Humanitarian Crises news

No relent in fighting in Syria, deepening misery for civilians
Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads
U.N. suggests Turkey border crossing to deliver aid to Syria
News Package
Stateless: The world's most invisible people
News Package
Life for the Rohingya in the world’s largest refugee camp
UN chief urges China, US to keep spats out of climate fight
Poor nations say logistics may exclude them from climate talks
Harvard University to end investment in fossil fuels
Mexico rules right to life from conception is unconstitutional
U.S. sues to block Texas abortion ban, calls it 'unconstitutional'
U.S. Treasury official seeks insurance changes for extreme weather
Wildfire raging in Spain forces more than 900 to flee
Women criminalized by Mexico's abortion bans celebrate ruling
Siberian province head warns of more deadly wildfires next year
Ida power failures prompt calls for solar energy, tougher grids
Conservation body calls for global moratorium on deep-sea mining
Mexican abortion ban punished poor women, top justice says
Young Afghan women defiant as Taliban bring back moral police
UK climate summit chief says constructive discussions with China
World's largest plant capturing carbon from air starts in Iceland
Biden tours flood areas, calls climate change 'existential threat'
U.S. Justice Dept. to protect Texas abortion clinics under attack
COP26 summit urged to prioritise adaptation as climate risks rise
A curtain divides male, female students at Afghan universities
Taliban tells Berlin it will welcome German companies, aid
U.S. offshore oil output lags after refiners restart after Ida
Ida's death count rises while 600,000 still lack power
Hurricane Ida death toll in Louisiana rises to 12
Biden to visit storm-ravaged New Jersey, New York on Tuesday
Chinese firm serves up lab-grown pork in world's top meat market
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Why Hurricane Ida crippled the New Orleans power grid
China urges major powers to 'take responsibility' for environment
Planned Parenthood wins restraining order against anti-abortion
GoDaddy terminates hosting of Texas anti-abortion tip website
Biden warns of 'unconstitutional chaos' due to Texas abortion ban
N.Korea's Kim calls for preventing natural disasters
Louisiana towns still crawling out from Ida's destruction
U.S. urges China to keep politics out of global warming
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About our Humanitarian Crises coverage

From major disaster, conflicts and under-reported stories, we shine a light on the world’s hotspots.

Opinion

Vanessa Nakate Fridays for Future Uganda

Why my erasure from a photo of climate activists at Davos matters

Across Africa, the climate crisis is happening to us now, and the stories Africans have to tell are urgent - but who is listening?
Sarah Telford United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

In a world awash with data, aid workers contend with gaps

With nearly 168 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2020 -- the highest figure in decades -- there is no time, or data, to lose
Teresa Anderson ActionAid

Why "net zero" is not good enough

It sounds like an ambitious goal, but the term may hide loopholes that can delay real climate action and drive land grabs and hunger
Mandeep Dhaliwal UNDP

The promises and perils of digital health

The potential for technology to transform health services is tremendous, but advances in digital health can bring privacy and data security challenges

In Depth

'This is just another low-paying job' say overtaxed U.S. firefighters
A year after Cyclone Amphan, for some survivors 'there is nothing'
interview
Young evangelicals push to 'build a bigger choir loft' for U.S. climate action
analysis
'Wilful ignorance': Flood-hit Australia urged to rethink climate adaptation

Videos & Pictures

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Beyond Boko Haram
LGBT asylum seekers face hurdles seeking "dream life" in Ireland
Getting to Europe: The Game
No exit: Jordan’s most vulnerable refugees
Living the Chinese dream
Tanzanian albino children get new limbs in U.S.

Editor's Picks

Hurricane Ida power failures prompt calls for more solar energy, tougher grids
Climate change fuels more ‘fire-prone’ days beyond U.S. West coast
Bleak future feared for Asia's disaster-prone poor after UN climate report
As Iran faces 'water bankruptcy', drought exposes past problems, future threats