Sudan: as millions face famine, humanitarians plead for aid access
In a bleak assessment of the dire situation in Sudan where conflict is in its second year, the heads of 19 global humanitarian organizations issued an alert that further obstacles…
Children’s shoes left behind illustrate chaos of fleeing Khan Younis: UN humanitarians
“They used to shelter inside the school yard here, inside the classrooms, using all the external space. Now there’s nothing left. Everybody evacuated very quickly,” said Louise Wateridge, UNRWA Communications…
Humanitarians locked in aid delivery ‘dance’ to avert famine in Gaza
Andrea de Domenico was speaking via videoconference to journalists in New York, briefing them on developments in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. He said although humanitarians welcome recent Israeli…
Famine could happen ‘anytime’ in Gaza’s northern governorates, warn UN humanitarians
“Famine is projected to occur anytime between now and May 2024 in the northern governorates,” the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said, upon publication of a new Integrated Food…
Humanitarians launch $674 million appeal urging ‘increased solidarity’ with Haiti
Ulrika Richardson, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, was speaking from the capital, Port-au-Prince, a day after the Government and partners launched the plan to provide food, shelter, health, education and…
We must do all in our power to protect Rafah, say UN humanitarians
“We as the UN and Member States of the UN can bear witness,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told journalists in Geneva. “We can warn what might unfold with a ground…
Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians
“There is simply not enough food,” UNRWA tweeted on social platform X, formerly Twitter, with photographs from another city slightly further north, Deir-al-Balah, showing people queuing “in the rain and…
Displacement misery continues for Gazans, UN humanitarians warn
Echoing those concerns, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in a tweet on X that in addition to the threat of being killed, Gazans faced a growing risk of disease, just…
Ukraine war: UN humanitarians launch $4.2 billion appeal for most vulnerable
Today, some 14.6 million people in the country need humanitarian assistance – or 40 per cent of the population – and 6.3 million have fled beyond its borders as refugees.…
Everyone is hungry in Gaza now: UN humanitarians
The latest warnings from UN relief agency for Palestinians UNRWA and the UN World Food Programme, WFP, highlighted the threat of starvation and disease in heavily built-up areas, where tens…