News Monitor

By 2025, more than 91 million people who are affected by humanitarian crises will be in urgent need of shelter to protect themselves from the elements, to have privacy and a place to feel safe.

By 2025, more than 91 million people who are affected by humanitarian crises will be in urgent need of shelter to protect themselves from the elements, to have privacy and a place to feel safe.

The attack has created a living nightmare for the displaced people, with panic, mass displacement and casualties as young as four years old who have sustained severe injuries.

“There are 6,000 reminders that the international community is failing the people of Myanmar. It is time for a change, starting with moving this disaster out of the shadows of international attention."

More than 50,000 Haitians have been displaced in the past two weeks alone due to insecurity related to armed groups, while across the country, 5.4 million people are facing acute hunger.

Civilians have been affected for the fifth consecutive day by ongoing hostilities. Urgent measures are required to enable access to assistance and essential services for survival.

As humanitarian aid entering Gaza reaches its lowest level in months, MSF warns that patient care is critically compromised while medical conditions are expected to surge with the onset of winter.

Reports of conflict-related sexual violence increased by 50% last year compared to 2022. Women and girls accounted for 95% of verified cases but these numbers represent a fraction of the reality.

Reports of conflict-related sexual violence increased by 50% last year compared to 2022. Women and girls accounted for 95% of verified cases but these numbers represent a fraction of the reality.

An estimated 484,000 children are expected to suffer malnutrition in coming months, a figure that has more than doubled since 2022 – the last time such an assessment was made.

More than 125 incidents of shelling, airstrikes and others reported in Idleb and Western Aleppo in three days, with 14,000 people displaced and at least 12 civilians, including four children, killed.

More than 125 incidents of shelling, airstrikes and others reported in Idleb and Western Aleppo in three days, with 14,000 people displaced and at least 12 civilians, including four children, killed.

The medical supplies, including antibiotics to treat bacterial infections such as pneumonia, landed at Damazine Airport after government approvals to use three airports in Sudan for aid deliveries.

The unprecedented spike, registered between the second quarters of 2023 and 2024, points to a worsening protection crisis for children. Up to half of all members in armed groups are children.

The toll of the ongoing conflict is compounded by years of hardship. Lebanon has endured one of the worst economic crises in the world, which has left more than 80% of people living in poverty.

"We need to find innovative and efficient tools and solutions to avert a catastrophe but also to unlock the country’s untapped potential for significant agricultural productivity and profitability."

A new appeal targets 930,000 people with urgent needs across seven provinces and 17 municipalities, after two hurricanes and two earthquakes hit Cuba in the span of only 20 days.

Extreme climate conditions have led to three concurrent disease outbreaks — malaria in Baringo and Turkana counties, which have experienced heavy rains, and measles in Marsabit county.

Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2023. Africa recorded the highest rates of intimate partner and family-related femicide, followed by the Americas and then by Oceania.

Children living in North Gaza and Gaza governates have been almost completely cut off from supplies of food, water and medicine since 6 October. Famine is either imminent or likely already occurring.

WFP’s Global Outlook 2025 shows that 343 million people across 74 countries are acutely food insecure, a 10 per cent increase from last year, nearing levels that were last seen during the pandemic.