News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 12)
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Almost six million people - nearly half the population - are experiencing acute hunger, with little access to clean water or sanitation as funding cuts have stripped away vital humanitarian support.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Country Team in Sudan met in Khartoum on Monday â the first time it has convened in the capital sinceâŻconflictâŻerupted in April 2023.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Just how many people are still trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher? Thatâs the burning question for relatives of the many thousands of people believed to still be there, since paramilitary fighters overran the regional capital of North Darfur last month, after a 500-day siege.
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A protection catastrophe in Darfur and Kordofan is intensifying at an alarming pace as escalating violence drives thousands of families from their homes, many for the second or third time, UNHCR warns.
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More than 21 million people in Sudan, 45 per cent of the population, are not getting enough to eat as the war between rival militaries continues, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Some 90,000 people have been displaced following the fall of El Fasher in Sudanâs North Darfur - with another 50,000 fleeing violence in the Kordofans, according to the UN migration chief.
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In war-torn Sudan, rape is likely being used as a weapon of war and simply being a woman there is âa strong predictorâ of hunger, violence and death, the UNâs gender equality agency warned on Tuesday.
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Save the Children, funded by the Green Climate Fund and the Global Partnership for Education, has launched a $17 million project to strengthen climate resilience in education across the country.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
To South Sudan, where aid teams warn that an already severe food and nutrition crisis could get worse without urgent humanitarian relief.
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The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report projects that over half of the population will face crisis or worse levels of hunger during the 2026 lean season.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
New analysis of hunger and malnutrition in war-torn Sudan has revealed sharp contrasts along conflict lines, three UN agencies reported on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Sudanâs hunger crisis has deepened further, with new UN-backed analysis confirming that famine is underway in parts of Darfur and Kordofan, where fighting and sieges have cut off entire communities from food and aid.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More details continued to emerge on Friday of atrocities committed during and after the fall of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudanâs Darfur region.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Horrific stories of mass-atrocities committed by the RSF militia continue to emerge, along with the tens of thousands of civilians who have fled the North Darfur city of El Fasher in Sudan.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UNâs top humanitarian official has called for an immediate ceasefire in El Fasher, the capital of Sudanâs North Darfur region, amid reports of significant civilian deaths, attacks on hospitals and the cityâs reported capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Marking its 80th anniversary, the United Nations celebrated decades of multilateral cooperation for peace, human rights, and sustainable development through events across the globe.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Over 900 days of brutal conflict, widespread human rights violations, famine, and the collapse of essential services have driven millions of people in Sudan to the âbrink of survivalâ â with women and children bearing the heaviest burden.
ReliefWeb News
Over 30 million people require humanitarian assistance; widespread violations of human rights, famine, and the breakdown of essential services have pushed them to the brink of survival.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
To Sudan, where the people of government held El Fasher in the west of the war-torn country remain trapped without food, water or medical care, UN aid coordinators, OCHA, said on Monday.
ReliefWeb News
Armed clashes are occurring on a scale not seen since a cessation of hostilities was signed in 2017, with civilians bearing the brunt of human rights violations and displacements.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least 20 civilians were reportedly killed this week in attacks targeting a mosque and the last hospital in El Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur state in Sudan.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UNâs top humanitarian official in Sudan has warned of an impending catastrophe in Darfur, with civilians facing relentless violence, sexual abuse and starvation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global political declaration tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health together.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid the devastating war in Sudan, UN aid teams are overcoming major obstacles to curb a cholera outbreak claiming lives across the country, with young children particularly at risk.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least 75 people have been killed, according to news reports, in a drone strike on a mosque during morning prayers in El Fasher city, in the west of the war-torn country.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN relief chief Tom Fletcher has highlighted recent diplomatic progress made towards a three-month pause to the brutal fighting in Sudan between rival militaries.
New, deadly floods displace more than 100,000 in South Sudan as conflict and funding cuts impede aid
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If the flooding continues, up to 400,000 people are likely to be displaced by the end of the year, exceeding flood displacement levels seen in 2024. Peak impacts are expected between now and October.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations has sounded the alarm over Sudanâs spiralling crisis, warning that deadly attacks in El Fasher, the collapse of essential services, and mass displacement are pushing millions in Darfur and beyond closer to catastrophe.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Aid agencies working in war-torn Sudan issued an alert on Friday over the particular harm faced by children there, the longer the conflict goes on.
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Over 100,000 people in South Sudan have been displaced by what the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has called ânew deadly floods.â