Press releases and statements

Dakar, 27 juin 2019 - Les agences des Nations unies et les ONG internationales humanitaires ont averti aujourd'hui que l’escalade de la violence armée dans le Sahel engendre des déplacements forcés...

(New York/Geneva 27 June 2019) – Eleven chiefs of global humanitarian organizations today spearhead the launch of a worldwide campaign in solidarity with civilians under fire in northwestern Syria. ...

Surging armed violence in the Sahel is disrupting livelihoods and deepening the impact of chronic vulnerabilities such as food insecurity, malnutrition and epidemics in affected communities.

WHO: Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief...

I am shocked and appalled by reports of an incident yesterday in which a female patient and three paramedic staff were killed when the ambulance they were travelling in to Maarat AlNuman main...

Seul le prononcé fait foi Mesdames et Messieurs, je vous souhaite le bonjour depuis Beni et je vous remercie de vous être déplacés en nombre aujourd’hui à Kinshasa afin de participer à ce point de...

Maiduguri, 18 June 2019 – Some of Nigeria’s leading bank executives came together to show solidary with their fellow Nigerians affected by the ongoing crisis in Borno State. In a collective visit to...

The displaced have sought refuge in other villages and localities, grappling with abject deprivation, having fled with little or nothing following attacks. Many families are sleeping in the open.

Maiduguri, 17 June 2019 – The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, strongly condemns the multiple suicide bombings that claimed the lives of at least 30 civilians and injured...

Ms. Son calls on the authorities to facilitate both the timely clearance of the importation and distribution of medicine and other humanitarian supplies, and the entry of aid workers.