News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 56 from 95)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
24 February 2025 marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the civilian population continues to face near daily-attacks. The UN staff living alongside them, enduring the same difficult conditions, have been a lifeline throughout the war.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its third year, a flurry of diplomatic activity has led to a growing expectation of a ceasefire, although the situation remains extremely fluid. Despite the uncertainty, the UN is planning how to best support the country when the fighting finally stops.
ReliefWeb News
Ukraineâs third year of full-scale war was even deadlier for children than the preceding year; the number of child casualties in 2024 rose by more than 50 per cent compared with 2023.
ReliefWeb News
Since February, more than 40,000 Congolese nationals â mostly women and children â have arrived in Burundi. This number is likely to increase as hostilities escalate in the DRC.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the countryâs people have endured continuous attacks, âpsychological terrorâŠdisplacement and hardshipâ, top UN aid coordinator Matthias Schmale said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a $40.4 million appeal to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its impact on neighbouring countries, particularly Burundi, where thousands are arriving daily in desperate conditions.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with critical assistance, including cash, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
IOM is appealing for $255 million to support two million war-affected people in 2025. Nearly two-thirds of Ukraineâs 3.7 million IDPs have been away from their homes for more than two years.
ReliefWeb News
Conflict in Colombiaâs Norte de Santander department has led to rapidly escalating humanitarian needs among host and displaced communities across the country, Project HOPE warns.
ReliefWeb News
The price of staple foods has sky-rocketed â making it more difficult for families to put food on the table. The price of maize flour has risen by nearly 67%, salt by about 43%, and oil by up to 45%.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where they face dire conditions without many basic necessities, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The international system set up among the ashes of the Second World War which established the United Nations and other multilateral institutions is now facing the âgreatest test since its creation,â the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General on Thursday condemned the âparadingâ of coffins earlier in the day containing the bodies of dead Israeli hostages by their Hamas captors, describing the manner of the handover in Gaza as abhorrent.
ReliefWeb News
While the earthquake has undoubtedly affected agricultural production, the earthquakeâs impact on the capitalâs tourist-based economy has been staggering and compounded by aftershocks.
ReliefWeb News
In 2025, 17 countries are grappling with multiple public health emergencies, most of which are outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, measles and diphtheria.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As the Security Council prepared to gather on Wednesday to debate the international communityâs response to the growing emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UNâs top aid official there urged all warring parties to allow lifesaving relief supplies to reach the most vulnerable.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The reconstruction of Gaza and the occupied West Bank will require an estimated $53.2 billion over the next ten years, according to the latest Damage and Needs Assessment from the UN and partners.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of thousands of tonnes of relief supplies in the city of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels swept in at the weekend, reportedly meeting little resistance.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than one in two people in war-torn Sudan have too little to eat, famine âis taking holdâ and sexual violence is rife, the UNâs top aid official said on Monday, as the global body launched an appeal for $6 billion to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in the devastated country and beyond.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Explosive ordnance continues to claim lives across Syria, with more than 430 deaths and injuries reported since December, nearly a third of them children, according to Stéphane Dujarric, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As the UN and partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance across the Gaza Strip, the scale of needs remains overwhelming, requiring urgent and sustained support, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A dire displacement crisis is escalating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as M23 rebels make headway while aid routes are cut off, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on the international community to urgently scale up funding and diplomatic action to ease the suffering of millions of Sudanese facing hunger and displacement as rival militaries continue battling each other for control.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Sudanâs ruinous civil war is approaching its third year, leaving a legacy of malnutrition, massive population displacement and chronic insecurity. As the UN system prepares to launch a call for record funding of $4.2 billion to support aid operations in the country, here are some of the main things to know about what has been described as the largest and most devasting displacement, humanitarian and protection crisis in the world today.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than 825,000 people who were displaced within Syria have returned to their areas of origin since December, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN is leading a surge of humanitarian relief and preparing for the monumental task of rebuilding Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire holds but tensions loom over a potential resumption of fighting.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Lifesaving aid continued to reach Gaza on Thursday while UN humanitarians warned that needs remain enormous after 15 months of constant Israeli bombardment.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A lasting peace is still possible in Yemen but requires commitment, courage, and action from all sides, the UN Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As M23 rebels continue to gain ground in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the countryâs top UN humanitarian official has told UN News that increasing âcomplexity and needsâ are fuelling a crisis which had already left more than a million people displaced before the latest surge in fighting.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Flags at all UN offices in Yemen are flying at half-mast this week following the death of a World Food Programme (WFP) staff member who had been arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities in the north since last month.