News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 3)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Thousands of people in some of Yemen's most conflict-affected communities are receiving lifesaving health care closer to home, thanks to funding from the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) through the Yemen Humanitarian Fund.
ReliefWeb News
More than 53% of the population, which is 18 million people, are estimated to be experiencing severe food insecurity, including 2.2 million under-fives and 1.3 million pregnant and breastfeeding women.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN's top humanitarian official has allocated $8 million in funding to help Burundi and South Sudan prepare for the potential spread of Ebola.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nearly half of the population in Government-controlled areas of Yemen are facing high levels of acute food insecurity with the crisis set to deepen further if international aid cuts continue, according to the latest analysis by the leading UN-backed global food security platform.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Yemen must not be drawn into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the Security Council heard on Tuesday, stressing the need for de-escalation, political progress and urgent humanitarian funding for beleaguered civilians battered by years of grinding war.
ReliefWeb News
Since the UN truce in April 2022, at least 339 children have been killed due to shelling, gunfire, landmines and other explosive remnants of war, while a further 843 have been injured.
ReliefWeb News
In 2026, 22.3 million people require assistance and protection. This includes 5.2 million IDPs, alongside migrants and refugees. Acute food insecurity is alarming, with 18.3 million people affected.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen on Thursday welcomed recent steps to bolster stability and improve living conditions, but told the Security Council that only a renewed political process can end the country’s long-running conflict.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Yemen, renewed political instability and economic woes linked to the war threaten to complicate the already difficult task of helping vulnerable people suffering from deepening hunger, illness and displacement, the UN’s top aid official there said on Monday.
ReliefWeb News
The country is now carrying the highest burden of IPC Phase 4 globally - more than 148,000 people entered into crisis or worse levels of food insecurity in 2025 alone.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A fragile political calm in Yemen is fraying, with renewed instability and aid restrictions deepening hunger, illness and displacement for millions of civilians, senior UN officials warned the Security Council on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
The number of child casualties in Yemen jumped 70% in 2025, with one child killed or injured every day, Save the Children said. The number of children killed doubled in 2025 compared with 2024.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Yemen’s already fragile humanitarian response is being pushed to breaking point by deep funding shortfalls, the UN warned in an update Sunday highlighting mounting risks for millions across the country.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Yemen’s leaders to return to the path of peace and release all UN personnel detained there, following a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
Widespread damage has been reported to infrastructure, housing and shelters, health facilities, schools, water and sanitation systems, and livelihoods. Protection risks have increased.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Yemen faces a surge of violence and hunger that threatens millions with starvation and risks destabilizing neighbouring countries. The crisis, deeply linked to wider regional conflicts, is straining humanitarian efforts and heightening tensions across the Middle East.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that France, Germany and the United Kingdom have initiated a process that could lead to the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme within the next 30 days.
ReliefWeb News
IRC is mounting an urgent response to severe flooding that has swept across the south and warns that with more heavy rain expected, the risk of further flooding threatens to displace even more families.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Dr. Nouf moves briskly from patient to patient wearing her mask and gloves, with a stethoscope resting around her neck, driven by a strong passion to help the vulnerable at the Migrant Response Point (MRP) in Ma’rib in Yemen.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Yemen continues to face a dire humanitarian crisis, driven by acute hunger, economic collapse, and regional instability, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The food security situation in Government-controlled areas of southern Yemen is dire, with nearly half the population facing acute food insecurity and struggling to find their next meal.
ReliefWeb News
The food security situation is expected to worsen between September 2025 and February 2026, with about 5.38 million people likely to be classified in IPC Phase 3 or above.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Yemen cannot endure more years of division, economic collapse and human suffering, the UN’s top official on the crisis told the Security Council on Thursday, warning that “time is not on our side.”
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As June marks one year since the arbitrary detention of dozens of personnel from the UN, NGOs, civil society organizations and diplomatic missions by the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, the UN Secretary-General has reiterated his call for their release, urging they be freed “immediately and unconditionally.”
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Noor, a 16-month-old toddler, is from the Lahj governorate in the southwest corner of Yemen. A UN-partner volunteer diagnosed her with severe malnutrition – and her story became headline news when the UN relief chief recounted it to the Security Council during an impassioned briefing last week.
ReliefWeb News
Almost five months into 2025, the HNRP is less than 10 per cent funded, preventing critical aid delivery to millions of people across the country, including women, girls and other vulnerable groups.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The ceasefire between the United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen provides an opportunity to revitalize the peace process in the Middle Eastern country, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
Limited access to clean water, poor sanitation, malnutrition, and a fractured health system continue to leave millions at risk of deadly but preventable diseases.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Marking a decade of war in Yemen, Othman Belbeisi, Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa at the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM), highlights the resilience of its people, the deepening humanitarian crisis, and the urgent need for global action.
ReliefWeb News
The environment of restriction and fear imposed by the Houthis, coupled with the aid freeze and heightened legal risks, have caused many agencies to close, leaving millions without means to survive.