News Monitor

This allocation aims to respond to the government's February 2024 declaration of a food and nutrition emergency in Chad, which prompted a call for assistance from technical and financial partners.

Since October, settler attacks have reached a daily average of four attacks per day. At least 10 people, including two children, have been killed, and 234 have been injured, including 20 children.

These populations require urgent humanitarian action to reduce their food consumption gaps, protect and restore their livelihoods and prevent high levels of acute malnutrition.

The conflict has exacerbated civilian suffering and increased violations of international humanitarian law. Many civilians are now facing secondary or tertiary displacement and reporting protection risks.

UN humanitarian officials are conducting damage assessment and response after Hurricane Beryl, the strongest hurricane in history to form in June in the Atlantic Ocean, wreaked havoc.

UN humanitarian officials are conducting damage assessment and response after Hurricane Beryl, the strongest hurricane in history to form in June in the Atlantic Ocean, wreaked havoc.

The scale of needs remains massive after new evacuation orders were issued on Monday night for eastern Khan Younis and Rafah, covering about one-third of the total area of Gaza.

The IFRC calls on governments, donors and stakeholders to support its response as humanitarian needs continue to grow and the storm season is forecast to be one of the most active on record.

As the first major hurricane of the year causes widespread damage, UNICEF and partners have pre-positioned life-saving supplies and stand ready to provide services to families in the Caribbean Basin.

Although of a temporary nature, this protection guarantees more than 4.2 million refugees from Ukraine residency, access to public services and the labour market of host countries for another year.

More than 300,000 children are now internally displaced in the country, a 60 per cent increase since March, rendering them more vulnerable to violence and disrupting their access to services.

The UN agency assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Gazans fleeing the southern city have had to erect shelters at the water’s edge because displacement camps are already packed at the coast.

Aid partners now require $1.5 billion, up from $1.4 billion in January, to assist and protect up to 3.3 million people forced to flee, as well as local communities in neighbouring countries.

As of October last year, 6.9 million people were displaced across DRC, a number expected to increase. In North Kivu alone, by the end of May, 1.77 million people had been displaced.

The attack comes against the backdrop of a worsening humanitarian crisis, driven by the ongoing war in Sudan between rival militaries that has left the country teetering on the brink of famine.

Ongoing heavy fighting in northern Gaza has now forced an estimated 84,000 people to flee eastern Gaza City in a matter of days, while also cutting off access to a key aid distribution hub.

A spike in insurgent attacks is driving a growing humanitarian and displacement crisis, even as donors and security forces are withdrawing. The situation may be on the brink of becoming much worse.

WFP plans to continue its response through cash assistance for the recipient families and an additional 48,000 households that WFP has pre-identified as part of its preparedness efforts.