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
Some Afghan girls return to school, others face anxious wait
Biden asks world leaders to cut methane in climate fight
Poor, Black, Hispanic bear brunt of Texas abortion law
Nations' emission pledges still fall short of global climate goals
Rich states set to fall short of $100 bln climate funding goal
Biden convenes world leaders to discuss climate ahead of COP26
Coronavirus compounds climate disasters but shows action can work
Glasgow climate summit at risk of failure, U.N. chief warns
Could a U.N. human rights and climate change envoy be created?
UN says world likely to miss climate targets despite COVID pause
Haiti farmers hit hard by storms and drought with little support
Afghan women tell Taliban #DoNotTouchMyClothes in online protest
EU pledges 4 billion euros more in climate funds for poor nations
Biden's lofty climate goals clash with political, economic reality
Extreme weather will cost U.S. over $100 bln this year
Heavy downpours from Nicholas batter Texas, Louisiana
Stop funding coal abroad, NGO group to top investor Bank of China
Advocates see 'chaos' if U.S. Supreme Court guts abortion rights
Green lawmakers urge EU to speed up climate change measures
Environmental threats are biggest challenge to human rights -UN
Taliban breaking promises including over women, says U.N.
Scientists scramble to harvest ice cores as glaciers melt
Shanghai suspends schools, flights as typhoon approaches China
Taliban say women can study at university but must be segregated
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
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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

Warming-hit nations get closer to creating U.N. climate rights envoy
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