October 23
Sudan: Statement By the Humanitarian Coordination Forum On the Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan, 23 October 2024
The people of Sudan are besieged from every direction. The fighting is closing in, cholera and other diseases are on the rise, and famine and famine-like conditions have gripped… Read more »
September 25
Sudan: Global Community to Urge Action On Escalating Sudan Crisis At UN General Assembly
17 months of brutal conflict in Sudan have fuelled the world's worst hunger crisis At the UN General Assembly today, the United Nations and Member States will call for stepped-up… Read more »
September 02
Mali: Central Emergency Response Fund (Cerf) Grants Mali $11 Million As Part of the Underfunded Emergencies Window
(Bamako, August 31, 2024). The Central Emergency Response Fund has granted US$11 million to Mali as part of the underfunded emergencies window. Read more »
August 19
Africa: World Humanitarian Day 2024 - Message From Bruno Lemarquis, Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Today, on 19 August, we commemorate World Humanitarian Day. Read more »
June 24
Sudan: 'Killed on the Job, Prescribing and Administering Medicine'
Another day of violence in Sudan brings another human tragedy in Darfur's Al Fasher. Read more »
June 12
Africa: G7 Leaders Can and Must Prevent Manmade Famine
Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Read more »
May 22
Africa: Today's Top News - Occupied Palestinian Territory, Haiti, Burundi
Occupied Palestinian Territory Read more »
May 11
Sudan: Statement By the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, On the Attack in Al Fasher
I am gravely concerned by the eruption of clashes in Al Fasher despite repeated calls to parties to the conflict to refrain from attacking the city. Read more »
April 30
Congo-Kinshasa: Statement By Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee On the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Crushing Levels of Violence, Displacement Fuel Unprecedented Civilian Suffering
Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), threatening to… Read more »
April 19
Sudan: OCHA Appeals to Security Council to Do More to 'Silence the Guns' in Sudan
Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Sudan by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Martin Griffiths,… Read more »
April 16
Ethiopia: Government and International Partners Meet in Geneva to Boost Humanitarian Funding
With the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia now critical, the Government of Ethiopia and international partners meet today in Geneva to raise international support as the country's… Read more »
March 20
Sudan: OCHA Warns Security Council Sudan Will Soon Be the World's Worst Hunger Crisis
Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Sudan by Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, OCHA, on behalf of the Martin Griffiths,… Read more »
March 12
Africa: UN Deputy Relief Chief Warns That Human Progress Is Impossible Unless Silencing of Women Ends
Remarks by Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Joyce Msuya at the side event of the Commission on the Status of… Read more »
March 11
Chad: Today's Top News - Occupied Palestinian Territory, Haiti, Myanmar, Ukraine, Chad, Somalia
Occupied Palestinian Territory Read more »
February 07
Sudan: As Sudan Conflict Fuels Epic Suffering, UN Launches Humanitarian and Refugee Response Plans for 2024
The United Nations and its partners today appealed for a combined US$4.1 billion to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs of civilians in war-torn Sudan and those who have fled… Read more »
December 28, 2023
Cameroon: The Central Emergency Response Fund (Cerf) Releases U.S.$350,000 to Support People-Centred Initiatives in the Humanitarian Response in Cameroon
Yaounde, 28 December 2023- The Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Read more »
December 19, 2023
Sudan: UN Alarmed By Fighting in Sudan As 250,000 Flee
OCHA is alarmed by the ongoing fighting in Wad Medani, in the southeastern state of Aj Jazirah. Read more »
November 13, 2023
Sudan: UN Relief Chief - Sudan Humanitarian Forum Is a Critical Opportunity
Opening Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, during the Sudan Humanitarian Forum Read more »
