News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 15)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Two truckloads of food aid destined for hungry families in South Kordofan state, Sudan, were destroyed in an aerial attack over the weekend, the World Food Progamme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
For millions of children in Sudan, the classroom remains out of reach as the country’s civil war continues to disrupt their education. To help tackle this huge problem, the UN global education fund on Monday announced a $22 million initiative to help 200,000 youngsters return to learning.
ReliefWeb News
The humanitarian response has changed. In the early months, the priority was keeping people alive; today, while emergency needs remain immense, many families are also trying to rebuild their lives.
ReliefWeb News
Families are fleeing violence, losing access to water, electricity and health care, and now face floods. Without urgent action to protect civilians and restore essential services, suffering will deepen.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Intensifying fighting in Sudan has displaced at least another 200,000 people since late 2025, while destructive seasonal floods are compounding the massive humanitarian emergency there, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Sudanese women about to give birth are losing their babies and sometimes their own lives because of a lack of specialist healthcare support, amid the ongoing war, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
Without immediate funding, the final food aid for the most vulnerable 240,000 refugees will be provided in September, cutting off a lifeline for hundreds of thousands already living on the edge.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations has once again urged warring parties in Sudan to protect civilians as the fighting continues to take a heavy toll on the population.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Ongoing conflict, displacement and funding shortages continue to deepen needs in Sudan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Monday, underscoring the need for greater civilian protection.
ReliefWeb News
More than 2,500 refugees fleeing violence spent more than six months without adequate shelter, latrines, access to water or food while awaiting relocation from Adémour transit site in Sila province.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nearly eight million people in South Sudan – more than half the population – face crisis-level hunger, with famine risk now flagged in four counties, as the Security Council met this morning in New York. A cholera outbreak has killed more than 1,700 people, and some aid workers are being killed and abducted even as they try to reach those most at risk. Follow live coverage below.
ReliefWeb News
Plan International is calling for urgent international action to protect children in El-Obeid, Sudan as hundreds of thousands face humanitarian catastrophe as deadly cholera outbreak spreads
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN partners launched the Winter Response Plan to help 2.1 million people in Ukraine survive another cold season as the country grapples with the on-going Russian invasion.
ReliefWeb News
Funding shortfalls mean that we aren’t even able to provide a full ration, people are only receiving 50% of the food they should. Despite this, the people I met were sharing with their neighbours.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN humanitarians working in war-torn Sudan on Friday highlighted rapidly growing needs among the more than 100,000 displaced people now sheltering in camps in the city of El Obeid.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarians in the Gaza Strip continue to face significant challenges in reaching communities located near the so-called “Yellow Line” in northern Rafah, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Tuesday.
ReliefWeb News
Case numbers have continued to rise steadily, suggesting the outbreak has not yet reached its peak. There are now five provinces affected by the Ebola outbreak and 10 more are considered at high risk.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In war-torn Sudan, a deadly new cholera outbreak has already claimed more than 100 lives, heightening serious concerns for vulnerable communities including in besieged El-Obeid, where daily drone attacks have continued to hamper aid access.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As drought risk intensifies in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state, a new UN-backed plan aims to protect thousands of people before the worst impacts take hold.
ReliefWeb News
WFP triggered the action plan in Eastern Equatoria as drought risk intensifies and is now delivering cash transfers and early warning communications to help families prepare for the impact.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Children across Sudan continue to bear the brunt of a war that is becoming increasingly deadly, with at least 330 children reported killed or injured during the first six months of 2026, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.
ReliefWeb News
Limited resources have forced programming to concentrate on those in Catastrophe, areas at risk of Famine and Emergency hotspots, so millions in Crisis are receiving limited, irregular or no support.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Five humanitarian workers have been killed after a clearly marked aid convoy was ambushed in Jonglei State, South Sudan.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations has welcomed Sudan’s decision to extend the opening of an aid corridor with neighbouring Chad and continues to express concern over the ongoing escalation in El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan state.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A senior United Nations official warned on Friday that the opportunity to prevent a major escalation in the Sudanese city of El Obeid is “rapidly narrowing” as fighting intensifies in and around the North Kordofan state capital.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Escalating violence in and around the Sudanese city of El Obeid is putting civilians at increased risk and disrupting essential services, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Escalating attacks on bridges, roads and other civilian infrastructure in Sudan are disrupting humanitarian access and putting civilians at further risk, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Months of fighting and insecurity have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei State, triggering “one of the most severe conflict-related displacement emergencies in recent years”, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
Since early May, drone strikes around Tina, Sudan, near the Chadian border, have intensified, leading to repeated influxes of wounded patients at Tiné Hospital, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Chad.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations is raising alarm over continued drone attacks in Sudan’s Darfur region after multiple strikes reportedly killed civilians and intensified fears for communities already trapped by the brutal conflict between rival militaries.