News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 2 from 13)
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WFP has not yet received clearance from authorities to coordinate road convoys and passenger flights. Without urgent action, entire communities will be left beyond the reach of vital assistance.
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Unlike during the pandemic, remote learning is not an option for most children in Sudan where more than 1,000 days of fighting have disrupted education, shattered families and destroyed communities.
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Report reveals about 673 million people suffered from chronic hunger in 2024 (the latest data available), while 295 million people faced acute food insecurity across 59 countries and territories.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday that it is struggling to keep emergency operations running in Sudan, where more than 1,000 days of war have pushed families to the brink.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More civilians in Sudan continue to be killed and displaced as fighting escalates in multiple parts of the country, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Sudanâs protracted conflict has spiralled into one of the worldâs most severe humanitarian crises, with hunger, displacement and the collapse of basic services exacting a daily toll on civilians.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Aid agencies marked 1,000 days of war in Sudan on Friday with a grim reminder that the conflict has created the worldâs biggest hunger crisis and largest displacement emergency. Every day, civilians have been âpaying the price for a war they did not chooseâ, said UN aid coordination office, OCHA.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres continues to be gravely alarmed by escalating hostilities in Aleppo, Syria, and mounting reports of civilian casualties, his Spokesperson said on Thursday.
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âAs we approach this catastrophic milestone, the world must not look away. Civilians have paid the highest price for a conflict they did not choose and need decisive international action."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Sudan, civilians continue to bear the brunt of escalating violence, particularly in the Darfur and Kordofan regions.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Sudanâs deepening war is driving unprecedented levels of hunger, child malnutrition and displacement, UN agencies report, as new data from Darfur and a renewed refugee influx into Chad underscore the rapidly deteriorating situation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The war in Sudan has been tearing the country apart for almost 1,000 days, putting the countryâs health system under intolerable pressure. The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting widespread disease outbreaks, severe shortages, malnutrition and rising deaths.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The war in Sudan is entering a deadlier phase, the United Nations has warned, as intensified fighting in the Kordofan region, mounting civilian casualties from drone strikes and growing risks of regional spillover push the conflict toward the 1,000-day mark.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As fighting escalates in Sudan, âpeople are scared, people are fleeing their homesâ, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Friday, noting that more than 50,000 people have been uprooted since late October in the Kordofans region alone.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Families continue to flee intense hostilities across the Kordofan region of Sudan and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN said in an update on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to still be trapped in El Fasher in the Darfur region, but UN aid agencies believe they may soon get access to the embattled city.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nahed was visiting Sudanâs capital Khartoum with her family to celebrate Eid, a major Islamic holiday, when the war broke out between the rival armies vying for control of her homeland.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As Sudanâs civil war intensified on Monday, top UN officials condemned the killing of dozens of children in drone strikes in South Kordofan state â and the targeting of first responders trying to help the wounded.
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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.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
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.