News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 2 from 4)
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At least 2,680 people were killed between 1 January and 30 May, including 54 children, according to information verified by the UN. At least 957 others were injured and 316 kidnapped for ransom.
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Nearly 1.3 million people have been forced to flee gang violence in Haiti and seek refuge elsewhere within the Caribbean country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday.
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As the hurricane season gets underway in the Caribbean, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over Haitiās humanitarian situation.
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Armed violence and insecurity in Haiti have exposed already vulnerable children to sexual violence and exploitation, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Wednesday.
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The operating environment continues to pose challenges with high security risks, which limit humanitarian access to some areas, including displacement sites, and impact service provision.
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Shattered by her husbandās death during the rising tide of gang violence in Haiti last year, Christiana and her six children fled 223 kilometres from their hometown to the city of Mirebalais, where her six-year-old daughter, Leineda, began treatment for malnutrition.
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Deportations coincide with a separate humanitarian emergency in the Centre department. Gang violence that erupted in late March in Mirebalais and Saut dāEau has displaced more than 51,000 people.
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With food insecurity on the rise, the country also faces a growing public health emergency and famine-like conditions affecting an estimated 8,400 people.
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Escalating armed violence, displacement, economic turmoil and disruptions to local food production are fueling hunger in Haiti and leaving millions at risk, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.
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IOM is currently leading efforts across more than 50 displacement sites, including shelter, camp management, protection, and emergency water, sanitation and hygiene services.
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A plane carrying some 40 metric tonnes of lifesaving aid arrived in Myanmar from Dubai on Tuesday to support survivors of the devastating earthquake last month.
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In the first two months of 2025, incidents restricting humanitarian accessāsuch as roadblocks and violence towards humanitarian workersāsoared 75% compared with the same period last year.
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"Families are being pushed to the edge of catastrophe in the centre of the country as chaos continues to deprive children of lifesaving services," warns UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban.
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Clashes between armed groups and police are intensifying, leaving people trapped under constant threat of crossfire. Today, 85% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, is under the control of armed groups.
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Gang violence, political instability and economic turmoil have displaced over 700,000 people in Haiti, forcing families from their homes with nothing but what they can carry; some 5.5 million people ā half of Haitiās population ā rely on humanitarian aid to survive.
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Conditions continue to deteriorate for thousands of children and their families one year after the country declared a state of emergency, Save the Children said.
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The ongoing emergency in Haiti is crushing childrenās chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily armed and violent gangs, the UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
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Ongoing gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than a million people, nearly a tenth of the population, or three times more than last year, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Thursday.
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More than 6,000 people in Haiti have been forced from their homes by gang violence in almost a month, hampering aid efforts by humanitarian agencies, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.
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Armed groups in Haiti are inflicting āunimaginable horrorsā on children, turning their ābodies into battlegroundsā, according to the UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF).
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Violent clashes this week between security forces and armed groups on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince have led to another wave of displacement, according to the UN aid coordination office (OCHA).
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The humanitarian crisis in Haiti has reached a critical point, with one in eight children now internally displaced due to escalating violence fuelled by armed groups who continue to control most of the capital, according to the UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF).
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Surging gang violence in Haiti has caused a threefold rise in the number of people uprooted from their homes in a year, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday, in a call for āsustained humanitarian assistance right now to save and protect livesā.
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Country: Haiti
Source: International Organization for Migration
Latest data reveals 1,041,000 people, many displaced multiple times, are struggling amid an intensifying crisis. Children bear the greatest burden of displacement, making up over half of the numbers.
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The UNās top aid official has travelled to Ukraine where heās expressed his solidarity with the countryās people, who continue to come under attack from Russian forces.
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Country: Haiti
Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN human rights chief calls for the full implementation of the Security Council's sanctions regime and the arms embargo to prevent the supply of firearms and ammunition to the country.
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Country: Haiti
Source: Famine Early Warning System Network
The surge in violence has adversely affected poor householdsā income sources, disrupted market functioning and supply, and impeded food assistance distribution.
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Offering Haitiās young people alternatives to gang life and strengthening local institutions are key for the Caribbean nation to āreclaim its position as a symbol of hope,ā according to a senior UN official in the country.
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Country: Haiti
Sources: UN Integrated Office in Haiti, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
The documented crimes at Wharf JƩrƩmie occur in an alarming context of violence and human rights violations in Haiti, involving criminal gangs, self-defense groups, and unorganized members of the population.
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UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has issued an alert after a surge in the number of displaced people fleeing war-torn Sudan for neighbouring South Sudan.