News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 2 from 3)
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The ongoing rainy season is slowing cholera response efforts in some locations, raising concerns about further transmission and undermining progress made so far in combating the outbreak.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
South Sudan’s dramatic hunger crisis is worsening and millions of people there could miss out on food aid because of the global humanitarian funding crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Half the population – 7.7 million people – are facing severe hunger. Of these, 83,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger (IPC5) – the highest classification of food insecurity.
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These distributions mark WFP’s first access in four months to deliver life-saving food aid to more than 40,000 people facing catastrophic hunger in the most remote parts of Nasir and Ulang counties.
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With humanitarian needs on the rise and more people fleeing violence in Sudan, IOM is urgently appealing for $6.5 million to resume this vital support and prevent vulnerable people from being stranded.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Global investment fell a full 11 per cent to $1.5 trillion last year – it’s a huge blow for developing nations, the UN trade agency, UNCTAD, said on Thursday.
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A deadly mix of conflict, climate change and poverty has pushed 2.3 million under-fives in South Sudan into life-threatening acute malnutrition, with rates soaring just months after funding cuts.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned after a new update was released on Thursday from the UN-partnered food security classification system, the IPC.
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The closure of the hospital and cessation of MSF’s support to 13 facilities has left an area spanning more than 124 miles without any secondary health care facility.
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Some 100,000 people seeking safety in DRC, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda cited insecurity, inter-communal violence, and deteriorating humanitarian conditions as the main reasons for fleeing.
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The influx of patients is the direct consequence of the escalation of armed conflict and violence the country has experienced in the past months and the scope of the resulting humanitarian crisis.
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Hostilities between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army – In Opposition have left at least 75 civilians killed and 78 injured, and displaced thousands.
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More than 60,000 malnourished children in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state are at risk of plunging deeper into malnutrition as treatment supplies run critically low and resupply efforts are hampered.
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The airstrike obliterated the hospital, killing at least seven civilians and injuring many patients and staff. It destroyed critical infrastructure, cutting off thousands from lifesaving care.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads as rising political tensions threaten to derail a fragile peace deal, amid growing fears of renewed conflict in the world’s youngest nation, already buckling under a deepening humanitarian crisis.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is now likely the worst it has been in the 18 months since the outbreak of hostilities, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, reported on Monday. 
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Hunger in South Sudan’s northeast has reached a critical tipping point, with nearly 7.7 million people facing severe food insecurity as conflict escalates, the UN’s emergency food relief agency warned on Wednesday.
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The children from a remote part of Akobo County, along with three adults, died on the three-hour walk from their village to seek treatment at the nearest remaining health facility in Akobo town.
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Clashes between government forces and opposition groups have erupted around Juba, Western Equatoria and the Upper Nile states. Since February, more than 50,000 people have been forced from their homes.
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As the situation continues to deteriorate, War Child is gravely concerned for the 5.4 million children and youth in South Sudan who face a growing threat of violence and recruitment to armed groups.
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A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding on both sides of the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, as escalating violence, displacement and a widespread cholera outbreak are pushing communities to the brink.
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Violence and widespread cholera are pushing to the brink people on both sides of the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, where approximately 10,000 are displaced since March, warns Médecins Sans Frontières
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"The little we have must be protected so that urgent support for people most in need can be provided. Currently, 5.4 million people, over half of them children, require life-saving assistance."
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Countries: South Sudan, Sudan
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross
Since early December, more than 120,000 people have fled the ongoing violence in Blue Nile, White Nile and Sennar states in Sudan, to South Sudan. Dozens of wounded required urgent medical care.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Communal violence remains the primary driver of conflict in South Sudan and continues to exact a heavy toll on civilians across the country, UN peacekeepers said on Monday.
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Country: South Sudan
Source: UN Mission in South Sudan
Between July and September 2024, the UN documented 206 incidents affecting 792 civilians, of which 299 were killed, 310 injured, 151 abducted and 32 subjected to conflict-related sexual violence.
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Countries: South Sudan, Sudan
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Since December, fighting near the border has caused a drastic surge in arrivals from Sudan. Since April 2023, over 900,000 people have fled to South Sudan, which now hosts 506,000 refugees, with 150,000 more expected in 2025.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Migration patterns continue to be shaped by conflicts, climate disasters, and economic pressures, with 2024 marking record levels of internal displacement, the UN reported on Wednesday, marking International Migrants Day.
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Country: South Sudan
Sources: UN Mission in South Sudan, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Women and girls were subjected to arbitrary and unlawful arrests largely for refusing arranged marriages, seeking divorce, in patterns of abuse reinforcing the use of gender as an instrument of control.
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Countries: South Sudan, Sudan
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The protracted crisis in South Sudan is deepened by conflict, extreme effects of climate change, disease outbreaks, economic crisis and the impact of the ongoing conflict in neighbouring Sudan.