Global Issues News Headlines for “Aid”

Sudan: Three quarters of women feel unsafe as war rages on

2026-04-17T05:00:00-07:00

Across war-torn Sudan, women and girls “are telling a consistent story of continued experience of danger, and risks for gender-based violence” whether when fleeing to safety or arriving at displacement camps, a senior official with the UN reproductive and sexual health agency UNFPA said on Friday.

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More than half of Haitians continue to face food crisis

2026-04-17T05:00:00-07:00

5.8 million Haitians, or roughly 52 per cent of the population, are facing crisis levels of food insecurity, or worse. Of those, more than 1.8 million are dealing with emergency levels, which means they are exhausting their last assets and unable to meet even basic food needs.

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Record number of Rohingya refugees died at sea in 2025: UNHCR

2026-04-17T05:00:00-07:00

In 2025, nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, making it the deadliest year on record in South and Southeast Asia, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

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Gaza war’s terrible toll on women and girls highlights ongoing crisis

2026-04-17T05:00:00-07:00

The war in Gaza has inflicted a far higher toll on women and girls than in previous conflicts in the Palestinian enclave, with more than 38,000 killed by Israeli air bombardment and land military operations since Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel sparked the war in October 2023, UN Women said on Friday.

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Sudan: Top UN aid official warns of ‘abandoned crisis’ as war enters fourth year

2026-04-13T05:00:00-07:00

As Sudan’s war moves into a fourth year, civilians are still being killed, displaced and subjected to widespread sexual violence, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country warned on Monday, calling for urgent action to stop the fighting and protect civilians.

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Sudan: 14 million displaced; hunger and attacks on health continue as war enters fourth year

2026-04-10T05:00:00-07:00

As Sudan approaches the third anniversary of a brutal civil war, millions remain displaced and hungry while the health system lies in ruins, with no end to the violence in sight, UN agencies said on Friday.

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Lebanon: Health system overwhelmed following a ‘horrific’ day of Israeli strikes

2026-04-09T05:00:00-07:00

The scale and speed of destruction from the wave of airstrikes in Lebanon which began just hours after the US-Iran ceasefire announcement, has left the country’s already strained health system struggling to cope, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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World News in Brief: Sudan refugee update, child trafficking crisis in South Sudan, ‘mystery’ illness in Burundi, human rights in Serbia

2026-04-09T05:00:00-07:00

More than a million Sudanese refugees who’ve fled into neighbouring Chad risk losing out on essential food, shelter and other support due to funding cuts, as the war in their homeland approaches the three-year mark.

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Hundreds feared dead in Lebanon strikes

2026-04-08T05:00:00-07:00

The United Nations has strongly condemned airstrikes by the Israeli military across Lebanon on Wednesday which have resulted in significant casualties and destruction.

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Over 1,000 humanitarians have been killed in three years, Security Council hears

2026-04-08T05:00:00-07:00

At least 326 humanitarians were killed in the line of duty across 21 countries during 2025, bringing the total killed over three years to over 1,010. The International Red Cross warned the Security Council on Wednesday that “we are losing our humanity in war.”

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