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Gaza famine pushed back, but millions still face hunger and malnutrition, UN says

·December 19, 2025·2 min read

According to the latest IPC report – a global tracking of malnutrition and food insecurity – no areas of Gaza are currently classified as being in famine (IPC Phase 5), following improved humanitarian and commercial access after the 10 October ceasefire. However, nearly the entire Gaza Strip remains in...

Ukraine civilians face escalating attacks and mounting hardship, UN warns

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·December 9, 2025·3 min read

“Our findings establish several worrying trends: rising civilian casualties in both frontline and urban areas, sustained attacks on energy infrastructure, and continued patterns of systematic and widespread torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian detainees,” said Danielle Bell, head of the Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), Russia...

From ruins to rebuilding: Three Jamaican mothers face the future after hurricane

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·December 7, 2025·3 min read

Three women in Jamaica whose lives were upended by the destructive force of a hurricane which battered the Caribbean island are looking to rebuild their future. Right before Hurricane Melissa swept across Jamaica in late October 2025, Rose* took her two children to a friend’s sturdy concrete home to keep...

Ukraine’s children enter fourth school year under invasion as 4.6 million face education barriers

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·November 26, 2025·1 min read

Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, children have continued to bear the brunt of the crisis – unable to attend school regularly, learn safely or experience a sense of normalcy. Air raid alarms disrupt classes. Many schools, especially in frontline areas, remain closed because of hostilities or the lack...

Somalia declares drought emergency as millions face hunger after failed rains

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·November 26, 2025·1 min read

On 10 November, the Federal Government of Somalia formally declared a drought emergency and appealed for urgent international assistance as conditions continued to deteriorate across northern, central and southern regions, according to the UN relief coordination office, OCHA. Puntland is among the worst affected areas, where authorities estimate that nearly...

Workers face worsening inequality without urgent reforms, UN agency warns

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·November 2, 2025·1 min read

That is the warning outlined in a new assessment released on Friday by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), which urges governments, employers and labour organizations to put dignity and workers’ rights at the centre of economic decision-making. “This report brings together the voices, experiences and proposals of trade unions...

UN warns Gaza’s displaced face freezing nights and food shortages

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·October 24, 2025·1 min read

Since the ceasefire on 10 October, the UN migration agency IOM has dispatched more than 47,000 relief items, including 2,500 tents, to help families rebuild amid devastation. “People in Gaza have endured unimaginable loss,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope. Shelter ‘not a luxury’ “Shelter isn’t a luxury; it allows...

Civilians in Ukraine face death and injury amid new attacks

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·October 10, 2025·1 min read

Civilian casualties were 31 per cent higher from January to September 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to HRMMU’s monthly report published on Thursday. “High civilian casualties last month confirm this year’s disturbing pattern of intense violence in Ukraine, as virtually no day passes without civilian deaths or...

Europe’s health system under strain as doctors and nurses face mental health crisis

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·October 10, 2025·1 min read

The landmark survey, funded under WHO/Europe’s project with the European Commission – coinciding with World Mental Health Day – analysed nearly 100,000 responses from 29 countries, from October 2024 until April this year. The key finding is that doctors and nurses are working in conditions that harm their mental health...

We are not powerless in face of Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine atrocities, insists UNHCR chief

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·October 6, 2025·2 min read

“The atrocities perpetrated in Gaza and the [occupied] West Bank, in Ukraine, Sudan or Myanmar are evidence of the deliberate abandonment of norms in the name of violent power, conducted with complete impunity by States and non-State entities alike,” said Filippo Grandi. “People killed while waiting in line to receive...

Afghanistan quake: Rescuers dodge dangers, women and girls face disaster, warns UN

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·September 20, 2025·2 min read

“While the major aftershocks have passed, or have mostly passed, women in affected areas are facing a long-term disaster without more urgent assistance,” said Susan Ferguson, UN Women Special Representative in Afghanistan. One woman rescuer supported by the UN agency described “scrambling” along the sides of mountains, “dodging falling rocks...

Thirsty and starving, Gazans face ‘inhumane’ evacuation

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·September 17, 2025·1 min read

The development followed reports that the Israeli military has stepped up its ground offensive in Gaza City, ordering residents to leave the area. Speaking from the south of the enclave, UNICEF’s Tess Ingram described the forced mass displacement of families as a “deadly threat for the most vulnerable”. “It is...