Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
More than 100 Maasai huts in Tanzania have been allegedly burned down by game reserve authorities near the Serengeti National Park. Hundreds of people have reportedly been left homeless by the evacuation of local pastoral communities. One young Maasai is said to have been shot and critically injured. It is …
Africa’s humanitarian crises have continued to worsen in 2017, said a report released by the United Nations on Wednesday ahead of the World Humanitarian Day. “Twenty million Africans have been displaced from their homes and 44 million are acutely food insecure,” the report stated. It said the population displacement crisis …
Thousands of people in Sierra Leone left homeless by a mudslide which killed at least 270 people urgently need food, shelter and healthcare, aid agencies said on Tuesday, as they raced to prevent outbreaks of fatal diseases such as cholera and typhoid. A mountainside collapsed on the outskirts of the …
Food insecurity in the Somali region of Ethiopia has worsened, putting 700,000 people on the verge of starvation, according to Oxfam International. The humanitarian organization says that about 8.5 million people across the country face a high risk of hunger, a 30 percent increase since the beginning of the year. …
AHMEDABAD: The state government announced in the assembly that some 25 villages in low-lying areas of Banaskantha will be shifted to higher ground, as these villages were ravaged by the recent floods. Revenue minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, during the debate on the floods, said that after the floods the administration was …
PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela (Reuters) - Rising rivers have flooded homes in southern Venezuela, affecting more than 15,000 people and forcing some 500 to leave their homes, according to civil protection officials. The Orinoco and Caroni have risen in recent days following a period of intense rains, leaving many homes waist-deep …
Changes to India's Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules this year have lifted the ban on land reclamation for commercial purposes, will allow tourism in ecologically sensitive coastal areas and permit construction of the world's tallest statue on an artificial island near Mumbai. At the end of the monsoon rains every …
MOGADISHU Somalia (Xinhua) -- The number of people who have been displaced by the severe drought ravaging several parts of Somalia has risen to 766,467 since November 2016, the UN said on Tuesday. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest report that most of …
"We are hungry". This is currently the commonest expression in the northeastern part of Nigeria. Amongst the displaced are women and children from Bama, a severely conflict- affected town and hard to reach area in Borno state. Most have lost their husbands and children. They have nothing to eat and …
The number of people who have been displaced by the severe drought ravaging several parts of Somalia has risen to 766,467 since November 2016, the UN said on Tuesday. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest report that most of the displaced people are …
Somalia is suffering from a renewed displacement crisis as people flee drought and conflict, particularly in the country’s southern region. Gerard Waite, chief of mission for the International Organization for Migration Somalia, told VOA that about 800,000 people have fled their homes in response to the drought over the past …
State continues to be on high alert as the meteorological department has forecast more rains After Saurashtra, its now the turn of the North Gujarat region to bear the brunt of incessant rainfall. Heavy flooding in several areas has forced the State authorities to shift people out of low lying …
Major US cities like New York, Boston and Miami may face chronic flooding over the next few decades, warn scientists who have found that sea level rise due to climate change may cause 60 per cent of coastal communities in the country to lose their homes by 2100. Scientists made …
Officials sources in Guwahati said the total number of people affected rose to 12.55 lakh on Monday. The floods have caused damage to roads, bridges and other infrastructure in several districts, while over one lakh hectare crop area has been affected till date. The flood situation in Assam turned from …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Om Dutt Singh & Others Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 06/07/2017 regarding Kanhar Irrigation Project in District Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh. National Green Tribunal directs the Project Proponent and the State of Uttar Pradesh to file complete and …
French development agency AFD will assist India with an 80 million euro loan facility for developing two hydro-electric projects in Himachal Pradesh. An agreement was signed between the Department of Economic Affairs and AFD in India for the credit facility today. A programme is to expand Himachal Pradesh's clean energy …
The flood has affected over 740 villages in Lakhimpur, Golaghat, Jorhat, Cachar, Dhemaji, Biswanath, Karimganj, Sonitpur, Darrang, Hojai, Majuli, Barpeta and Nagaon districts of the state. The flood waters in Karimganj district have submerged over 200 villages affecting over two lakh people. With over 3.5 lakh people affected in 13 …
Over 500 people have been rendered homeless at Agona Ofoase and Nampong following the flooding of River Akora after three days torrential rainfall in the district. Several acres of farm lands have been submerged by the flood while the concrete bridge over river Akora at Agona Ofoase has collapsed. The …
One-fifth of the world's population - about two billion people - could become climate change refugees by the year 2100 due to rising ocean levels, a study warns. Those who once lived on coastlines will face displacement and resettlement bottlenecks as they seek habitable places inland, researchers said. "We're going …
Land acquisition for development project is not a new topic of discussion at least in a developing nation as ours. In recent times, we happened to have witnessed a wide range of protests and chaos relating to land issues in the country. Land is needed for industrialisation, which is the …
