News Monitor
UNHCR is supporting aid efforts in Afghanistan after Monday’s rainstorms and heavy flooding in Central and Eastern regions left at least 40 people dead, more than 340 injured and many more displaced.
In his first statement to MPs, the Foreign Secretary outlined that the UK will release £21 million to support UNRWA's lifesaving work in Gaza and the provision of basic services in the region.
The significant surge in violence resulted in 228 Palestinian fatalities, including 51 children, marking a 65 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2023.
At least 32 million doses have already been delivered to 13 countries as part of the initiative and another 10 million doses set to be shipped by the end of July.
Northeast Nigeria faces a severe malnutrition crisis. The worst lean season in years leaves communities hungry, with children most at risk. IRC is seeing an alarming rise in cases.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of solid waste are piling up in streets, between tents in IDP camps, and next to the rubble in alleys. The collapse of waste management is worsening the health crisis.
“Some areas are not even reachable by phone, which makes it nearly impossible to operate. Meanwhile, the Sudanese Red Crescent Society volunteers have been working at great personal risk.”
Filippo Grandi pledged another $100 million to support displaced and war-affected people in Ukraine as they prepare for the third winter since the start of the Russian invasion.
Almost 26,500 suspected cases of cholera, more than 1.3 million cases of malaria and 11,600 cases of dengue have been recorded this year, according to the National Institute for Health, up from 2023.
Between January and June, about 5,580 migrant children arrived by sea while about 830 arrived by land – almost 250% up on the 1,850 migrant children who came to Greece in the first half of 2023.
The 2024 Aid Transparency Index has recorded its highest ever scores – marking a continued improvement in aid transparency among the world’s major aid and development agencies.
About 1.36 million people - including an estimated 858,000 children - live in Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman provinces hit by storms just two months after heavy rainfall in northeast killed 350 people.
Haiti’s multifaceted humanitarian emergency needs urgent attention and strategies beyond emergency, three senior UN and EU officials said today as they wrapped up a four-day visit to the country.
Despite the magnitude of the crisis and its destabilising effect on the area between the Red Sea and the Sahel, Sudan remains grossly neglected by the international community.
In an update from Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis where victims have been admitted, UN's Scott Anderson reported witnessing “some of the most horrific" scenes he had experienced in nine months.
About 2.7 million additional children were left un- and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to data published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
Airstrikes in Gaza' s Al Mawasi area, which is designated as a humanitarian zone sheltering displaced people, have reportedly left at least 90 people dead and about 300 others injured.
Climate hazards have impacted mobility, livelihoods and stability. This project will support Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Chad in addressing these issues.
It is high time for the Sudanese leadership to cease hostilities and to engage in a comprehensive and inclusive peace process. Every country with influence or leverage should aim to support this goal.
MSF teams, while maintaining minimum level of activities in some townships in the central part of Rakhine, struggle with severe access restrictions, and the consequences of violent conflict.