News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 22 from 82)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A second convoy from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) reached battered Sweida on Wednesday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in its latest update.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Escalating gang violence and displacement continue to drive humanitarian needs in Haiti, the UN said on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger in Nigeria, critical funding shortfalls are forcing the UN World Food Program (WFP) to suspend all emergency food and nutrition aid for 1.3 million people in the northeast of the country.
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WFPās food and nutrition stocks have been completely exhausted. The last supplies left warehouses in early July and life-saving aid will end after the current round of distributions is completed.
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An average of 119 Palestinians are being killed daily so far this month. Doctors report 19 people, mostly children, died from starvation in just one day this week.
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Since 2020, food price inflation has consistently outpaced overall inflation, reflecting heightened volatility in agricultural markets and persistent pressures within agricultural and food markets.
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"Instead of launching round upon round of new military attacks, there must be an immediate end to the killings, destruction and the wide scale violations of international law," said Volker TĆ¼rk.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from hunger and exhaustion over the past 48 hours have increased fears for peopleās survival in the devastated enclave, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
South Sudanās dramatic hunger crisis is worsening and millions of people there could miss out on food aid because of the global humanitarian funding crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As the humanitarian crisis deepens in Sudan, the UN and partners have revised and scaled up a response plan to support more than 380,000 displaced people in Tawila, North Darfur state.
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Half the population ā 7.7 million people ā are facing severe hunger. Of these, 83,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger (IPC5) ā the highest classification of food insecurity.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Ongoing sectarian violence in Sweida, Syria has triggered mass displacement in the area as humanitarians attempt to deliver aid.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
After another deadly weekend in Gaza in which at least 67 Palestinians were reportedly killed seeking food, UN aid teams on Monday described āmayhemā and starvation in the enclave as the Israeli military pushed into Deir Al-Balah for the first time.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres is appalled by the accelerating breakdown of humanitarian conditions in Gaza, where the last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing, his Spokesperson said on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
From the Himalayas to rural Texas, deadly floods this month have killed hundreds and exposed dangerous gaps in early warning systems, the UNās weather agency warned, linking the devastation to rapid urbanization, land-use change and a warming climate that traps more moisture in the atmosphere.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The hunger crisis in Gaza has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row, a senior official with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As tensions between Houthi rebels in Yemen and Israel escalate, the UN Secretary-General is ādeeply concernedā about the renewed airstrikes on Hudaydah Port conducted by Israel this Monday, Spokesperson StĆ©phane Dujarric told journalists in New York.
ReliefWeb News
The therapeutic feeding center saw admissions surge by 41.3%, with 12 child deaths in April and 34 in May. It regularly operates above 100% capacity, while overall occupancy consistently exceeds 150%.
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Credible reports indicate widespread violations and abuses, including summary executions and arbitrary killings, kidnappings, destruction of private property and looting of homes.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid violent clashes in southern Syriaās Suweida governorate, a picture of grave human rights abuses and rising humanitarian needs is emerging by the hour, the UN said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA is stressing the need to scale up support for displaced families in Haiti amid ongoing insecurity and violence.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The continued onslaught and mass deprivation of people in the Gaza Strip is becoming normalised, the UN aid coordination office OCHA warned on Friday.
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Report highlights a deadly confluence of factors pummeling millions of refugees and IDPs: rising displacement, shrinking funding and political apathy. Women and children are, as ever, the hardest hit.
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āIt affects brain development. Malnutrition weakens the immune system, making children more susceptible to communicable diseases. It is also linked to chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Pakistanās monsoon emergency deepened on Thursday as authorities declared disaster zones across parts of eastern Punjab province after lethal cloudbursts and flash floods killed dozens in a single day.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As years of war in Ukraine have left millions with unreliable heating and limited means to pay rising utility costs, the UN and humanitarian partners launched a $277 million appeal this Thursday to support the most vulnerable people during the coming winter.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres has strongly condemned the Israeli strike on Thursday that hit the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip.
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With hundreds of deaths reported among civilians, at least 1,200 families have fled their homes. Hospitals are overwhelmed as medication runs out while shops have closed amid water and power cuts.
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Sudan's ongoing civil war has created the worldās largest and fastest-growing displacement, yet this crisis has been largely overshadowed by conflicts and political tensions elsewhere.