News Monitor
About 1.36 million people - including an estimated 858,000 children - live in Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman provinces hit by storms just two months after heavy rainfall in northeast killed 350 people.
Haitiâs multifaceted humanitarian emergency needs urgent attention and strategies beyond emergency, three senior UN and EU officials said today as they wrapped up a four-day visit to the country.
Despite the magnitude of the crisis and its destabilising effect on the area between the Red Sea and the Sahel, Sudan remains grossly neglected by the international community.
In an update from Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis where victims have been admitted, UN's Scott Anderson reported witnessing âsome of the most horrific" scenes he had experienced in nine months.
About 2.7 million additional children were left un- and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to data published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
Airstrikes in Gaza' s Al Mawasi area, which is designated as a humanitarian zone sheltering displaced people, have reportedly left at least 90 people dead and about 300 others injured.
Climate hazards have impacted mobility, livelihoods and stability. This project will support Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Chad in addressing these issues.
It is high time for the Sudanese leadership to cease hostilities and to engage in a comprehensive and inclusive peace process. Every country with influence or leverage should aim to support this goal.
MSF teams, while maintaining minimum level of activities in some townships in the central part of Rakhine, struggle with severe access restrictions, and the consequences of violent conflict.
In response to the Jamuna basin riverine floods, WFP and its partners, with the support of multiple donors, successfully delivered the largest pre-financed humanitarian response ever.
The response plan will help to both support immediate life-saving and early recovery efforts. Shelter, food and healthcare have been identified as the top priorities.
Organizations and the international community should consider all possible means of support, including cash and transport, to ensure that refugees are moved out of harmâs way.
Save the Children is urgently finalising its flood anticipatory and response plan, prepping communities and prioritising the most vulnerable high-risk locations.
Over the past year, MSF staff working at the Turkish hospital have been frequently harassed both inside the facility and on the street going to and from work. Many have been threatened with arrest.
Climate change and conflict are a cruel combination that stalks the worldâs most vulnerable - ICRC
Countries hit by conflict are disproportionately impacted by climate change - displacing people, disrupting food production, cutting off supplies, amplifying diseases and weakening health-care.