News Monitor
In Viet Nam, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand, children's access to clean water, education, healthcare, food, and shelter has been compromised — pushing already marginalized communities deeper into crisis.
The worrying spike in humanitarian needs comes amid a regional hunger crisis already affecting 55 million people – four times more people than five years ago.
Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of 36 states. According to the government, more than a million people have been affected, 269 lives tragically lost, and more than 640,000 have been displaced from their homes.
More than 80 per cent of required food aid does not make it into Gaza. Fifteen aid organizations demand international pressure for an immediate ceasefire and arms embargo.
oPt: Five Palestinian children killed or injured on average every day in the West Bank since October
The number of children killed or injured by Israeli forces and settlers has more than doubled. There are concerns of further casualties with a significant escalation of violence in the past six weeks.
In Aboutengue nearly 44,500 Sudanese refugees, the majority of whom are women and children, are facing severe cuts to food rations and poor living conditions due to a lack of adequate shelter.
Local actors and humanitarian organisations across the region are working around the clock to provide temporary relief despite increasingly stretched resources.
At least 273 people are reported dead, 78 missing and 100,000 evacuated. The number of casualties is likely to rise as first responders continue to reach hard-to-access mountainous areas.
The extended streak of extraordinarily high temperatures has continued, and the year so far has been the warmest on record for the globe, with Africa, Europe and South America each ranking first.
Floods have struck vulnerable communities already facing challenges due to climate change, pockets of drought, locust invasions, and the highly volatile security context since 2014.
Economic crisis worsens in occupied Palestinian territory amid ongoing Gaza conflict - UNCTAD report
The new report highlights the staggering scale of economic devastation and unprecedented decline in economic activity, far surpassing the impact of all previous military confrontations in 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2021.
MSF urges the UN and international stakeholders involved in negotiating broader humanitarian access to consider all options to deliver food and essential supplies in the area, including by airdrops.
MSF urges the UN and international stakeholders involved in negotiating broader humanitarian access to consider all options to deliver food and essential supplies in the area, including by airdrops.
The prequalification approval is expected to facilitate timely and increased access to this vital product in communities with urgent need, to reduce transmission and help contain the outbreak.
“According to reports, five airstrikes in Shan State, Chin State and Magway Region in 5-6 September killed 24 civilians, including at least 10 children and injuring at least eight children
Populations in Mali, Niger and Nigeria are now dealing with the worst floods in 30 years, which will exacerbate food insecurity with the destruction of farmland and significant crop losses.
Flash floods and landslides have left nearly 300 casualties or missing in Vietnam, while more than 101,000 homes and 200,000 hectares of farmland have been destroyed, severely threatening food security.
For many children and their families, the choice of whether or not to leave home in order to navigate the impacts of climate change will become a central question of childhood.
At least one quarter or 22,500 of those injured in Gaza by 23 July are estimated to have life-changing injuries that require rehabilitation services now and for years to come, according to WHO.
Since February 2024, escalating violence and increased population displacements have significantly reduced agricultural production and disrupted markets, leaving half of Haiti’s population in acute hunger.
The UN Refugee Agency needs $21.4 million until the end of the year to urgently scale up critical response and prevention efforts for refugees in countries impacted by the mpox emergency.
Refugees fleeing conflict in Sudan are facing hunger and disease in South Sudan as humanitarian funding dries up, food rations are squeezed, and the cost of food soars.
Between 2022-2023, the collaboration resulted in a significant increase in the availability and affordability of safe sanitation with over 800,000 people gaining access to basic sanitation and hygiene.