News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 15)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Talks to halt the fighting in Sudan and alleviate the humanitarian crisis there continued in Geneva on Wednesday, where nearly two dozen countries convened to discuss a pathway to a ceasefire and transition to peaceful governance that represents all Sudanese people.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As drone strikes kill civilians from El Obeid to Blue Nile and famine risk spreads across Darfur and Kordofan, the Security Council meets on Sudan â the worldâs largest hunger and displacement crisis. Ambassadors are expected to press yet again for a ceasefire, safe aid access and an end to the weapons flows fuelling the brutal conflict.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The risk of famine is growing in parts of Sudan already torn apart by war, as a severe El Niño drought makes life even harder in Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, the UN-backed global hunger monitor warned on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A suspected drone strike has left at least 40 dead in Sudanâs Blue Nile State â near the Ethiopian border - according to initial reports from the ground, according to UN Spokesperson StĂ©phane Dujarric. Most of the casualties were women and girls.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than 700,000 displaced people in Tawila, in Sudanâs war-ravaged Darfur region, face severe shortages of healthcare, food, water and protection, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday as it called for an urgent increase in resources.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The World Food Programme (WFP) has strongly condemned a deadly airstrike on two clearly marked aid trucks in South Kordofan, Sudan, this past weekend.
ReliefWeb News
Humanitarian agencies urge protection of farmland, markets and food transport during the critical OctoberâJanuary window, as conflict, erratic rainfall and rising costs threaten crop yields.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The situation in the occupied West Bank continues to deteriorate, the UN human rights office has said, pointing to the âmass destructionâ of Palestinian villages and forcible transfer of residents in Msafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills.
ReliefWeb News
Many are going back to a country still wracked by conflict, where damaged homes, schools and clinics cannot meet the needs. Without urgent support, families risk being uprooted again.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The already dire hunger crisis in South Sudan is becoming increasingly critical as violence, extreme weather and dwindling aid leave millions without enough food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.
ReliefWeb News
More than half the population - 7.8 million people - struggle to find food each day; 2.2 million children and 1.2 million pregnant and breastfeeding mothers require urgent nutrition support.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN aid agencies on Monday said they may be forced to scale back humanitarian aid in Sudan â home of the worldâs worst hunger and displacement crisis â due to funding shortfalls.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) and partners have delivered lifesaving assistance to families in conflict-affected communities in South Sudanâs Jonglei state, many of whom had gone months without humanitarian support.
ReliefWeb News
The Commission remains concerned about killings, displacement, attacks affecting civilians and infrastructure, disruption of humanitarian operations and growing insecurity for humanitarian personnel.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Two truckloads of food aid destined for hungry families in South Kordofan state, Sudan, were destroyed in an aerial attack over the weekend, the World Food Progamme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
For millions of children in Sudan, the classroom remains out of reach as the countryâs civil war continues to disrupt their education. To help tackle this huge problem, the UN global education fund on Monday announced a $22 million initiative to help 200,000 youngsters return to learning.
ReliefWeb News
The humanitarian response has changed. In the early months, the priority was keeping people alive; today, while emergency needs remain immense, many families are also trying to rebuild their lives.
ReliefWeb News
Families are fleeing violence, losing access to water, electricity and health care, and now face floods. Without urgent action to protect civilians and restore essential services, suffering will deepen.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Intensifying fighting in Sudan has displaced at least another 200,000 people since late 2025, while destructive seasonal floods are compounding the massive humanitarian emergency there, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Sudanese women about to give birth are losing their babies and sometimes their own lives because of a lack of specialist healthcare support, amid the ongoing war, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
Without immediate funding, the final food aid for the most vulnerable 240,000 refugees will be provided in September, cutting off a lifeline for hundreds of thousands already living on the edge.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations has once again urged warring parties in Sudan to protect civilians as the fighting continues to take a heavy toll on the population.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Ongoing conflict, displacement and funding shortages continue to deepen needs in Sudan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Monday, underscoring the need for greater civilian protection.
ReliefWeb News
More than 2,500 refugees fleeing violence spent more than six months without adequate shelter, latrines, access to water or food while awaiting relocation from Adémour transit site in Sila province.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nearly eight million people in South Sudan â more than half the population â face crisis-level hunger, with famine risk now flagged in four counties, as the Security Council met this morning in New York. A cholera outbreak has killed more than 1,700 people, and some aid workers are being killed and abducted even as they try to reach those most at risk. Follow live coverage below.
ReliefWeb News
Plan International is calling for urgent international action to protect children in El-Obeid, Sudan as hundreds of thousands face humanitarian catastrophe as deadly cholera outbreak spreads
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN partners launched the Winter Response Plan to help 2.1 million people in Ukraine survive another cold season as the country grapples with the on-going Russian invasion.
ReliefWeb News
Funding shortfalls mean that we arenât even able to provide a full ration, people are only receiving 50% of the food they should. Despite this, the people I met were sharing with their neighbours.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN humanitarians working in war-torn Sudan on Friday highlighted rapidly growing needs among the more than 100,000 displaced people now sheltering in camps in the city of El Obeid.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarians in the Gaza Strip continue to face significant challenges in reaching communities located near the so-called âYellow Lineâ in northern Rafah, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Tuesday.