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Ukraine war: UN appeals for $2.3 billion to support aid teams’ ‘heroic work’

·January 14, 2026·1 min read

Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022, the UN and its partners have supported people in need in complement to the Government’s assistance, from city residents who continue to face repeated drone and missile strikes, to communities close to the frontline and other evacuated away...

Aid continues despite winter hardship in Gaza and West Bank, UN says

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·January 9, 2026·1 min read

That’s according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing journalists in New York on Thursday. Citing the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, Mr. Dujarric said humanitarian teams are continuing to support the most vulnerable families in Gaza “despite impediments” and the cumulative impact of two years of conflict between Israeli forces...

Drones, fear and exhaustion: The daily reality of providing aid to Ukraine

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·January 7, 2026·7 min read

For frontline workers like Oleg Kemin from the UN World Food Programme (WFP), this involves travelling deep into disputed territory along the 1,000-kilometre contact line separating Ukraine from Russia, where attack drones are a deadly menace. In an exclusive interview with UN News, Oleg describes his work as a security...

Venezuela crisis: UN aid effort continues amid political upheaval

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·January 7, 2026·3 min read

The backdrop Venezuela has endured years of economic collapse, political instability, hyperinflation and economic sanctions from Washington, compounded by floods, landslides and other climate shocks. The recent seizure of President Nicolás Maduro by US special forces has added a new layer of uncertainty to an already volatile situation. According to...

Yemen aid response buckling under funding cuts as needs keep rising

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·January 4, 2026·1 min read

According to the December humanitarian update from aid coordination office, OCHA, Yemen’s 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan is just 25 per cent funded, forcing agencies to scale back life-saving services across all sectors, despite worsening needs. Health and protection services have been particularly hard hit, exposing vulnerable communities to growing...

Gaza aid lifelines under strain as winter worsens

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·January 3, 2026·3 min read

Since the fragile October 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 over one million people – around half of Gaza’s population – still urgently need shelter support. “The needs remain immense,...

Winter aid delivery continues in Gaza

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·December 28, 2025·1 min read

This has resulted in casualties and disruptions to aid operations over the past 24 hours, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at Headquarters, in New York. Still, efforts to deliver assistance to the most vulnerable families continue during the cold and wet winter season, although a rescue mission to reach an injured person in Gaza City was denied. Lack of...

Sri Lanka cyclone: More than a million still need aid weeks after Ditwah floods

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·December 27, 2025·3 min read

The cyclone made landfall on the island’s eastern coast on 28 November, triggering widespread flooding and deadly landslides across all 25 districts. While some displaced families have begun returning home, recent heavy rains caused fresh flooding, landslides and road closures, particularly in the central districts of Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and...

World News in Brief: Gaza aid restrictions, Syria humanitarian needs, lawyer reprisals in Burundi

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·December 24, 2025·3 min read

However, the humanitarian response has not been able to keep pace with needs due to ongoing restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Tuesday. This includes restrictions on the entry of supplies, such as new materials needed to maintain and repair sewage networks. Meanwhile, efforts are...

Aid agencies warn Gaza response at breaking point as Israel urged to lift new restrictions

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·December 17, 2025·1 min read

In a sharply worded statement issued on Tuesday, the Humanitarian Country Team – which brings together senior UN officials and more than 200 local and international aid groups – called on the international community to press Israeli authorities to reverse measures that are choking humanitarian work, particularly in the Gaza...

Aid deprioritised as commercial goods flow into Gaza, UN warns

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·December 15, 2025·2 min read

Despite sustained efforts by the UN and its partners, needs are rising faster than aid can be delivered, according to Olga Cherevko, an OCHA spokesperson in Gaza. “We continue to provide a response, but the needs outpace the speed with which we can respond,” she said, pointing to the limited...

Sudan war: Aid teams say deal struck to reach stricken El Fasher

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·December 12, 2025·3 min read

The essentials for survival in the town which was overrun by paramilitary fighters in October have been “completely obliterated”, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. “The little that’s known at the moment about the current conditions in El Fasher is indeed beyond horrific,” said Ross Smith, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response...