News Monitor

Flash Appeal will complement the El Nino-induced prolonged dry spells and floods appeal launched in April by building upon national initiatives and covering gaps not reached by the national plan.

The influx is exacerbating an already dire situation in Tillabéri, which is now home to at least 153,400 internally displaced Nigeriens and 36,552 Burkinabé asylum seekers.

On average, one Palestinian child was killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, every two days since October 2023, a nearly two-and-a-half-fold increase from the previous nine months.

The number of reported casualties has increased to 58. Across all affected provinces, households are in immediate need of food, shelter, health and WASH services, including clean drinking water.

The lessons learned from Oxfam’s partnership response contribute to wider efforts in the humanitarian community to build quality partnerships and to strengthen local leadership and sustainability.

To add to the devastation of war and complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of polio linked to the disastrous sanitation situation created by the conflict.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) completed the repair of two dams that will ensure water supply to more than 70,000 people in northeast Ukraine last week.

UNHCR is supporting aid efforts in Afghanistan after Monday’s rainstorms and heavy flooding in Central and Eastern regions left at least 40 people dead, more than 340 injured and many more displaced.

In his first statement to MPs, the Foreign Secretary outlined that the UK will release £21 million to support UNRWA's lifesaving work in Gaza and the provision of basic services in the region.

The significant surge in violence resulted in 228 Palestinian fatalities, including 51 children, marking a 65 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2023.

At least 32 million doses have already been delivered to 13 countries as part of the initiative and another 10 million doses set to be shipped by the end of July.

Northeast Nigeria faces a severe malnutrition crisis. The worst lean season in years leaves communities hungry, with children most at risk. IRC is seeing an alarming rise in cases.

Hundreds of thousands of tons of solid waste are piling up in streets, between tents in IDP camps, and next to the rubble in alleys. The collapse of waste management is worsening the health crisis.

“Some areas are not even reachable by phone, which makes it nearly impossible to operate. Meanwhile, the Sudanese Red Crescent Society volunteers have been working at great personal risk.”

Filippo Grandi pledged another $100 million to support displaced and war-affected people in Ukraine as they prepare for the third winter since the start of the Russian invasion.

Almost 26,500 suspected cases of cholera, more than 1.3 million cases of malaria and 11,600 cases of dengue have been recorded this year, according to the National Institute for Health, up from 2023.

Between January and June, about 5,580 migrant children arrived by sea while about 830 arrived by land – almost 250% up on the 1,850 migrant children who came to Greece in the first half of 2023.

The 2024 Aid Transparency Index has recorded its highest ever scores – marking a continued improvement in aid transparency among the world’s major aid and development agencies.