Sudan: OCHA Calls for Security Council Action As Sudan War Nears 1,000-Day Mark

Briefing to the Security Council by Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Crisis Response Division, OCHA, on behalf of Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs… Read more »

Somalia: Humanitarian Crisis Looms As Drought Deepens and Funding Declines

December 14, 2025 - Mogadishu: The Somali NGO Consortium (SNC) raises alarm over the rapidly worsening drought conditions, warning of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe as a… Read more »

Africa: UN Calls for Stepped-Up Commitments to Global Emergency Fund As Needs Outstrip Resources

As humanitarian crises around the world outpace the funding available to address them, senior United Nations officials today rallied the international community to urgently… Read more »

Central Africa: 'Life By Life' - UN in West and Central Africa Launches $5.1 Billion Aid Appeal With Urgent Call for Global Solidarity Over Indifference

The UN and partners are appealing for $5.1 billion to deliver essential lifesaving aid and protection in West and Central Africa. Funding shortfalls have forced humanitarians to… Read more »

Sudan: UN Relief Chief Urges the World to Choose Solidarity in 2026 - UN Relief Chief

Tom Fletcher, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Read more »

Africa: 'Life By Life' - UN Launches $33 Billion Aid Appeal With Urgent Call for Global Solidarity

Priority to support 87 million people with lifesaving needs - aim is to reach 135 million in 50 countries in 2026 In 2025, 98 million people got help despite deep funding cuts and… Read more »

Sudan: UN Relief Chief Calls Darfur 'Epicentre of Human Suffering'

Thanks so much Steph [Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General], and good afternoon, everyone. I've actually just come out of Darfur, so I've just reached Adré,… Read more »

Africa: Deputy Emergency Relief Chief Urges the Security Council to Use Leverage to Address Hunger in Conflict

Remarks on Addressing Food Insecurity as a Driver and Consequence of Conflict by Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Humanitarian… Read more »

Sudan: Statement From the Operational Humanitarian Country Team in Sudan On Attacks Against Civilians in El Fasher

The humanitarian community in Sudan condemns in the strongest terms the ongoing attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against civilians, civilian infrastructure and… Read more »

Sudan: UN Relief Chief Calls for Protection of Civilians and Their Access to Aid in El Fasher

Statement on Sudan by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Read more »

Sudan: El Fasher - Civilians Urgently Need Protection and Safe Passage, Statement By the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown

(El Geneina, West Darfur; 29 September 2025) Civilians in El Fasher, North Darfur, describe impossible choices as they remain trapped in the city or attempt to flee, only to face… Read more »

South Sudan: World Humanitarian Day 2025 - South Sudan Is One of the Most Dangerous Countries for Humanitarian Workers

Juba, 19 August 2025: South Sudan remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a humanitarian worker, ranking as number two so far this year, according to Aid Worker… Read more »

Sudan: Statement By the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.I. in Sudan, Luca Renda (19 August 2025)

A call to protect aid workers and fund the response in Sudan Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction and United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Sign Joint Communiqué

Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction and United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator sign joint communiqué signalling strengthened commitment… Read more »

Africa: UN, Partners Unveil Hyper-Prioritized Aid Appeal Amid 'Cruel Math' of Brutal Funding Cuts

- In the wake of the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector, the top United Nations aid official today presented the global "hyper-prioritized"… Read more »

Sudan: A Call to Action for Protection and Accountability for the People of Sudan - Statement By Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 12 June 2025

Again and again, the international community has said that we will protect the people of Sudan. The people of Sudan should ask us if, when and how we will start to deliver on that… Read more »

Sudan: UN Relief Chief Issues Call to Action for Protection and Accountability for the People of Sudan

Statement by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Convoy Attack - a Call to Protect Aid Workers - Statement By the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.I. in Sudan, Kristine Hambrouck

(Port Sudan, 03 June 2025) I am horrified by the deadly attack on a humanitarian convoy in Al Koma, North Darfur state, on the night of 2 June. Read more »

South Sudan: UN Emergency Fund Allocates $10 Million to Address Vulnerability and Protection Risks in South Sudan

Over 270,000 people affected by multiple shocks to receive life-saving, multi-sectoral assistance Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Govt, UN Launch U.S.$159 Million Plan to Avert Food Security and Nutrition Crisis in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States

Abuja, 6 May 2025 - Nigeria's Federal Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in… Read more »

Sudan: Port Sudan Drone Attacks - a Call to Protect Civilian Infrastructure

I am shocked and deeply concerned by intensifying drone attacks on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan, the main humanitarian hub within Sudan. In the early morning hours of 6… Read more »

South Sudan: UN Deplores Air Strike On Hospital in South Sudan

The UN deplores an air strike on a hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan early in the morning of 3 May. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator demands the protection of civilian lives and… Read more »

Africa: Marking 27 Years of the Guiding Principles On Internal Displacement

oday marks the 27th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement - a landmark framework that defines the rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and… Read more »

South Sudan: OCHA Warns Security Council That Political Crisis Could Trigger 'Humanitarian Nightmare' in South Sudan

Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Tom Fletcher,… Read more »

South Sudan: United Nations Sounds the Alarm for Civilians in South Sudan

The United Nations is deeply concerned by the rapidly escalating violence in South Sudan and reiterates its urgent call for the protection of the population and immediate,… Read more »