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© UNHCR/Jame Magic A Venezuelan toddler finds solace at a UNHCR-led event in Lima, Peru. Tuesday January 6, 2026 UN news The political shock in Venezuela has sharpened global attention on a country already facing one of the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crises. For the United Nations, the priority remains unchanged: protecting lives, maintaining […]
Since October’s fragile ceasefire began as phase one of the US-led peace plan, thousands of tents and hundreds of thousands of tarpaulins have been distributed. Yet partners estimate that more than a million people – about half of Gaza’s population – are still in urgent need of shelter support. “Needs remain enormous, and the harsh […]
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remain uprooted, many living in makeshift tents pitched on bare ground or squeezed into damaged buildings without reliable access to water, electricity, healthcare or sanitation. Winter rains have compounded the hardships, flooding shelters and turning camp paths into heavy mud. Fragile hope But amid the devastation, displaced families say the […]
The amendments adopted on 29 December to the Law to Cease UNRWA Operations “seek to further impede UNRWA’s ability to exercise and implement its mandated activities,” a UNRWA spokesperson said statement issued by the spokesperson of Secretary General Antonio Guterres. “The law and its amendments are inconsistent with the status and international legal framework applicable […]
In a statement, UNICEF identified the final victim as seven-year-old Ata Mai; he drowned on December 27 during “severe flooding” at a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons in Sudaniyeh, northwestern Gaza City. He is just the youngest child in Gaza to succumb to “extreme winter conditions and a lack of safe shelter,” said Edouard […]
The war, which broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has destroyed civilian infrastructure, collapsed basic services and caused one of the world’s largest displacement crises. A nutritional research A survey this month in the town of Um Baru in the Sudanese state of […]
The cyclone made landfall on the east coast of the island on November 28, leading to widespread flooding and deadly landslides in all 25 districts. While some displaced families have returned home, recent heavy rains have caused fresh flooding, landslides and road closures, especially in the central districts of Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Polonnaruwa. Nearly […]
The UN agency has revealed shocking figures regarding attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, highlighting that the country is recording the highest percentage of deaths worldwide due to the attacks on the healthcare sector, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. In a conversation with Abdelmonem Makki UN newsShible Sahbani, WHO Representative in Sudan explains […]
For months, thousands of families remain without a roof over their heads, lying under the open sky – the stars above providing both comfort and a haunting reminder of all they have lost. Sabah, her husband Ahmad and their seven children slept in the open for weeks after losing their home. “We fled from Shuja’iya […]
On November 10, Somalia’s federal government formally declared a drought crisis and called for urgent international assistance as conditions continue to deteriorate in the northern, central and southern regions. according to to the UN Aid Coordination Office, OCHA. Puntland is among the hardest-hit areas, with authorities estimating that nearly a million people need support, 130,000 […]
