News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 3 from 82)
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The Tawila camp for internally displaced in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region is home to more than half a million people who live in makeshift huts of sticks, hay and plastic sheeting.
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As Ukraine prepares to enter the fifth year of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February, ongoing attacks on energy infrastructure continue to strain living conditions for millions.
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The speed and scale of these returns have pushed Afghanistan deeper into crisis, as it continues to face a deteriorating humanitarian and human rights situation – particularly for women and girls.
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Some 10 days after Tropical Cyclone Fytia brought heavy rains and flooding to Madagascar, Cyclone Gezani has left the island’s main port in ruins, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
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A sharp increase in drone attacks across the Kordofan region in the centre of Sudan is endangering civilians and damaging critical infrastructure.
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Humanitarians in the Gaza Strip continue to face impediments in their efforts to deliver lifesaving aid to the population.
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Syria’s fragile political transition has gained fresh momentum with a landmark agreement between Damascus and Kurdish authorities in the northeast, but renewed violence in the south, Israeli incursions and deep humanitarian needs underscore how precarious the path to stability remains, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Friday.
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At least 280,000 people have been displaced in Jonglei State alone. The majority are women and children. For some, this is the second or third time they have been forced to run.
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Only 12 patients a day on average have left Gaza since the Rafah border partially opened. At this current rate, evacuating the 20,000 people needing medical care would take about 4.5 years.
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Most displaced families are sheltering in 28 evacuation centres across 16 districts and four regions. The government has declared a national state of emergency in response to the crisis.
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The UN Special Envoy for Yemen on Thursday welcomed recent steps to bolster stability and improve living conditions, but told the Security Council that only a renewed political process can end the country’s long-running conflict.
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Funding has reached its lowest level since independence, forcing a fundamental reset. In
2025, partners received less than half of funding needs, resulting in scaled-back operations and ration cuts.
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Escalating aerial attacks in Sudan are killing children, damaging schools and striking United Nations facilities, placing civilians and humanitarian workers at growing risk, the UN warned on Wednesday.
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Heavy downpours in several countries have affected more than 1.3 million people, destroying houses and critical infrastructure and disrupting access to health and education services.
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Relentless violence, famine and disease are fuelling a rising death toll among children in Sudan, while attacks on healthcare and a lack of aid access hamper efforts to help them, UN aid agencies warned on Tuesday.
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UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed on Tuesday to all parties involved in renewed heavy fighting in Ethiopia’s ‘precarious’ Tigray region to step back, warning of the potential for a deepening crisis in the country’s war-weary north and beyond.
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Severe flooding triggered by heavy rainfall has hit northwest Syria, killing two children and affecting more than 5,000 displaced people, the UN said on Monday.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres voiced grave concern on Monday over the reported decision by the Israeli security cabinet to authorize a series of administrative and enforcement measures in Areas A and B in the occupied West Bank.
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As the brutal Sudan war shows no signs of ending, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday called on the international community to intervene immediately to stop more mass killings and other flagrant war crimes against civilians.
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Nearly 115 million people in the Region, almost half of all those in need worldwide - require humanitarian aid. Many are among the poorest and most vulnerable, living in fragile, conflict-affected settings.
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The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the surge in violence across South Sudan, warning that civilians and aid workers are paying a devastating price as humanitarian operations are increasingly targeted.
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Haiti is facing one of the world’s most acute humanitarian crises, driven by escalating gang violence, political paralysis, and deep economic distress.
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The UN on Wednesday warned of potential humanitarian “collapse” in Cuba, following Washington’s attempt to block oil supplies from reaching the island.
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Acute malnutrition among children has reached catastrophic levels in parts of Sudan’s North Darfur and Greater Kordofan, UN-backed analysts warned on Thursday, as conflict, mass displacement and denials of aid push the country deeper into a famine-risk emergency.
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Amid the ongoing war in Sudan, Chad, the country receiving the most refugees in Central Africa, saw slight improvements in its humanitarian situation last year, but as one of the most vulnerable nations on the African continent, it is still struggling to support four million people in need.
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Mozambique is the first country to restart vaccination, following the halt in 2022 caused by the global surge in cholera cases that drove up demand and led to shortages of vaccine stocks.
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South Sudan is buckling under a fresh wave of violence and displacement, after attacks and looting halted a major UN food convoy in restive Upper Nile state and clashes continue to spread in neighbouring Jonglei.
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Despite receiving security assurances and guarantees from authorities for safe humanitarian movement, the looting occurred overnight without security intervention by the County authority.
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The priority response areas include Afghanistan, DR Congo, Haiti, Myanmar, oPt, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen, in addition to ongoing cholera and mpox outbreaks.
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A fresh wave of Russian strikes overnight across Ukraine injured several people and left thousands “without heat in the heart of winter,” the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Tuesday.