News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 99)
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IOM reports that violence in Petite Rivière de l’Artibonite displaced 7,250 people, with most sheltering with host families and others joining two existing displacement sites
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Aid agencies warned on Friday of the fast-developing humanitarian emergency inside Taiz City in Yemen, which has been encircled by de facto Houthi forces fighting government troops along the country’s west coast.
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WFP warns that nearly 3.5 million people face crisis-level hunger or worse in Ebola-affected areas, while funding gaps threaten food aid, treatment infrastructure and transport for health teams.
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WHO warns that shortages of fuel, oxygen and medicines threaten dialysis, intensive care and newborn services, while restricted access hampers deliveries and growing displacement adds pressure.
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The international community must combat inequality and stop wars from expanding to ensure a safer world for all, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday.
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Oxfam warns that funding falls far short of needs as droughts, floods and crop losses deepen hunger, urging donors to release resources now and support early action in vulnerable communities.
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The displacement could occur between October and December. The warning comes as Somalia enters a rainy season forecast to bring above-normal rainfall amid strengthening El Niño conditions.
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MSF warns that reduced food aid, deteriorating shelters and poor sanitation leave families exposed as rains begin, while funding gaps threaten the withdrawal of aid organisations
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Talks to halt the fighting in Sudan and alleviate the humanitarian crisis there continued in Geneva on Wednesday, where nearly two dozen countries convened to discuss a pathway to a ceasefire and transition to peaceful governance that represents all Sudanese people.
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More than 250,000 people have now fled renewed fighting in Yemen, the UN said on Tuesday, citing particular concern for those sheltering in the southwestern city of Taiz and the wider governorate, where access is “essentially blocked”.
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Following extreme hunger warnings, a bitter reality is unfolding across Afghanistan: food is available, but remains inaccessible for millions of people.
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Funding shortages have forced the World Food Programme (WFP) to slash assistance to hungry families in the Gaza Strip by roughly one third – a move that will affect some 500,000 people as winter approaches, the UN agency announced on Monday.
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World Vision reports 171,448 people affected in its operational areas, with damaged farmland, lost incomes and disrupted services leaving families in need of food, safe water and other aid
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WFP has halved food rations and cut daily hot meals from 250,000 to 150,000, warning that funding shortages could reverse fragile food security gains as winter approaches
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OCHA reports food prices up about 50%, depleted aid stocks and hospitals running short of medicines, oxygen and fuel, as road closures prevent essential supplies reaching the city.
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Like many people in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, Ahmed Al-Omari is preparing for another winter of bitter cold and rain that threatens to cause flooding as families struggle to survive in tattered tents and damaged buildings.
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UNFPA warns that only five of 27 emergency maternity hospitals are partially functioning, while 1,500 women are due to give birth within two weeks and protection services face widespread closures
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A little over one year since a ceasefire agreement was announced between Hamas fighters and Israel, more than 340 children have been reported killed and hundreds more injured, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
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As drone strikes kill civilians from El Obeid to Blue Nile and famine risk spreads across Darfur and Kordofan, the Security Council meets on Sudan – the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis. Ambassadors are expected to press yet again for a ceasefire, safe aid access and an end to the weapons flows fuelling the brutal conflict.
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UNICEF warns that 800,000 children remain displaced, nearly every child needs mental health support, and damaged shelters and sanitation systems threaten families as winter approaches
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OHCHR verified 2,570 civilians killed and 15,211 injured between January and September, with missiles and drones driving mounting harm and renewed attacks disrupting electricity and heating
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Action Against Hunger reports 177 million people facing acute hunger across these countries, as food aid funding falls and conflict and access restrictions prevent assistance reaching families.
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FAO and WFP warn that five million people could face Emergency levels of hunger, while funding shortages, rising prices and unemployment leave families unable to afford nutritious food.
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Save the Children finds food, nutrition, health and WASH programmes across 17 crisis-hit countries only 31% funded, as conflict and El Niño threaten to deepen child malnutrition.
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MSF calls for child-centred care and inclusion in treatment and vaccine research, as children under five account for 24% of confirmed Ebola cases in North Kivu.
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Intensifying fighting in Yemen has cut off life-saving assistance to 800,000 people as shifting frontlines, blocked roads and growing insecurity severely restrict access to the city of Taiz and other conflict zones, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
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IOM warns that children’s deaths are undercounted: more than half of migrant death and disappearance records lack age data, obscuring the risks and weakening efforts to protect children
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The 2026 Global Hunger Index from Welthungerhilfe, Helvetas and IFHV identifies alarming hunger in eight countries, as conflict, climate shocks and funding cuts undermine food security.
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WFP warns that wheat flour stocks in Taiz are nearly exhausted, while blocked roads and insecurity prevent deliveries. Funding shortages threaten further assistance cuts from November.
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WHO warns that overcrowding, unsafe water and disrupted healthcare expose displaced families to preventable diseases, while a US$26.7 million funding gap threatens the emergency response