News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 5 from 92)
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Global forced displacement has decreased for the first time in a decade, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Thursday, though the figure remains unacceptably high and tens of millions of people are still trapped in prolonged exile with little prospect of rebuilding their lives.
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MSF is supporting the Borno State Ministry of Health (MoH) to respond to a rapidly evolving surge in suspected cholera cases across Borno State, where more than seven thousand people have fallen ill since early May 2026.
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Save the Children warns that parts of South Sudan are at risk of famine as acute food insecurity and child malnutrition worsen, with conflict, flooding and aid suspensions disrupting essential services in Jonglei state.
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In Ebola-stricken eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a massive push for early testing and contact tracing is helping to contain the virus, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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Escalating attacks on bridges, roads and other civilian infrastructure in Sudan are disrupting humanitarian access and putting civilians at further risk, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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The 2026 Global Peace Index reveals a world struggling with the economic consequences of a record-high number of conflicts that are increasingly interconnected and difficult to resolve.
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As the Security Council met on Afghanistan, senior officials and civil society representatives delivered a clear warning Monday: despite relative security under the Taliban, worsening humanitarian conditions, restrictions on women and growing economic pressures are creating a fragile and uncertain future.
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A powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday morning just as millions of children were returning to school after the summer break.
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Months of fighting and insecurity have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in South Sudanâs eastern Jonglei State, triggering âone of the most severe conflict-related displacement emergencies in recent yearsâ, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
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Since early May, drone strikes around Tina, Sudan, near the Chadian border, have intensified, leading to repeated influxes of wounded patients at Tiné Hospital, supported by Médecins Sans FrontiÚres (MSF) in Chad.
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What began as a geopolitical crisis in the Middle East nearly 100 days ago is increasingly becoming a food security crisis elsewhere, with UN agencies warning of rising hunger in Africa and malnourished children being turned away from medical clinics in Afghanistan.
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The 10 most neglected crises for 2025 are Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Honduras, Ecuador, Cameroon, Nigeria and Mozambique.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Months since Gazaâs nominal ceasefire began, Palestinians continue to be killed and maimed in drone and airstrikes, including the enclaveâs police force which is crucial to peace and reconstruction efforts, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Wednesday.
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Nearly half of the population in Government-controlled areas of Yemen are facing high levels of acute food insecurity with the crisis set to deepen further if international aid cuts continue, according to the latest analysis by the leading UN-backed global food security platform.
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UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres expressed alarm on Tuesday over reported overnight exchanges of fire between the United States and Iran, as well as reports that Iran targeted Kuwait and Bahrain.
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Violence in the Central Sahel is spreading beyond its traditional borders and rapidly spilling over into coastal West Africa, rendering the Sahel one of the main epicentres of violence in Africa.
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Overnight attacks in three key cities in Ukraine have left several civilians dead, scores more injured, and homes, hospitals and shops destroyed or damaged, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Tuesday.
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The UN health agency in Lebanon is verifying reports of strikes on a hospital in the southern city of Tyre on Monday, amid a concerning rise in attacks on healthcare in the country.
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As the world approaches nine years since the mass displacement of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has appealed to the international community not to abandon the 1.2 million refugees living in the country, most of them in camps in Coxâs Bazar.
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Escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to impact civilians and efforts to fight Ebola, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Tuesday.
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As hostilities escalate in Lebanon despite a recent ceasefire extension, the United Nations continues to push for peace and support displaced civilians by providing food, protection and other assistance.
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Families in Gaza living on or near the so-called Yellow Line controlled by the Israeli military have told the UN they live in constant fear of being killed or injured.
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Two weeks into the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates there are now 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including 223 suspected deaths.
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The dire conditions in the Gaza Strip are trapping children âin an endless cycle of sufferingâ and their heartbroken parents can only look on, an official with the UN child rights agency UNICEF said on Friday in a fresh appeal for greater humanitarian access to support families in the war-ravaged enclave.
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At least 26 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip since Tuesday â the eve of one of the most important holidays in Islam â the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Friday.
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UNICEF is calling for safe unfettered access to deliver aid operations, the lifting of restrictions on items needed to quickly repair and sustain water and sanitation systems, and for IHL to be upheld.
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The World Food Programme (WFP) has deplored a Russian attack on a warehouse in Dnipro, Ukraine that destroyed âa significant quantityâ of food aid destined for thousands in frontline areas.
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The United Nations is raising alarm over continued drone attacks in Sudanâs Darfur region after multiple strikes reportedly killed civilians and intensified fears for communities already trapped by the brutal conflict between rival militaries.
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Intensified Israeli airstrikes overnight in Lebanon forced people to again flee their homes, while humanitarians in the Gaza Strip report continued restrictions in bringing aid into the enclave, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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Aid cuts mean eastern DRC has a weaker health system now than it did before the 2018-20 outbreak that killed more than 2,000 people. IRC calls for urgent funding and coordination to contain epidemic.