News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 2)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Despite the agreement announced on Sunday between the United States and Iran, displaced people in Lebanon continue to face difficulties in returning to their communities, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
What began as a geopolitical crisis in the Middle East nearly 100 days ago is increasingly becoming a food security crisis elsewhere, with UN agencies warning of rising hunger in Africa and malnourished children being turned away from medical clinics in Afghanistan.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least six million people in Somalia are going days without enough food, UN aid teams warned on Friday, highlighting that nearly two million of this number are young children “at high risk of illness or death”.
ReliefWeb News
A rapidly intensifying hunger emergency is pushing six million people – 31 percent of the population – into critical levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), affecting 1.9 million children.
ReliefWeb News
As the needs are increasing, global funding support has collapsed. More than 6.5 million people, approximately one in every four Somalis, now face high levels of acute food insecurity.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
“This is not a distant warning. This is a crisis that is unfolding right now and it's deepening quickly.”
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Somalia’s 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.
ReliefWeb News
Save the Children reveals how the collapse of funding to Somalia in 2025 may soon lead to catastrophic outcomes for children not seen since the 2011 famine, which killed more than 257,000 people.
ReliefWeb News
IOM data shows that drought now accounts for three out of every four new displacements, a 22 per cent increase from last year that underscores the growing severity of climate shocks.
ReliefWeb News
Rising fuel costs and supply disruptions from war in the Middle East could spell catastrophe for Somalia’s children, already reeling from drought, conflict and global budget cuts.
ReliefWeb News
The integrated food security phase classification (IPC) system shows the crisis or worse level has nearly doubled between February and March 2026 to a staggering 6.5 million people since early 2025.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The number of people in Somalia facing acute food insecurity has nearly doubled to 6.5 million since last year as hunger levels rise due to worsening drought, conflict and soaring food prices.
ReliefWeb News
Most of the food security data points are flashing red. Our early warning systems, which we manage alongside partners and counterparts, indicate that we’re on the same path as previous food crises.
ReliefWeb News
Four consecutive failed rainy seasons have completely exhausted food reserves in several regions. A Save the Children assessment found nine out of 10 homes are experiencing "poor" food consumption.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Brutal slashes to aid budgets are hampering efforts to assist millions of people in Somalia affected by drought, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Somalia is facing a rapidly worsening drought emergency, with vast swaths of the country now parched after four failed rainy seasons, leaving millions at risk of hunger and displacement, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.
IRC launches response to escalating drought threat in Somalia as third consecutive failed rains loom
ReliefWeb News
The drought is compounding fragile conditions and heightening the risk of a full-scale emergency, similar to what East Africa faced in 2020-23, where 30 million people faced food insecurity.
ReliefWeb News
In November, WFP will have to reduce the number of people who receive emergency food assistance to just 350,000, which means it will be supporting fewer than one in every 10 people who are in need.
ReliefWeb News
Flash flooding, below-average rainfall, high food prices, and ongoing conflict have combined to drive hunger levels up 30 per cent across Somalia, with the south worst hit.
ReliefWeb News
The campaign – part of Somalia’s ongoing efforts to end polio once and for all – launched in Somaliland, with 852,000 children vaccinated. In Puntland, the campaign reached 676,000 children.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN aid teams in Gaza say that they’re only able to get less than half the lifesaving food support that is needed into the war-torn enclave.
ReliefWeb News
Entire communities are at heightened risk of disease outbreaks after losing access to clean water due to the scaling back or shutdown of water trucking and sanitation systems, warns NRC.
ReliefWeb News
Intensified clashes in Somalia’s Hiraan region have displaced more than 22,000 people — half of them children — leaving communities in Mahaas cut off from basic services, Save the Children reports.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed a contribution of $3.5 million from the Government of Indonesia to support the agency’s school meal programme in Afghanistan.
ReliefWeb News
About 2.5 million people live in areas that are currently classified as moderately or severely affected by drought conditions. A joint assessment mission by UN agencies and partners is underway.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Ongoing violence has displaced more than 100,000 people in two regions of Somalia in the past two months, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
Cases of measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, cholera and severe respiratory infections have risen to more than 46,000, with children under five representing about 60 per cent of these.
ReliefWeb News
Severe malnutrition among children has surged across Somalia, with health facilities supported by ICRC seeing record admissions since the devastating drought two years ago.
More than 55,000 children at risk of illness in Somalia as aid cuts force nutrition centres to close
ReliefWeb News
Aid cuts, continued displacement and below average rainfall are pushing children deeper into a humanitarian emergency. 11% more children are expected to be severely malnourished than in 2024.
ReliefWeb News
The Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan is only 11.1% funded as of 12th May. The food and nutrition sectors are the least funded, receiving just 2.9% and 3% of the life-saving support this year.