News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 24 from 88)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres said on Wednesday he was âprofoundly saddenedâ by the death and destruction caused by the recent floods in northern Pakistan. The current death toll stands at over 400.
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Our teams in Kunar province report that families are sleeping in the open, enduring repeated aftershocks. Local resources are stretched to breaking point and lack of funding is limiting the response.
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The campaign â part of Somaliaâs ongoing efforts to end polio once and for all â launched in Somaliland, with 852,000 children vaccinated. In Puntland, the campaign reached 676,000 children.
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West and Central Africa face the sharpest impact, with 1.9 million children at risk of losing out, while the Middle East and North Africa could see an increase of 1.4 million out-of-school children.
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About 25 million children in Punjab are out of school or face disruption to their education - 96% of school-aged children in the province - three weeks after the summer break was supposed to end.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In remote eastern Afghanistan, aid workers are continuing to race to assist survivors of Sundayâs devastating earthquake as the death toll continues to climb, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarians âwill spare no effortâ to ensure that aid reaches people affected by a deadly landslide in a remote mountain village in war-torn Sudan, a senior UN official in the country said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children out of school by 2026, the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to block aid deliveries amid escalating attacks, according to the latest updates on Tuesday from UN agencies on the ground.
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The affected areas are remote, roads are blocked or destroyed, and it is feared that many are still trapped under rubble. The number of casualties is expected to increase over the coming days.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
After a magnitude six earthquake struck remote areas of eastern Afghanistan overnight reportedly killing at least 800 people and wiping out villages, UN chief AntĂłnio Guterres on Monday pledged to âspare no effortâ in helping those affected.
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As of July 2025, more than 282 million people, more than one in five, are affected, with entire regions pushed to the brink by climate shocks, economic instability, and conflict.
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Another 1,000 people have sustained injuries due to the earthquake. About 600 houses have been destroyed or damaged, mostly in mountainous areas, with key road access disrupted.
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Our colleagues are malnourished and weak, surviving on just one meal a day. But even then, most choose to give that meal to their children. A lack of food kills more slowly, but just as surely as a bomb.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Security Council met in emergency session in New York on Friday afternoon following overnight strikes early on Thursday by Russia on Ukrainian cities including the capital, which left at least 23 dead, including four children. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav JenÄa told ambassadors that diplomatic momentum towards a possible peace deal was âat risk of rapidly fadingâ if large-scale attacks by Moscow continue. Follow our live meetings coverage below.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid reports of increased Israeli military operations across Gaza City on Friday, UN aid agencies repeated urgent warnings of ongoing famine and a likely rise in preventable disease, linked to the dire living conditions in the war-shattered enclave.
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Children and their families need food, clean water and healthcare after fast-flowing waters and torrential rains forced more than 200,000 people to leave their homes.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Haitians are enduring a âperfect storm of sufferingâ the UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday as gang violence continues to paralyse daily life across the island. Around 1.3 million people â half of them children â have fled their homes and six million are relying on humanitarian assistance. Follow our live Meetings Coverage as the latest crisis debate unfolds.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater humanitarian access and the release of all hostages, as the enclave faces yet another deadly escalation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Russiaâs latest deadly attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight including the capital, Kyiv, left four children dead and dozens injured, UN aid agencies reported on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, âparalysing daily life and forcing families to flee,â UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that France, Germany and the United Kingdom have initiated a process that could lead to the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme within the next 30 days.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarians continue to push for more support for Sudan amid ongoing conflict, rising malnutrition and a cholera outbreak, a senior UN aid coordination official said on Thursday in New York.
Countries in Africa risk running out of âwonderâ food over the next three months due to aid cuts
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The collapse in nutrition funding globally has been predicted to cut off treatment for 15.6 million people across 18 countries and expected to continue to deteriorate in 2026.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Relentless monsoon rains continue to wreak havoc across Pakistan, leaving villages cut off, homes destroyed and families struggling to access food, clean water and medical care.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nearly two years of war in Gaza along with continued violence and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank - and talk of an imminent takeover by Israel of the whole Strip - formed the backdrop to a Security Council meeting on Wednesday, as UN officials underscored the need to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new warning over the deadly impacts of the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza on people there now suffering starvation.
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After 500 days of siege, the city of El Fasher in Sudanâs North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease and violence claiming young lives every day, the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
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Since the start of the siege in April 2024, more than 1,100 grave violations have been verified in Al Fasher alone, including the killing and maiming of more than 1,000 children.
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A UN report stresses the impacts hostilities continue to have on children, pointing to the failure to respect international human rights law and disregard for the specific protection of children.