News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 25 from 78)
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Civilians and civilian infrastructure were harmed by explosive weapons used by state and non-state actors in 74 countries and territories, a new report by the Explosive Weapons Monitor has revealed.
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Amid disputed reports of Israeli forces firing on civilians near a new privatised aid distribution point in southern Gaza, the head of the Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, said on Sunday that lifting the months-long aid blockade of the enclave is the only way to avoid āmass starvationā.
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āI stood helpless in the face of my son's hunger. I cried a lot and told him to drink from our little water to satisfy his hunger,ā said Zeenat, a young Palestinian woman speaking to UN News from the battered Gaza Strip.
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UNICEF funding cuts threaten education for 83% of Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh. Keeping learning centers open remains a top priority, as education is a fundamental right.
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The influx of patients is the direct consequence of the escalation of armed conflict and violence the country has experienced in the past months and the scope of the resulting humanitarian crisis.
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Described by UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres as āthe cruelest phaseā of the conflict, the situation has left Palestinian civilians enduring unbearable suffering and widespread and engineered deprivation and mass displacement.
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Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.
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The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid in Mozambique to maternal health services in Afghanistan, critical programmes are on the brink of collapse unless urgent funding is secured.
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More than 290 schools have been damaged or destroyed this year, preventing children from attending lessons. This brings the total number of out-of-school children in the province to 1.3 million.
Shrinking health services put mothers and newborns at risk in Zaāatari refugee camp, warns the IRC
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At least 30% of health services in Zaāatari have shut down in recent years due to funding shortfalls. The IRCās clinic is now one of the few remaining facilities still able to provide lifesaving care.
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Desperate hunger drove crowds of people to overrun a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday, reportedly leaving two dead and several injured in a chaotic scramble for food.
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āThe decision to cut these programs so abruptly and in this untransparent manner violates IHL which the US is bound by and undermines decades of US leadership in humanitarian and development efforts."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid from the new US and Israeli-backed aid distribution facility operating independently of the UN.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating public health crisis in Sudan, as conflict and mass displacement continue to drive a surge in disease, particularly cholera and malaria.
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Continuous attacks on power plants over the past month have disrupted electricity supply and worsened water shortages, significantly impacting access to safe water, increasing the risk of cholera.
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In Ethiopia, 10.2 million people, including more than three million IDPs, are severely food insecure. In Kenya, 34.5% of the population is undernourished. In Uganda, 25.4% of under fives are stunted.
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MAG anticipates that it will require an increase in funding from current levels of about $6 million a year to about $25 million in order to provide an appropriate response across the whole of Syria.
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It is vital that victims and survivors access services after the attack, as sexual violence is a medical emergency. The immediate and long-lasting consequences can be life-threatening.
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The agencies will collaborate in 15 crisis countries to detect, prevent and treat malnutrition. The work includes delivering nutritious food, along with addressing underlying causes of malnutrition.
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Recognizing the escalating disaster, the SRCS activated its Early Action Protocols for drought, triggering rapid assessments and preemptive delivery of aid and cash grants to 1,330 households.
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Report stresses urgent need for leaders, policy makers, donors and international and regional organizations to do more to support actors that work directly with communities facing these challenges.
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The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 highlights that the annual cost exceeds US$2.3 trillion when cascading and ecosystem costs are taken into account.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As a controversial United States and Israel-backed aid distribution plan gets underway in Gaza, the UN called on Tuesday for an āimmediate surgeā of its own pre-positioned supplies to help prevent starvation.
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As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across healthcare, housing, education and employment.
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The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to ease sanctions against Syria.
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From January to April 2025, more than 220 children have been killed or injured in attacks ā approximately 40 per cent higher than the number of child casualties reported during the same period last year.
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After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on Monday that the ātrickleā of supplies being allowed into the war-torn enclave will not halt famine.
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As of April 2025, more than 80% of Gaza Stripās cropland area has been damaged (12,537 hectares out of 15,053) and 77.8% isn't accessible to farmers, leaving just 688 (4.6%) available for cultivation.
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More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent weeks, as conflict and a series of disasters fuel a worsening humanitarian crisis ā one that risks deepening as vital relief operations face a severe funding shortfall.
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Nearly one out of five people attempting perilous sea movements in this region have been reported as dead or missing in 2025, making the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal waters amongst the deadliest.