As humanitarian needs soar, provisional measures are needed for the full cessation of hostilities in Gaza.
Various charities and private groups are organising drives to provide necessities such as food, toiletries and medicine in areas heavily affected by looting
Humanitarian assistance doesn’t always work right away. That doesn’t mean we should stop trying.
When governments fail and health systems falter, aid agencies take over. But who holds them accountable?
There’s something distinctly cynical about Israel’stargeting of people’s legs in Palestine’s march for freedom.
The state is using famine as a weapon of war but SA abstained in a UN human rights resolution
In a world of climate change, it is essential that social protection systems are designed with the capacity and flexibility to respond to shocks.
The extent of the crisis is only now becoming clear. Hundreds of thousands have been cut off from assistance, some for as long as two years.
A financing study commissioned for the World Humanitarian Summit in May urges an entirely new approach to help the rising number of poor.
Following a call from the UN for a record $20.1 billion, 15 of the world’s leading aid agencies were polled on their top humanitarian concerns.
The international community must step in to save the war-torn state from imploding, the US warns.
The Hollywood film industry has recognised Angelina Jolie with a humanitarian award for her work with refugees and advocating for human rights.
The European Union will provide an additional $39-million in humanitarian aid for people displaced by the violence in Syria.
Relief groups are stepping up their appeals for aid to tackle the worsening food crisis in the Sahel region where more than 18-million face hunger.
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/ 22 January 2009
The UN will end food distribution in Somalia unless armed groups there stop attacking UN staff, the World Food Programme said on Thursday.
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/ 25 November 2008
Israel has again sealed off the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire, only a day after the border was opened to allow in humanitarian supplies.
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/ 2 November 2008
Six months after Cyclone Nargis slammed into army-ruled Burma, killing more than 130 000 people, many continue to rely on handouts to stay alive.