News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 4 from 15)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Aid agencies marked 1,000 days of war in Sudan on Friday with a grim reminder that the conflict has created the worldâs biggest hunger crisis and largest displacement emergency. Every day, civilians have been âpaying the price for a war they did not chooseâ, said UN aid coordination office, OCHA.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres continues to be gravely alarmed by escalating hostilities in Aleppo, Syria, and mounting reports of civilian casualties, his Spokesperson said on Thursday.
ReliefWeb News
âAs we approach this catastrophic milestone, the world must not look away. Civilians have paid the highest price for a conflict they did not choose and need decisive international action."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Sudan, civilians continue to bear the brunt of escalating violence, particularly in the Darfur and Kordofan regions.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Sudanâs deepening war is driving unprecedented levels of hunger, child malnutrition and displacement, UN agencies report, as new data from Darfur and a renewed refugee influx into Chad underscore the rapidly deteriorating situation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The war in Sudan has been tearing the country apart for almost 1,000 days, putting the countryâs health system under intolerable pressure. The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting widespread disease outbreaks, severe shortages, malnutrition and rising deaths.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The war in Sudan is entering a deadlier phase, the United Nations has warned, as intensified fighting in the Kordofan region, mounting civilian casualties from drone strikes and growing risks of regional spillover push the conflict toward the 1,000-day mark.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As fighting escalates in Sudan, âpeople are scared, people are fleeing their homesâ, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Friday, noting that more than 50,000 people have been uprooted since late October in the Kordofans region alone.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Families continue to flee intense hostilities across the Kordofan region of Sudan and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN said in an update on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to still be trapped in El Fasher in the Darfur region, but UN aid agencies believe they may soon get access to the embattled city.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nahed was visiting Sudanâs capital Khartoum with her family to celebrate Eid, a major Islamic holiday, when the war broke out between the rival armies vying for control of her homeland.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As Sudanâs civil war intensified on Monday, top UN officials condemned the killing of dozens of children in drone strikes in South Kordofan state â and the targeting of first responders trying to help the wounded.
ReliefWeb News
Almost six million people - nearly half the population - are experiencing acute hunger, with little access to clean water or sanitation as funding cuts have stripped away vital humanitarian support.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Country Team in Sudan met in Khartoum on Monday â the first time it has convened in the capital sinceâŻconflictâŻerupted in April 2023.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Just how many people are still trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher? Thatâs the burning question for relatives of the many thousands of people believed to still be there, since paramilitary fighters overran the regional capital of North Darfur last month, after a 500-day siege.
ReliefWeb News
A protection catastrophe in Darfur and Kordofan is intensifying at an alarming pace as escalating violence drives thousands of families from their homes, many for the second or third time, UNHCR warns.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than 21 million people in Sudan, 45 per cent of the population, are not getting enough to eat as the war between rival militaries continues, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Some 90,000 people have been displaced following the fall of El Fasher in Sudanâs North Darfur - with another 50,000 fleeing violence in the Kordofans, according to the UN migration chief.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In war-torn Sudan, rape is likely being used as a weapon of war and simply being a woman there is âa strong predictorâ of hunger, violence and death, the UNâs gender equality agency warned on Tuesday.
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Save the Children, funded by the Green Climate Fund and the Global Partnership for Education, has launched a $17 million project to strengthen climate resilience in education across the country.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
To South Sudan, where aid teams warn that an already severe food and nutrition crisis could get worse without urgent humanitarian relief.
ReliefWeb News
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report projects that over half of the population will face crisis or worse levels of hunger during the 2026 lean season.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
New analysis of hunger and malnutrition in war-torn Sudan has revealed sharp contrasts along conflict lines, three UN agencies reported on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Sudanâs hunger crisis has deepened further, with new UN-backed analysis confirming that famine is underway in parts of Darfur and Kordofan, where fighting and sieges have cut off entire communities from food and aid.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More details continued to emerge on Friday of atrocities committed during and after the fall of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudanâs Darfur region.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Horrific stories of mass-atrocities committed by the RSF militia continue to emerge, along with the tens of thousands of civilians who have fled the North Darfur city of El Fasher in Sudan.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UNâs top humanitarian official has called for an immediate ceasefire in El Fasher, the capital of Sudanâs North Darfur region, amid reports of significant civilian deaths, attacks on hospitals and the cityâs reported capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Marking its 80th anniversary, the United Nations celebrated decades of multilateral cooperation for peace, human rights, and sustainable development through events across the globe.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Over 900 days of brutal conflict, widespread human rights violations, famine, and the collapse of essential services have driven millions of people in Sudan to the âbrink of survivalâ â with women and children bearing the heaviest burden.
ReliefWeb News
Over 30 million people require humanitarian assistance; widespread violations of human rights, famine, and the breakdown of essential services have pushed them to the brink of survival.