News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 15 from 99)
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Save the Children reveals how the collapse of funding to Somalia in 2025 may soon lead to catastrophic outcomes for children not seen since the 2011 famine, which killed more than 257,000 people.
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Nearly 7.5 million children across the Central Sahel region in Africa are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance – “an emergency that remains too far from the attention of the international community,” a senior official with the UN child rights agency UNICEF has said.
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The United Nations has condemned two recent drone attacks in Sudan, one of which left seven dead, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday during his regular media briefing in New York.
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“As the lean season begins, women and girls are already reporting eating wild plants to survive, with some going days without anything to eat. We are already seeing an increase in malnutrition."
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There are reports of continuing clashes in Mali on Sunday, a day after a series of coordinated attacks across the landlocked African nation against Government forces by extremists and northern separatist rebels.
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A week into the newly extended conditional ceasefire in Lebanon, more than one million people, including 390,000 children, remain displaced, with children still living in terror of bombing.
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A growing share of global hunger is becoming entrenched in a small group of conflict-hit countries, with two-thirds of people facing acute food insecurity concentrated in just 10 nations, a major international report backed by UN agencies warns.
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Desperate and dangerous conditions in Gaza continue to hamper recovery efforts for the wartorn enclave's people, the UN health agency said on Friday, while demining experts warned that they’ve “barely scratched the surface” in assessing the level of contamination of unexploded ordnance.
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The UN, EU and partners warn in the Global Report on Food Crises that over the past decade, acute hunger numbers have doubled, while funding has retreated to 2016 levels.
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IOM data shows that drought now accounts for three out of every four new displacements, a 22 per cent increase from last year that underscores the growing severity of climate shocks.
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As of mid-April, Zimbabwe had recorded more than 65,000 malaria cases in 2026, nearly double as many compared with the same period in 2025, with 174 deaths — nearly double the number for 2025.
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A UNICEF relief mission reached a large hospital in the southern Lebanese town of Tebnine on Thursday, only to find massive destruction and staggering needs.
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A temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran has been extended, offering an opening for diplomacy – but persistent tensions in the Strait of Hormuz are compounding trade disruptions and intensifying pressure on humanitarian operations and vulnerable communities far beyond the Gulf.
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The worrying increase comes ahead of the region’s annual monsoon season, which brings heavy rains and winds and puts refugees fleeing by boat at heightened risk of capsizing on choppy seas.
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Cases increased over 25 per cent last year. Save the Children warns that in 2026, more than 14,360 cases of the deadly measles virus have been confirmed across 15 countries facing conflict.
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The United Nations is deeply alarmed by continued insecurity in the Darfur region of Sudan and the heavy toll it is having on civilians, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Wednesday.
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The Security Council is meeting now at a critical juncture for Syria’s fragile transition. While the Iran-US ceasefire has temporarily eased regional spillover from Lebanon and elsewhere, conditions remain volatile in Syria. The reported US military withdrawal now completed, marks a milestone, yet the chamber faces a country grappling with deep internal fissures and external pressures. Follow full meetings coverage below and UN News app users should click here.
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The frequency, intensity and duration of extreme heat events have risen sharply over the past half century, and the risks to agrifood systems and ecosystems are set to soar in future, say FAO and WMO.
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The total number of migrants reported dead or missing worldwide since 2014 has risen to more than 82,000. According to the IOM, the data shows migration routes are shifting rather than easing.
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Three years into the devastating conflict in Sudan, nearly four million displaced people have returned to their places of origin across the country, only to face “another struggle for survival”, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.
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Returns have been concentrated in Aj Jazirah and Khartoum, driven by improved security in some areas, economic pressures, limited services in camps, and growing challenges in neighbouring countries.
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The report finds that the hardest-hit sectors include housing, health, education, commerce, and agriculture. It also highlights the catastrophic impact on human development across Gaza.
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The Security Council meets in emergency session at 3pm to address the escalating conflict in Ukraine. The open briefing follows a formal request from Kyiv citing a surge in Russian aerial bombardments, including devastating strikes on the city of Dnipro. Ukraine has reported that between late March and mid-April, more than 5,000 drones and missiles were launched, killing dozens of civilians and injuring hundreds more. Follow full meetings coverage below and UN News app users can follow here.
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The UN and European Union issued a joint warning on Monday that human development across Gaza has been set back by a staggering 77 years, with $71.4 billion needed over the next decade for recovery and reconstruction.
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New data shows that nearly three in four countries in Europe now use Artificial Intelligence in their health services to make a diagnosis.
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More than two million people remain displaced within Gaza, with the majority sheltering in makeshift tents. Families are being forced to survive without access to the most basic life-saving supplies.
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This marks an increase of 130,000 people compared to the previous Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis in September, confirming a continued deterioration of the situation.
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Across the country, roads are already congested with hopeful families trying to return home. That alone shows how deeply people want this war to end. All parties must commit to a permanent ceasefire.
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In 2025, nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, making it the deadliest year on record in South and Southeast Asia, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
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The war in Gaza has inflicted a far higher toll on women and girls than in previous conflicts in the Palestinian enclave, with more than 38,000 killed by Israeli air bombardment and land military operations since Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel sparked the war in October 2023, UN Women said on Friday.