Updates (Headlines)

“What the world now calls 'calm' would be considered a crisis anywhere else. Unfortunately, the ceasefire has had an unintended effect: Palestinian children in Gaza have disappeared from view."

The number of child casualties in Yemen jumped 70% in 2025, with one child killed or injured every day, Save the Children said. The number of children killed doubled in 2025 compared with 2024.

Forecasts put WFP’s funding at just under half the $13 billion needed to reach 110 million most vulnerable, while more complex and dangerous operating environments are making it harder to provide aid.

The majority of displaced households are moving toward Afrin District, where initial estimates indicate that about 100,000 people have already arrived, with numbers expected to increase.

“As we approach this catastrophic milestone, the world must not look away. Civilians have paid the highest price for a conflict they did not choose and need decisive international action."

It prioritises safeguarding food production for vulnerable rural families and small-scale farmers while helping to restore productive assets and supporting targeted rehabilitation of agricultural land.

Nationwide data compiled by protection and GBV service providers indicate that more than 35,000 cases of sexual violence against children were recorded in the first nine months of 2025.

FEWS NET estimates 20-25 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya are in need of humanitarian food assistance, with drought the main driver for 50-55 percent of those in need.

Over 84,000 people from South Kivu crossed into Burundi to escape conflict. Shortages of food, clean water, sanitation facilities, shelter and healthcare are putting children at risk.

No continent was spared from crippling climate disasters in 2025, with at least one disaster in each of the six populated regions of the world making the Christian Aid report.

MSF warns about the risk of the spread of epidemic diseases such as cholera and measles, and a catastrophic increase in malaria cases among people made vulnerable in the midst of this crisis.

The damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah - which struck in late November - is equivalent to about four percent of Sri Lanka’s GDP, according to the World Bank Group.

As arrivals rise from conflicts in Sudan and South Sudan and drought in Somalia, Ethiopia has cut emergency refugee aid by 70% in 2025 due to funding shortfalls

Over 17 million Afghans are facing acute food insecurity this winter, as the scale and severity of hunger and malnutrition deepens, warns the United Nations World Food Programme.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) released its annual Emergency Watchlist, identifying the 20 countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crises in 2026.

Conflict, climate shocks, and displacement are intensifying, while funding gaps are forcing painful choices. Millions could be left at risk, especially children facing acute food insecurity.

Pressure on already scarce freshwater resources is increasing in several regions, particularly Northern Africa and Western Asia, according to the 2025 AQUASTAT Water Data Snapshot released by the FAO.

Save the Childre analysis found that about 7.7 million children - 23,000 per day - were born into 43 humanitarian crises globally in 2025 as of end-November - about 10% more than five years ago.

The violence, stress and displacement have had devastating consequences for pregnant women and newborns in Ukraine, with a 37 per cent rise in maternal death rates from 2023 to 2024.

Over the next year, the humanitarian community will focus efforts on reaching 4.9 million of the most vulnerable people – a steep contraction from the 6.7 million people targeted in 2025.