WFP ramps up early action as El Niño threatens global food security
World Food Program warns climate pattern could push 49 million more people into acute food insecurity by end of 2027.
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Hormuz disruptions drive up aid costs amid U.N. funding squeeze
Shipping delays, rising transport prices and deep budget cuts force humanitarian agencies into difficult choices worldwide.
Global perception of corruption sinks as integrity leadership falters
Transparency International index points to weaker accountability and fewer high-integrity governments.
Veto limits and aid overhaul urged as the remedy for 'new world disorder'
At the top of IRC’s agenda is a push to strip five veto-wielding nations of their ability to paralyze the U.N. Security Council.
U.N. peacekeeping base in South Kordofan hit by deadly drone attack
The U.N. chief condemned the attacks, which killed six people and injured several others, and said they may be war crimes.
At FAO, Pope denounces global apathy as food lifeline disintegrates
WFP warned that global funding cuts could push 13.7 million food aid recipients from crisis to emergency levels of hunger.
U.N. peacekeeping faces 25% troop cut over $618M U.S. funding gap
The move is linked to the Trump administration’s "America First" policy and a U.S. cap on peacekeeping payments.
UNHCR estimates 122.1 million people forcibly displaced worldwide
The U.N. refugee agency says the people under its care more than doubled in a decade, reaching 36.8 million by last year.
Research and innovation helping to fuel Africa-Europe partnership
Ministers urged creation of 'regional innovation ecosystems' that would include AI strategies and digital governance.
Global aid cuts pose 'threat of major backsliding' with maternal deaths
The loss of funding could unravel major progress since 2000 in reducing women's deaths during pregnancy and childbirth.
Three-quarters of Earth’s land is significantly drier since the 1990s
People living in drylands doubled to 2.3 billion, more than a quarter of the world population, in the past three decades.
U.N. aid chief condemns record-breaking year of ‘bullets and bombs’
The U.N. says the war in Gaza is the single-biggest factor in the deaths of 281 humanitarian aid workers this year.
For 466 million children, extreme heat has doubled in two generations
Many of these children lack any modern means to endure the soaring temps that particularly afflict eight African countries.
Disease, hunger, violence threaten millions of refugees in Africa
WHO warns disease and hunger are at alarming levels in the Congo, where almost 10 million people are on the move.
Uneven post-pandemic recovery widens gap between rich and poor
Europe dominates the top rankings as development in half of the world’s poorest nations falls below pre-pandemic levels.
Hunger and starvation menace as warring generals tear apart Sudan
The U.N. Security Council demanded an immediate end to fighting in Sudan during Ramadan, which begins Sunday.