Press releases and statements

Increased fighting along the Western Coast and greater restrictions of life-saving commodities, including food staples, into Al Hudaydah Port are aggravating an already terrible humanitarian situation in Yemen.

The CERF funds will immediately provide water and health, nutritional and agricultural services. The funds will help pastoralist communities in the Somali region, who are most in need.

Mogadishu, 20 February 2017 — In view of the serious humanitarian situation, and the risk of a famine unfolding in Somalia, humanitarian partners are scaling up assistance and protection and have...

Khartoum, 20 February 2017. The United Nations, through the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF) – a multi-donor fund that responds to critical humanitarian needs in Sudan – has allocated $21 million to...

With fighting in western part of the city now starting, humanitarian partners are racing against the clock to prepare emergency sites south of Mosul to receive displaced families.

Humanitarian agencies are rushing to prepare for the humanitarian impact of the military campaign. Emergency sites are being constructed and stocks of life-saving supplies are being pre-positioned.

Sana'a, 16 February 2017 I am extremely saddened and appalled by the airstrikes that hit a funeral gathering of mostly women and children in a private residence in the Arhab District of Sana’a...

Maiduguri, Borno State Nigeria, 15 February 2017. Representatives of 12 donor countries and agencies completed a three-day mission to Borno State, northeast Nigeria, hosted by the UN Organisation for...

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria is appealing to all parties to reach an agreement for immediate access to the besieged Four Towns of Al-Zabadani, Al-Fu’ah, Kafraya...

Agencies estimate that some 7.5 million people across South Sudan need assistance and protection. Since the conflict began in December 2013, about 3.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes.