faces a growing public health emergency and famine-like conditions affecting an estimated 8,400 people.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to âget international media into Gazaâ to cover the conflict, in addition to those reporters trapped in the enclave.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Escalating armed violence, displacement, economic turmoil and disruptions to local food production are fueling hunger in Haiti and leaving millions at risk, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As Sudanâs civil war grinds on, millions of civilians remain trapped in a relentless cycle of displacement, hunger and violence, while relief efforts are stifled by insecurity and bureaucratic hurdles.
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The post-escalation landscape has been characterized by heightened volatility, with widespread systemic inequities and conflict-related barriers and military operations compounding the crisis.
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A new report confirms that 2,483 grave violations were committed against 2,255 children between 2022 and 2024. An estimated 6.3 million people, among them 3.4 million children, need humanitarian support.
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Most of the displaced families fled without food or water and are now entirely dependent on humanitarian aid, putting children, pregnant and breastfeeding women at severe risk of malnutrition.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads as rising political tensions threaten to derail a fragile peace deal, amid growing fears of renewed conflict in the worldâs youngest nation, already buckling under a deepening humanitarian crisis.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Escalating violence and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in and around El Fasher in Sudan continue to be of grave concern, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Despite numerous regional and international diplomatic initiatives, the security situation remains critical in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Security Council heard on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations on Wednesday warned that escalating hostilities and access constraints in Gaza are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis, displacing hundreds of thousands and depriving civilians of shelter, food and medicine.
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âWith nowhere safe for Palestinians or those trying to help them, the humanitarian response is severely struggling under the weight of insecurity and critical supply shortages, leaving people with few, if any, options for accessing care."
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IOM is currently leading efforts across more than 50 displacement sites, including shelter, camp management, protection, and emergency water, sanitation and hygiene services.
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The date 18 April marks 10 years since a shipwreck off Italy killed more than 1,000 people. Seven in 10 children go without a parent or guardian, so most who disappeared along this route were alone.
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The flooding has hit a community under severe strain. Since January, Tanganyika has received 50,000 IDPs fleeing violence in South Kivu. The floods also wiped out key crops, worsening food insecurity.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A plane carrying some 40 metric tonnes of lifesaving aid arrived in Myanmar from Dubai on Tuesday to support survivors of the devastating earthquake last month.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Two years to the day since Sudanâs brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected the peaceful transition to civilian rule after the overthrow of Omar Al-Bashir, UN chief AntĂłnio Guterres insisted that the world âmust not forgetâ the suffering of the countryâs people.
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As thousands struggle to survive in the ravaged Darfur region, humanitarians have a rapidly shrinking window to scale up operations from Chad before the rains disrupt this critical lifeline.
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As the conflict enters a third year, 15 million children are in need as violence, hunger, and disease increase. Growing constraints on access and funding are compounding challenges.