News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 19)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Months since Gazaâs nominal ceasefire began, Palestinians continue to be killed and maimed in drone and airstrikes, including the enclaveâs police force which is crucial to peace and reconstruction efforts, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to impact civilians and efforts to fight Ebola, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Tuesday.
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Families in Gaza living on or near the so-called Yellow Line controlled by the Israeli military have told the UN they live in constant fear of being killed or injured.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The dire conditions in the Gaza Strip are trapping children âin an endless cycle of sufferingâ and their heartbroken parents can only look on, an official with the UN child rights agency UNICEF said on Friday in a fresh appeal for greater humanitarian access to support families in the war-ravaged enclave.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least 26 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip since Tuesday â the eve of one of the most important holidays in Islam â the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
UNICEF is calling for safe unfettered access to deliver aid operations, the lifting of restrictions on items needed to quickly repair and sustain water and sanitation systems, and for IHL to be upheld.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Intensified Israeli airstrikes overnight in Lebanon forced people to again flee their homes, while humanitarians in the Gaza Strip report continued restrictions in bringing aid into the enclave, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In front of a simple tent in Gaza that offers no protection from the cold or the heat, in a crowded camp where tents lack privacy and basic services, Umm Ahmad sat down to speak to UN News about her life in Gaza before the war and what it has become now.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Dire conditions in Gaza marked by continuing violence, rodent infestations and the spread of infectious disease are being made worse by blockages of essential medical supplies, UN agencies warned on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
"People are telling us they feel stripped of dignity, safety and hope. Women are trying to care for their families in impossible conditions, while sewage overflows and sanitation systems collapse."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The global economy is entering a more fragile period as geopolitical conflicts, rising energy costs and financial instability threaten global growth and trade.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Haiti continues to face escalating violence and deepening insecurity, with gangs expanding their reach beyond Port-au-Prince and civilians increasingly caught between armed groups and security operations.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Somaliaâs Puntland region, dried out watering holes, animal carcasses and old pots filled with ash have become part of the landscape as worsening drought conditions deepen a growing hunger crisis.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Desperate and dangerous conditions in Gaza continue to hamper recovery efforts for the wartorn enclave's people, the UN health agency said on Friday, while demining experts warned that theyâve âbarely scratched the surfaceâ in assessing the level of contamination of unexploded ordnance.
ReliefWeb News
The report finds that the hardest-hit sectors include housing, health, education, commerce, and agriculture. It also highlights the catastrophic impact on human development across Gaza.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN and European Union issued a joint warning on Monday that human development across Gaza has been set back by a staggering 77 years, with $71.4 billion needed over the next decade for recovery and reconstruction.
ReliefWeb News
More than two million people remain displaced within Gaza, with the majority sheltering in makeshift tents. Families are being forced to survive without access to the most basic life-saving supplies.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The war in Gaza has inflicted a far higher toll on women and girls than in previous conflicts in the Palestinian enclave, with more than 38,000 killed by Israeli air bombardment and land military operations since Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel sparked the war in October 2023, UN Women said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
While the ceasefire has formally held, Israeli strikes have continued to kill and injure civilians, destroy homes, and erode any sense of safety, says NRC's Jan Egeland.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The World Health Organization (WHO) has facilitated the delivery of some 106 metric tonnes of lifesaving nutrition supplies to the Gaza Strip â the first shipment via a mechanism to deliver aid by sea, in line with a UN Security Council resolution and amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Asking the softly spoken, veteran humanitarian worker Philippe Lazzarini how he feels as he comes to the end of his second term as the head of the UN agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, is perhaps an unfair question.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian needs are continuing to grow again across Gaza, the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said on Wednesday, amid mounting pressures on aid delivery and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The escalating violence in the Middle East region is compounding an already dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
ReliefWeb News
MSF is calling for a massive scale-up of lifesaving aid and unhindered access amid the ongoing catastrophe in Gaza, where lives continue to be lost due to sustained violence and aid restrictions.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator arrived in South Sudan on Friday to visit one of the most under-reported humanitarian crises in the world, as clashes between government and opposition forces continue in Jonglei state.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its emergency response in South Sudanâs Jonglei state, where escalating conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and pushed hunger to critical levels.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least 52 people have died after Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar on 10 February, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday, citing the authorities.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN has the funds and capacity to scale up relief and reconstruction operations in Gaza but does not have the necessary access to carry out these vital tasks, Alexander De Croo, the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), told journalists on Tuesday.
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Humanitarians in the Gaza Strip continue to face impediments in their efforts to deliver lifesaving aid to the population.
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The reopening of the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday after more than a year is being met with both optimism and fear, a senior official with the UN agency that assists the Palestinian people, UNRWA, has said.