News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 2 from 4)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As relentless attacks continue to damage homes and communities across Ukraine, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has now helped repair over 40,000 war-damaged homes ā marking a major step in helping displaced families return and recover.
Threefold increase in the number of children killed or injured in Ukraine over the past three months
ReliefWeb News
Latest UN-verified data reveals a significant rise in child casualties, as well as evolving risks for children that merge online influence with deadly offline impacts.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Security Council met on Friday to discuss the situation in Ukraine, where intensified fighting continues, affecting new areas and prompting further displacement.
ReliefWeb News
From January to April 2025, more than 220 children have been killed or injured in attacks ā approximately 40 per cent higher than the number of child casualties reported during the same period last year.
ReliefWeb News
With at least 209 civilians killed and 1,146 injured, April became the deadliest month for Ukraineās civilians, and the month with the highest number of overall civilian casualties, since September 2024.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN political affairs chief underscored the urgent need for a ceasefire in Ukraine in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As Ukrainian cities struggle to recover from this weekās deadly missile and drone strikes, frontline areas remain under relentless attack, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Friday, warning of ongoing displacement and deepening humanitarian needs.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Grim details continued to emerge on Thursday in the aftermath of a wave of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities overnight, with early reports indicating that at least nine people were killed and dozens injured.
ReliefWeb News
The missile reportedly struck a busy street in the city centre, damaging residential buildings, an educational facility and civilian vehicles ā including a public bus.
ReliefWeb News
With at least 164 people killed and 910 injured, the number of civilian casualties in March was 50 per cent higher than in February, and more than 70 per cent higher than the same period last year.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nearly 13 million people in Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid as displacement, psychological trauma and the destruction of essential services continues to take a devastating toll, the UN relief chief warned on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed recent diplomatic talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States in Saudi Arabia, calling an agreement on freedom of navigation and security in the Black Sea a crucial step for global food security.
ReliefWeb News
Death, injury and lasting family separation are among the traumatic events that have upended the lives of Ukraineās children in the three years, according to a new report from UN Human Rights Office.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN chief AntĆ³nio Guterres on Thursday hailed positive announcements from the White House, Kremlin and Kyiv aimed at stopping crippling attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia, linked to Russiaās full-scale invasion of its neighbour.
ReliefWeb News
Dobropillia has recently faced some of the worst shelling since the escalation of the war in 2022. As attacks continue, MSF teams are working to ensure urgent medical care is available.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Following 11 days of an Israeli aid blockade in Gaza, ācrucial progressā made during the first six weeks of the ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas militants ācontinues to unravelā, said UN Spokesperson StĆ©phane Dujarric on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
Attacks across Ukraine on Friday reportedly left 21 civilians dead and scores injured, making it one of the deadliest days this year, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Some 640,000 women and girls in Ukraine will be affected by cuts to psychosocial support, gender-based violence services, safe spaces, and economic empowerment programs following the confirmation from US authorities to end practically all financial contributions to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency (UNFPA).
ReliefWeb News
The report currently estimates that as of 31 December 2024, the total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is $524 billion (ā¬506 billion) over the next decade.
ReliefWeb News
Three years since the war began, around 10.6 million people have been forced from their homes. One third of the population is in desperate need of humanitarian aid.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
24 February 2025 marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the civilian population continues to face near daily-attacks. The UN staff living alongside them, enduring the same difficult conditions, have been a lifeline throughout the war.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its third year, a flurry of diplomatic activity has led to a growing expectation of a ceasefire, although the situation remains extremely fluid. Despite the uncertainty, the UN is planning how to best support the country when the fighting finally stops.
ReliefWeb News
Ukraineās third year of full-scale war was even deadlier for children than the preceding year; the number of child casualties in 2024 rose by more than 50 per cent compared with 2023.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the countryās people have endured continuous attacks, āpsychological terrorā¦displacement and hardshipā, top UN aid coordinator Matthias Schmale said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
IOM is appealing for $255 million to support two million war-affected people in 2025. Nearly two-thirds of Ukraineās 3.7 million IDPs have been away from their homes for more than two years.
ReliefWeb Headlines
Country: Ukraine
Source: Save the Children
Thousands of children now learning online, out of school entirely, or in underground classrooms as nearly three years of learning losses continue to mount, Save the Children said.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A UN aid convoy is on its way in southern Sudan to the strategically important city of Wad Madani, carrying food and nutrition supplies for families at risk of famine.
ReliefWeb Headlines
Country: Ukraine
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
This funding will enable needs-driven multisectoral assistance to newly displaced people, returnees and people living in front-line communities and parts of the country affected by hostilities.
ReliefWeb Headlines
Country: Ukraine
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
This funding will enable needs-driven multisectoral assistance to newly displaced people, returnees and people living in front-line communities and parts of the country affected by hostilities.
ReliefWeb Headlines
Country: Ukraine
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The plans outline strategies to address the needs of people whose lives have been upended by the war. They also emphasize the importance of international solidarity to sustain critical aid in 2025.