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UN in Ukraine prepares for the worst, hopes for the best

Ukrainians continue to face near daily attacks, with air strikes consistently targeting civilian infrastructure, leaving families without homes, security and electricity. More than 10 million people have been uprooted from their homes, making Ukraine...

Urgent appeal launched as DR Congo crisis fuels mass displacement to Burundi

As fighting escalates in eastern DRC, more than 40,000 Congolese refugees – primarily women and children – have crossed into Burundi since February, with over 9,000 arrivals recorded in a single day this week.Many...

Nearly 148,000 in Gaza receive cash aid

Since the ceasefire on 19 January, some 138,000 Palestinians have benefited from cash assistance, including people with disabilities and pregnant and breastfeeding women.The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that market conditions across Gaza have...

Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator

Briefing from Ukrainian capital Kyiv after another night of “air sirens and more loud explosions”, Mr. Schmale noted that the crisis began in 2014, with Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea. “So, all children that...

UN chief condemns ‘abhorrent and appalling’ treatment of hostages’ remains by Hamas

Hamas militants said the bodies of the four people who were returned to Tel Aviv on Thursday morning were those of a mother and two children from the Bibas family, along with 84-year-old peace...

Post-war order facing ‘greatest test since its creation’: UN relief chief

Tom Fletcher was addressing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) which was set up by the UN General Assembly in the early 1990s as a coordination forum for humanitarian aid worldwide. “The humanitarian community confronts a...

DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi, says UN refugee agency

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, reported on Thursday that 35,000 Congolese nationals have now reached Burundi since the beginning of February, as Rwanda-backed M23 fighters continue to advance across both South and North Kivu.The...

Civilians at breaking point in eastern DR Congo warns top aid official, in call to resume talks

“The rapid and uninterrupted expansion of the conflict, particularly in South Kivu province, continues to inflict a heavy toll on the civilian population,” said UN humanitarian coordinator for DRC, Bruno Lemarquis. “The population can...

World News in Brief: $53.2 billion needed for Palestinian recovery, UN condemns UNRWA schools raid, Lebanon-Israel tensions continue

“Palestinians will need joint action to address the immense recovery and reconstruction challenges ahead. A sustainable recovery process must restore hope, dignity, and livelihoods for the two million people in Gaza,” said Muhannad Hadi,...

DR Congo crisis: WFP condemns looting in Bukavu after M23 rebels take key city

In an online message on Monday, the WFP said that it “condemns the pillage of its warehouses in Bukavu in South Kivu…the food supplies kept there were meant to provide vital support to the...

UN launches $6 billion Sudan appeal, as famine takes hold

“Civilians paying the highest price, shelling, airstrikes continuing unabated, killing and injuring civilians, damaging and destroying critical infrastructure, including hospitals,” said Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher.“An epidemic of sexual violence rages,” he warned, adding...

Humanitarians underscore need for urgent and sustained support in Gaza

OCHA cited Gaza’s Ministry of Health which stressed that oxygen supplies are critically needed to keep emergency, surgical and intensive care services running at hospitals, including Al Shifa and Al Rantisi hospitals in Gaza...

Syria: Mine casualties persist as UN partners scale up clearance operations

“Mine action partners continue to report casualties due to explosive ordnance, and that is happening sadly on an almost daily basis,” Mr. Dujarric explained in a press briefing on Monday in New York.Farmers and...

Aid surge into Gaza continues, UN teams prioritize immediate needs

Amid reports that a return to full-scale war at the weekend may have been averted with the announcement by Hamas that it would comply with the agreed release of Israeli hostages, the UN Office...

DR Congo: Shortage of humanitarian routes threatens aid operation, top UN official warns

“The frontline is getting closer to Kavumu Airport,” warned Bruno Lemarquis on Wednesday.Following the fall of regional capital Goma, in North Kivu, at the end of January, the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group is now...

Political solution to end war in Yemen is achievable, UN envoy says

Hans Grundberg briefed on latest political developments in the country, where Houthi rebels, also known as Ansar Allah, and Government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, have been battling for power for more than...

‘No time to lose’ in Gaza, as ceasefire offers fragile respite

The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental task of rebuilding Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire holds but tensions loom over a potential resumption of fighting.“There is...

Syria: Thousands of displaced head home, but many refugees still wary

The development comes as a recent survey of Syrian refugees in the region reveals that some 75 per cent of respondents have no plans to go back anytime soon.OCHA said movements out of displacement...

DR Congo displacement, health crisis worsens amid dwindling aid access

“The crisis is worsening as people flee to areas where humanitarian aid cannot reach due to insecurity,” UN refugee agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Eujin Byun told reporters in Geneva.The development comes a day after the...

World must not turn its back on Sudan’s deepening crisis: Guterres

Speaking at a high-level humanitarian conference in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, António Guterres described the situation in Sudan as a catastrophe of “staggering scale and brutality”.He warned that it is increasing spilling into...

Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world’

1) The war: 2023 Khartoum clashes herald end of peace processBy the end of 2022, there were hopes that a UN- backed peace process would finally lead to a civilian administration in Sudan, after...

Gaza crisis: Amid winter storms, humanitarians appeal for full aid access

“The health system is ruined. Malnutrition is rising. The risk of famine persists,” said Dr Hanan Balkhy, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. “We are ready to scale...

UN Report: A Detailed Analysis of Human Rights Violations in Sudan

As of November 2024 the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has  founded the extent of violations of human rights in Sudan since December 2023

Israeli military operation displaces 40,000 in the West Bank

Several refugee camps are nearly empty after Israeli forces launched Operation Iron Wall on 21 January, making it the longest operation in the West Bank since the second intifada, according to the agency.The operation...

World News in Brief: Aid activities suspended in Yemeni governorate, Gaza humanitarian update, UN welcomes summit on DR Congo crisis

The decision follows the recent detention by the Houthi de facto authorities of eight additional UN personnel, including six working in Sa’ada, which has impacted operations.The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, have been...
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