News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 4)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Rising violence by gangs in Haitiâs capital is restricting humanitarian access and pushing families deeper into hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Faced with a deadly outbreak of cholera and a lack of sanitation infrastructure, one Haitian mother sparked a community movement that has transformed her neighbourhood â and saved multiple lives.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Gang violence, hunger and instability continues to roil Haiti as the UN relief chief declared on Wednesday that âwe have to do betterâ to help the families striving to survive amid an alarming humanitarian funding shortage.
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The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, has released $10 million in response to the urgent need for food, water, shelter and other lifesaving provisions following this weekâs devastating earthquakes and aftershocks in Afghanistan.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Haitians are enduring a âperfect storm of sufferingâ the UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday as gang violence continues to paralyse daily life across the island. Around 1.3 million people â half of them children â have fled their homes and six million are relying on humanitarian assistance. Follow our live Meetings Coverage as the latest crisis debate unfolds.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, âparalysing daily life and forcing families to flee,â UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As gang violence across Haiti escalates, and the United States and other donors reduce their humanitarian funding, 1.3 million people who have fled their homes are facing the direst of consequences.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The first UN inter-agency mission to embattled Sweida governorate in Syria arrived there on Thursday, UN aid coordination office OCHA has reported.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Ongoing violence has displaced more than 100,000 people in two regions of Somalia in the past two months, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
People in Haiti have expressed âdespairâ following the âabrupt suspensionâ of a wide range of humanitarian services, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, in the Caribbean country.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Escalating gang violence and displacement continue to drive humanitarian needs in Haiti, the UN said on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA is stressing the need to scale up support for displaced families in Haiti amid ongoing insecurity and violence.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In violence-wracked Haiti, more than 5.7 million people are estimated to be food insecure, with many unable to meet their daily food needs.
ReliefWeb News
There is currently no possibility for a safe, dignified and sustainable return of Haitians who are abroad. If anything, their country is much more dangerous than the one they fled.
ReliefWeb News
With only 8.3% of the 2025 humanitarian response plan fundedâand as the Atlantic enters a particularly active hurricane seasonâthe situation in Haiti remains deeply concerning.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Global investment fell a full 11 per cent to $1.5 trillion last year â itâs a huge blow for developing nations, the UN trade agency, UNCTAD, said on Thursday.
ReliefWeb News
At least 2,680 people were killed between 1 January and 30 May, including 54 children, according to information verified by the UN. At least 957 others were injured and 316 kidnapped for ransom.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nearly 1.3 million people have been forced to flee gang violence in Haiti and seek refuge elsewhere within the Caribbean country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As the hurricane season gets underway in the Caribbean, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over Haitiâs humanitarian situation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Armed violence and insecurity in Haiti have exposed already vulnerable children to sexual violence and exploitation, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
The operating environment continues to pose challenges with high security risks, which limit humanitarian access to some areas, including displacement sites, and impact service provision.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Shattered by her husbandâs death during the rising tide of gang violence in Haiti last year, Christiana and her six children fled 223 kilometres from their hometown to the city of Mirebalais, where her six-year-old daughter, Leineda, began treatment for malnutrition.
ReliefWeb News
Deportations coincide with a separate humanitarian emergency in the Centre department. Gang violence that erupted in late March in Mirebalais and Saut dâEau has displaced more than 51,000 people.
ReliefWeb News
With food insecurity on the rise, the country also faces a growing public health emergency and famine-like conditions affecting an estimated 8,400 people.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Escalating armed violence, displacement, economic turmoil and disruptions to local food production are fueling hunger in Haiti and leaving millions at risk, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.
ReliefWeb News
IOM is currently leading efforts across more than 50 displacement sites, including shelter, camp management, protection, and emergency water, sanitation and hygiene services.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A plane carrying some 40 metric tonnes of lifesaving aid arrived in Myanmar from Dubai on Tuesday to support survivors of the devastating earthquake last month.
ReliefWeb News
In the first two months of 2025, incidents restricting humanitarian accessâsuch as roadblocks and violence towards humanitarian workersâsoared 75% compared with the same period last year.
ReliefWeb News
"Families are being pushed to the edge of catastrophe in the centre of the country as chaos continues to deprive children of lifesaving services," warns UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban.
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Clashes between armed groups and police are intensifying, leaving people trapped under constant threat of crossfire. Today, 85% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, is under the control of armed groups.