News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 16 from 88)
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Peaking at the highest level in four years, there were 6,279 recorded casualties in 2024, with civilians making up 90% of all casualties caused by landmines and deadly explosive remnants of war.
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Sri Lanka is facing one of its worst flood disasters in two decades, with nearly one million people affected and more than 400 reported dead or missing after Cyclone Ditwah unleashed catastrophic flooding and landslides across the island.
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Thousands across the affected regions are seeking psychosocial support, with demand increasing as families confront the long-term emotional toll of the disaster, says the IFRC.
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NRC has registered more than 15,000 newly arrived people in Tawila over the past month and is enrolling more than 200 children each day, on average, in emergency education across two sites.
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This brings the total number of schools damaged or destroyed to 2,800 since the escalation of the war in February 2022. As these are only UN-verified incidents, the true number is likely higher.
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Somalia is facing a rapidly worsening drought emergency, with vast swaths of the country now parched after four failed rainy seasons, leaving millions at risk of hunger and displacement, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.
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This year alone, 4.6 million children in Ukraine are struggling to access education as they endure a fourth academic year under full-scale war.
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Aid deliveries into Gaza continue to face difficulties as fighting continues across the territory, with the UN warning that most hospitals are only partially functioning and more than 16,500 patients still require urgent medical evacuation.
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Cartoons have long been used to provoke thought, raise questions and challenge power, but for Jordanian artist and activist Omar Abdallat, they’re also a bridge between people.
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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.
IRC launches response to escalating drought threat in Somalia as third consecutive failed rains loom
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The drought is compounding fragile conditions and heightening the risk of a full-scale emergency, similar to what East Africa faced in 2020-23, where 30 million people faced food insecurity.
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Last winter, the UN reported children and infants dying from hypothermia in camps. IRC teams report rain has already flooded makeshift shelters, leaving thousands exposed to wind and freezing nights.
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Recent months have seen progress towards accountability in Libya, the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Tuesday in a briefing to the UN Security Council.
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Authorities in Nigeria are being urged to investigate the wave of abductions in the West African country, where attacks by insurgent groups are increasing.
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Cadre Harmonisé found nearly 35 million people are projected to face severe food insecurity during the 2026 lean season, the highest number recorded in Nigeria.
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The Security Council is meeting against the backdrop of Gaza’s fragile ceasefire, with ambassadors expected to urge Israel and Hamas to stick to their commitments amid renewed violence and deepening humanitarian needs. The session is likely to focus on safeguarding the truce, easing aid access restrictions and sustaining political momentum. With tensions also rising in the occupied West Bank and southern Lebanon, the meeting will test whether the Council can help stabilise the situation and keep alive a credible path towards Palestinian self-determination. Follow live below and UN News app users can click here. For in-depth meetings coverage, go here.
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The UN Country Team in Sudan met in Khartoum on Monday – the first time it has convened in the capital since conflict erupted in April 2023.
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Attacks on schools over the past five years included killing and abduction of teachers and students, airstrikes on schools, occupation of schools by armed groups, and sexual violence against students.
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Ongoing attacks and airstrikes attributed to Israeli forces in Gaza continue to kill and maim people of all ages in the shattered enclave despite an agreed ceasefire, UN agencies said on Friday.
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October saw the highest number of attacks on energy since the start of the war. There were 177 recorded incidents after 113 in September, making them the two worst months since February 2022.
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To mark the ninth anniversary of the peace agreement, NRC calls on all armed actors to respect unrestricted humanitarian access and guarantee the freedom of movement for the civilian population.
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Millions in Ukraine have been left without heating, water or basic public services as winter temperatures plunge – and civilian deaths this year have already surpassed the total for 2024, the UN Security Council heard on Thursday.
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More than 19 per cent of children worldwide live in extreme poverty, surviving on under $3 a day, according to a new UNICEF report.
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According to UNICEF, more than one in five children in low- and middle-income countries are severely deprived in at least two vital areas critical for their health, development, and wellbeing.
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As wars increasingly move into cities, the percentage increase from an average of about 59 per cent between 2020 to 2024 signals a shift in how children are being killed in modern conflicts.
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Living conditions for Gazans – particularly children – are still dire as temperatures drop and families return to bombed-out homes as the fragile ceasefire holds, UN aid workers said on Wednesday.
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Food insecurity in Somalia is set to increase in coming months, with up to 5.9 million people in need of food support by early 2026 compared with 4.4 million people at the end of 2025.
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With the sanitation systems collapsed after two years of Israeli bombardment, siege and aid restrictions, rainwater no longer drains properly and is now mixed with sewage that has flooded tents.
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As UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed Monday’s Security Council resolution paving the way for a consolidated ceasefire via a temporary International Stabilization Force in Gaza, UN aid teams warned that many Palestinian children in the enclave are in no shape to endure another harsh winter.
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Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — well under one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to UN estimates.