News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 45 from 88)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
With thousands fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) across the border into Burundi, aid operations are stretched to the limit, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
ReliefWeb News
Restoring a ceasefire deal is vital as death toll hits 50,000 and continues to rise amid Israeli airstrikes, aid and power blockades and renewed mass forced displacements.
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Reduced global funding for life-saving child survival programmes is causing health-care worker shortages, clinic closures, vaccination programme disruptions, and a lack of essential supplies.
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MSF has witnessed a renewed spike in atrocities in eastern DR Congoâs Ituri province, where our medical teams are providing care for civilians with horrific injuries.
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The lack of funds and uncertainty over donor contributions has forced UNHCR to suspend all medical treatment for refugees in Egypt except emergency life-saving procedures, affecting 20,000 people.
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The WFP currently only has the funds to sustain operations for 120,000 refugees through June. Without additional financial support, the agency will be forced to suspend food assistance.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the âdifficult decisionâ to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes â but pledged that âthe UN is not leavingâ the enclave.
ReliefWeb News
Unrelenting conflict in Myanmar, dwindling financial resources and competing global crises have made it critical for the international community to step up for the Rohingya refugees.
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Worsened by limited access to water, sanitation, hygiene and health services, the alarming number has resulted in close to 2,900 deaths, many of whom are children.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said on Sunday.
ReliefWeb News
For more than three years, the rights of girls in Afghanistan have been violated. All girls must be allowed to return to school now, said UNICEF Chief, Catherine Russell.
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Deaths from TB fell by 42% between 2015 and 2023 while cases declined by 24% over the same period, according to the World Health Organization Global TB Report 2024.
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In and around the city of Goma in North Kivu, sites that were previously home to 400,000 internally displaced people have all been destroyed, leaving families stranded without shelter or protection.
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The looting, which included at least 2,200 cartons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), has put the lives of more than 2,000 children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) at risk.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that has engulfed the international aid sector, made worse by pronounced cuts in Washington, the UN childrenâs and refugee agencies said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) on Friday strongly condemned the looting of vital humanitarian supplies from Al Bashair Hospital in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, warning that the theft puts thousands of malnourished children and mothers at risk.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Israelâs renewed bombing campaign and intensifying ground operation in Gaza are reversing gains achieved during the brief ceasefire, UN humanitarians inside the devastated enclave said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
Death, injury and lasting family separation are among the traumatic events that have upended the lives of Ukraineâs children in the three years, according to a new report from UN Human Rights Office.
ReliefWeb News
The siege of northern Gaza is again blocking all life-saving supplies, including food and medicines to the area, with Save the Children unable to deliver water due for distribution through a partner.
ReliefWeb News
Global efforts to combat TB have saved an estimated 79 million lives since 2000. However, the drastic and abrupt cuts in global health funding happening now are threatening to reverse these gains.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN chief AntĂłnio Guterres on Thursday hailed positive announcements from the White House, Kremlin and Kyiv aimed at stopping crippling attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia, linked to Russiaâs full-scale invasion of its neighbour.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The legacy of the Syrian conflict, which saw the overthrow of the Assad regime in December last year, is that 16.5 million people are in dire need of assistance, making it one of the largest humanitarian crises globally, a senior UN humanitarian said on Thursday.
ReliefWeb News
Months of fighting in eastern DRC have uprooted hundreds of thousands of people âBurundi has taken in the lionâs share â nearly 66,000 Congolese refugees and asylum seekers to date.
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The climate crisis has dramatically worsened water scarcity over the past few decades, leaving nearly 116 million people without safe drinking water, according to a new Oxfam report.
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Tumbes, where more than 8,000 people have been affected, appears to have suffered the most damage. There is a 48% probability that these conditions will continue until April.
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In view of the sudden and drastic reductions in humanitarian funding to Yemen, sustained donor engagement and flexible funding from donors is crucial to address the escalating humanitarian crisis.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people â many of them women and children â and leaving widespread destruction in its wake, according to local authorities.
ReliefWeb News
Ongoing violence and USAID funding suspension are accelerating the collapse of DRCâs fragile health system, leaving millions defenseless against preventable diseases like cholera, says Oxfam.
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The report confirmed that 2024 was the warmest year in the 175-year observational record and underlined the massive economic and social upheavals from extreme weather.
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This financial commitment shows the willingness of the EU and international community to support Syria and its people towards an inclusive transition and pave the path to rebuilding the country.