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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
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Ethiopia High-Level Pledging Event: Government of Ethiopia and International Partners Meet in Geneva to Boost Humanitarian Funding for Ethiopia

Some 4.5 million people have fled their homes and there is rising concern for the provision of public health and protection

With the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia now critical, the Government of Ethiopia and international partners meet today in Geneva to raise international support as the country’s UN-backed $3.24 billion humanitarian response plan for 2024 remains less than 5 per cent funded. The Governments of Ethiopia and the United Kingdom -…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) |

Senior United Nations (UN) Humanitarian Official Urges Action to Keep Mali on Global Agenda

Humanitarian needs could increase in the coming months, with more than 7 million people in the country already requiring life-saving assistance this year

As the humanitarian crisis in Mali continues to deepen, a top official with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is appealing for stepped-up support for millions of people in need, following a four-day mission to the country. The Director of OCHA’s Operations and Advocacy Division, Edem…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
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Sudan: Children with special needs transform their lives

The project, funded by SHF and implemented by Save the Children, aims to support about 30,500 people, including children and adults living with disabilities, with protection interventions, clean water, sanitation and hygiene

Noureldin Abdelwahid, 12, lives with his parents and 11 siblings at a gathering site for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ed Damazine, the capital of Blue Nile State, in south-east Sudan. Noureldin contracted polio when he was younger, which affected his life profoundly.  His father, Elnour, explained: "We didn’t know…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) |

Occupied Palestinian Territory, Abyei, Sudan

Dozens of civilians have been killed in a series of attacks in southern Abyei

Occupied Palestinian Territory The Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Thomas White, said in a social media post this morning that an aid convoy waiting to move into northern Gaza was hit by gunfire, adding that no one was injured.  Meanwhile, heavy fighting continued throughout Gaza over the weekend. It…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
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Humanitarian partners seek US$1.6 billion to assist 5.2 million people in Somalia in 2024

4.3 million people - almost one-fourth of the population – remain acutely food insecure and two in five children under the age of 5 suffer from acute malnutrition

Today, the United Nations in Somalia, humanitarian partners together with the Federal and State Governments released the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP), which seeks US$1.6 billion to assist 5.2 million people out of 6.9 million who need lifesaving humanitarian and protection assistance in Somalia. “In addition to climatic…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) |

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): The humanitarian community deeply concerned by new spike in violence in North-Kivu

The Mweso health zone currently hosts over 251,000 people in urgent need of assistance

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Bruno Lemarquis, expressed deep concern over the recent surge in violence in North Kivu province. "The humanitarian community is profoundly concerned by serious violations of international humanitarian law committed recently, with clashes claiming the lives of many civilians,…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
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United Nations (UN) relief chief: 2024 demands swift action to stem Sudan’s ruinous conflict

The war has unleashed the world’s largest displacement crisis, uprooting the lives of more than 7 million people, some 1.4 million of whom have crossed into neighbouring countries already hosting large refugee populations

Nearly nine months of war have tipped Sudan into a downward spiral that only grows more ruinous by the day. As the conflict spreads, human suffering is deepening, humanitarian access is shrinking, and hope is dwindling. This cannot continue. 2024 demands that the international community – particularly those with influence…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
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United Nations (UN) launches $46 billion appeal for 2024 as global humanitarian outlook remains bleak

Aid organizations have addressed this needs-and-resources gap in their 2024 response plans

Conflicts, climate emergencies and collapsing economies are wreaking havoc in communities around the world. Nearly 181 million people in 72 countries are targeted to receive humanitarian aid and protection next year; 128 million people received life-saving assistance in 2023, but a growing funding gap meant that support was cut back…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
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Somalia in the midst of disaster as devastating rains and floods spread

Authorities, communities and humanitarian actors have reached about 820,000 affected people with life-saving assistance

Six months after Somalia emerged from a historic drought that pushed the country to the brink of widespread famine, another climate shock has struck as heavy rains and floods batter several areas of the country. Since October when the deyr rains started, about 2 million people have been affected by…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
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Acting Humanitarian Coordinator expresses concern over increasing security incidents targeting aid workers in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Since January, more than 217 security incidents have directly targeted aid workers, causing at least three deaths and around 20 injuries

Humanitarian sources report that on the morning of 13 November, armed individuals attacked a humanitarian convoy in Fizi territory, South Kivu Province. During the attack, two aid workers were abducted and three of their vehicles were set on fire. The Acting Humanitarian Coordinator for the Democratic Republic of the Congo…