Zimbabwe: little global attention to a humanitarian emergency
While global attention is often focused on conflicts and humanitarian emergencies elsewhere, Zimbabwe is facing a severe but underreported crisis that has left millions...
North Korea: 40% of the population is undernourished
Almost 11 million people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, known more commonly as North Korea, are undernourished, or more than 40% of...
Honduras: 4.5% of people internally displaced due to violence
What is the crisis about?
At least 423,845 people have been internally displaced in Honduras as a result of generalised violence according to UNHCR, the UN Refugee...
Central Sahel: Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Three Countries on the...
The Central Sahel region, comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, has been experiencing a protracted crisis since 2012, one that has largely faded from...
Yemen: a relative calm but still no peace and a lot...
Yemen has been engulfed in a complex crisis for over a decade. Although large‑scale fighting has eased since a UN‑brokered truce in 2022, the...
Madagascar: one of the countries most exposed to climate extremes
Around 1.6 million people in Madagascar are facing acute food insecurity and over 110,000 people are facing emergency hunger in 2026.
Why is there a crisis in Madagascar?
Madagascar’s current crisis...
Secretary-General appoints Finland´s Haavisto as envoy for Sudan
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Pekka Haavisto of Finland as his new Personal Envoy for Sudan.
Mr. Haavisto succeeds Ramtane...
The UN and the crisis in Sudan (Jul-Dec 2025)
18 December
UN report details horrific patterns of violations committed during RSF takeover of ZamZam IDP camp (OHCHR)
17 December
Needs rise as people continue to...
The UN and the crisis in the Middle East: What you...
31 December
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Statement, Revoke planned international NGO ban, humanitarian leaders urge Israeli authorities (IASC)
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for...
Bangladesh, Sweden, and Ukraine unite through Grain from Ukraine to support...
The Government of Bangladesh, the Embassy of Ukraine, the Embassy of Sweden, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on 3 December held...
Thórdís Kolbrún on the deported children of Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is having a devastating impact on the country’s 7.5 million children. As the war in Ukraine continues, humanitarian conditions for children...
The UN and the crisis in Sudan (Jan-Jun 2025)
30 June
Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP
Critical shortfalls in global humanitarian funding now threaten millions of Sudanese refugees fleeing war...
The UN and the crisis in Sudan
24 August
Sudan: USG DiCarlo calls for urgent international action as parties remain locked in “zero-sum military logic” (DPPA)
Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for...
The UN and the crisis in the Middle East: What you...
30 June
Refugees escaping Sudan face escalating hunger and malnutrition as food aid risks major reductions (WFP)
‘Unbearable’ suffering continues, UN official tells Security...
UNRWA banned by Israel: the UN calls for international justice
Does Israel have the right to prohibit a UN agency from working in the occupied Palestinian territories? The UN has asked the International Court...