Press releases and statements

(Goma, RDC, 07 juin 2016) - Préoccupées par la forte dégradation du contexte sécuritaire et une regrettable montée des violences contre les travailleurs humanitaires, les organisations humanitaires...

(Niamey, 7 juin 2016): La communauté humanitaire au Niger est très préoccupée par l’aggravation des besoins humanitaires dans la région de Diffa consécutive aux nombreuses attaques enregistrées dans...

(Bamako, 7 June 2016 ) – The acting Humanitarian Coordinator for Mali, Ms. Fatouma Seid, strongly condemns the looting of a food aid warehouse that occurred in Kidal on the morning of 6 June. "Such...

An estimated 50,000, including at least 20,000 children, are unable to leave and are facing grim conditions, including shortages of food, clean drinking water and medicines, the UN relief chief said today.

An estimated 8,000 Syrians were trapped by fighting around the towns of Mare’a and Sheikh Issa, following advances in the last three days by ISIL into areas controlled by non-state armed groups.

Access for cross-border aid to assist 300,000 people in eastern Aleppo city along Castello Road, the last remaining route into the area, has been repeatedly cut due to air strikes and heavy fighting.

The humanitarian situation for millions of Syrians across the region remains distressing and dire. Some 6.5 million are internally displaced, while some five million seek refuge elsewhere.

(Juba, 25 May 2016): The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, has strongly condemned the tragic killing of Sister Veronika Racková, a Slovakian nun and medical doctor who was shot...

Humanitarian agencies on the ground in Iraq warn that civilians in Fallujah are at extreme risk. At least 50,000 people are thought to still be in the city, unable to flee.

The Connecting Business Initiative, a major global network launched today at the World Humanitarian Summit, will open doors for business engagement and solutions in crisis situations.