News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 9 from 69)
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As starvation worsens in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies repeated warnings on Monday that Israelâs decision to support a âone-week scale-upâ of aid is far from enough to reverse deadly malnutrition rates in the enclave.
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A fragile de-escalation in Syriaâs Sweida region is âlargely holdingâ after weeks of violence displaced 175,000 people, killed hundreds and devastated critical infrastructure â exposing deep fissures in the countryâs political transition.
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is alarmed by escalating health and food crises across Sudan, notably as cholera cases continue to rise in the locality of Tawila, North Darfur state.
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Since January, more than 35,000 suspected cholera cases and at least 852 related deaths have been reported â an average of more than four deaths every day and a 62 percent increase compared to 2024.
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United Nations agencies welcomed on Sunday Israelâs pledge to implement daily humanitarian pauses in its military operations in Gaza, aimed at easing the flow of desperately needed aid into and across the devastated enclave.
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The ongoing rainy season is slowing cholera response efforts in some locations, raising concerns about further transmission and undermining progress made so far in combating the outbreak.
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The UN Security Council is meeting on Friday morning to discuss the situation in Ukraine amid mounting concerns over the intensifying hostilities and growing humanitarian needs. Senior UN political affairs and humanitarian officials are expected to brief the Council. Follow our live coverage from UN News, in coordination with UN Meetings Coverage, for updates from the chamber. UN News App users can follow here.
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In the centre of war-torn Gaza, UN staff continue to work despite the âunprecedentedâ destruction and suffering around them, according to the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) Head of Office.
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Russian aerial attacks continue to intensify across Ukraine, exacting a rising toll on civilians and infrastructure, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Friday, warning of mounting humanitarian needs amid faltering donor support.
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With pockets of relative safety emerging in Sudan, over 1.3 million Sudanese people, including one million who were internally displaced and over 300,000 refugees, have returned home, according to UN agencies.
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As deadly sectarian violence continues to displace hundreds of thousands of civilians in Syriaâs Sweida Governorate, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Friday that attacks on health facilities had killed two doctors.
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has again sounded the alarm over the catastrophic and rapidly deteriorating conditions in the Gaza Strip as Israeli military operations continue to cause death, displacement and destruction.
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Pockets of relative safety have emerged and to date over a million IDPs have gone home - mainly to Khartoum, Sennar and Al Jazirah states, where the impact of more than two years of war is immense.
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From January to June 2025, births sharply declined. About one-third of babies were born prematurely, underweight or required admission to neonatal intensive care.
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Cases of measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, cholera and severe respiratory infections have risen to more than 46,000, with children under five representing about 60 per cent of these.
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âPeople in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.â
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Afghans returning to their country face âserious violationsâ of their human rights committed by the Taliban de facto authorities, according to a United Nations report published on Thursday amid mass deportation campaigns from Iran and Pakistan.
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People at particular risk of reprisals and other violations by the authorities were women and girls, those affiliated with the former government and security forces, media workers and civil society.
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Escalating gang violence and displacement continue to drive humanitarian needs in Haiti, the UN said on Wednesday.
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At a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger in Nigeria, critical funding shortfalls are forcing the UN World Food Program (WFP) to suspend all emergency food and nutrition aid for 1.3 million people in the northeast of the country.
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A senior UN official on Wednesday urged the Security Council to push for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages, warning that the war has become âa nightmare of historic proportionsâ and it is âlong past timeâ for the fighting to end and for hostages to return home.
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A second convoy from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) reached battered Sweida on Wednesday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in its latest update.
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WFPâs food and nutrition stocks have been completely exhausted. The last supplies left warehouses in early July and life-saving aid will end after the current round of distributions is completed.
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An average of 119 Palestinians are being killed daily so far this month. Doctors report 19 people, mostly children, died from starvation in just one day this week.
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Since 2020, food price inflation has consistently outpaced overall inflation, reflecting heightened volatility in agricultural markets and persistent pressures within agricultural and food markets.
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"Instead of launching round upon round of new military attacks, there must be an immediate end to the killings, destruction and the wide scale violations of international law," said Volker TĂŒrk.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from hunger and exhaustion over the past 48 hours have increased fears for peopleâs survival in the devastated enclave, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
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South Sudanâs dramatic hunger crisis is worsening and millions of people there could miss out on food aid because of the global humanitarian funding crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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As the humanitarian crisis deepens in Sudan, the UN and partners have revised and scaled up a response plan to support more than 380,000 displaced people in Tawila, North Darfur state.
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Half the population â 7.7 million people â are facing severe hunger. Of these, 83,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger (IPC5) â the highest classification of food insecurity.