News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 30 from 85)
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Two-thirds of the 70 million hectares affected by human-induced degradation ā more than 46 million ā is agricultural land. The study stresses urgent need to restore land and improve food security.
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After a weekend of massive strikes and counter-strikes between Tel Aviv and Tehran, the UN's human rights chief, Volker TĆ¼rk on Monday condemned the violence and echoed wider calls for a negotiated end to the attacks. Meanwhile in Gaza, aid workers report that mobile communications networks continue to be cut in the shattered enclave. We'll be covering these developments and more across the UN system and beyond today, thanks for joining us. UN News app users can follow our live coverage here.
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Facing the most severe funding shortfall in the history of humanitarian aid, UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Monday announced a āhyper-prioritisedā appeal for $29 billion to meet urgent global needs.
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Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity.
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States that once championed disarmament are now considering withdrawing from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. This is not just a legal retreat on paper ā it risks endangering countless lives.
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Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali remain hotspots of highest concern, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned as a hunger hotspot to watch.
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Afghanistan is at a critical juncture in its fight against child and women malnutrition. Immediate action, backed by global, national, and community-level support, is essential to save lives.
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Sudanese refugees report serious human rights violations, including physical and sexual violence, arbitrary detention, and forced recruitment. About 60% have been separated from family members.
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Civilians in the Middle East have suffered repeated crises for decades and need respite from violence. ICRC urges all parties to respect International Humanitarian Law and protect the vulnerable.
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The report shows that one in five people ā around 1.17 million individuals ā are facing crisis or emergency levels of acute food insecurity, a slight improvement from the 1.65 million earlier this year.
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At least 2,680 people were killed between 1 January and 30 May, including 54 children, according to information verified by the UN. At least 957 others were injured and 316 kidnapped for ransom.
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As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal on Friday on behalf of people uprooted by the violence to help them rebuild their lives and livelihoods.
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UN agencies on Friday continue to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza Strip as famine looms and a telecommunications blackout threatens lifesaving operations.
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A deadly mix of conflict, climate change and poverty has pushed 2.3 million under-fives in South Sudan into life-threatening acute malnutrition, with rates soaring just months after funding cuts.
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Severe malnutrition among children has surged across Somalia, with health facilities supported by ICRC seeing record admissions since the devastating drought two years ago.
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Khartoum State has experienced a rapid increase in cholera cases since May, with more than 16,000 cumulative cases and 239 deaths reported across the stateās seven localities.
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With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to represent the largest displacement crisis in the world. This is no longer the case.
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Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned after a new update was released on Thursday from the UN-partnered food security classification system, the IPC.
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Yemen cannot endure more years of division, economic collapse and human suffering, the UNās top official on the crisis told the Security Council on Thursday, warning that ātime is not on our side.ā
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Meeting in emergency session on Thursday in New York, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
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In its new report, MSF exposes how the removal of search and rescue vessels from the Central Mediterranean is leaving people fleeing violence in Libya with no safe route to escape.
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The increase represents around a decade of year-on-year increases. The main drivers of displacement remain large conflicts and the continued failure to stop the fighting.
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MSF continues to treat new victims of sexual violence daily in Goma - nearly 7,400 patients between January and April. Twenty kilometres west of Goma, in SakƩ, more than 2,400 survivors were treated.
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Nearly 1.3 million people have been forced to flee gang violence in Haiti and seek refuge elsewhere within the Caribbean country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday.
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Survivors of a people-smuggling operation in the Red Sea have described being forced off their boat far from the coast of Djibouti and left to swim for their lives.
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People in the Gaza Strip are getting hungrier because of the āvery limitedā volume of food being allowed in, UN aid agencies reiterated on Wednesday.āÆ
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The latest data show a drop of more than 20 million since 2020, reversing an alarming spike between 2016 and 2020. However, the world has missed its target of eliminating child labour by 2025.
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In 2023 alone, nearly 255,000 entry permits were issued to refugees from countries with high asylum recognition rates, according to a new report from UNHCR and OECD.
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The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudanās communities impacted by war, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, in an appeal for more funding to support immediate needs and boost longer-term recovery across the country.
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But needs are outpacing the funding WFP has received. Despite generous contributions from donors, we are running short of more than $500 million for emergency food and cash for the next six months.