With continued support, we can help Lebanese families return to their homes and rebuild their lives with dignity. Together, we stand committed to delivering life-saving assistance and fostering resilience in the face of hardship.
WFP is working to scale up assistance in Sudan for 7 million people by mid-year in Sudan. In Libya, in February, WFP distributed food assistance to 4,285 individuals and reached 342 children under five and 125 pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls.
With the deteriorating economic conditions, Ramadhan festivities have become less normal for most Yemenis as they struggle to afford them. This comes at a time of decline in the value of the local currency in GoY controlled areas , along with rising prices of basic food items and reduced income earning opportunities.
According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), about 19.5 million people are projected to need humanitarian assistance in 2025, including 17.1 million (almost half of the population) facing acute food insecurity.
In South Darfur, where the presence of government programmes, UN organisations and their agencies, and international INGOs is very limited, MSF finds itself operating in a context where needs extend far beyond access to medical care.
Since the ceasefire on 19 January, the delivery of vital assistance to Gaza has improved. UNICEF’s Post Distribution Monitoring showed improvements in dietary diversity, particularly for children and pregnant women. The increased consumption of fruits, vegetables, eggs, and dairy products, along with better access to supplementary feeding programmes, has contributed to steady improvements in acute malnutrition rates.
The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan has declined by 2.4 per cent in the last three months, marking the first decline since the crisis erupted nearly two years ago, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Since the start of 2025, 859 trucks carrying aid from seven UN agencies have crossed from Türkiye to Syria—more than eight times the number during the same period last year.
As Yemen marks ten years of conflict and crisis, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that a widening chasm between rising humanitarian needs and the funding required to alleviate them risks leaving millions of Yemenis without access to food, healthcare and protection services.
في خطوةٍ هامة لمواجهة الأزمة التغذوية الحرجة في اليمن، قدَّم بنك التنمية الألماني KfW، نيابةً عن الحكومة الفيدرالية الألمانية، منحةً قيمتها 19.8 مليون يورو لليونيسف اليمن.
Islamic Relief health and nutrition workers say they are seeing increasing numbers of malnourished children, with health centres receiving more patients than they have capacity for and some children dying from hunger.
In a significant step toward addressing the critical nutrition crisis in Yemen, KfW Development Bank, on behalf of the German Federal Government, recently contributed 19.8 million euros to UNICEF Yemen.
The hostilities in the Tartous, Lattakia, Homs, and Hama Governorates of Syria in early March continue to displace people on a steady daily basis into the North and Akkar Governorates of north Lebanon.
South Sudan is currently facing a severe humanitarian crisis characterized by extensive internal displacement. The underlying causes of these displacement dynamics are varied and include communal clashes, land disputes, insecurity, violence, natural disasters, and cross-border movements.
Lebanon has witnessed a new wave of displacement from Syria due to intensied hostilities in the coastal regions, particularly affecting Tartous, Lattakia, Homs, and Hama Governorates. Recent displacement has led to the arrival of 10,500 new individuals in Akkar and the North Governorate, with the majority (8,828 people) settling in Akkar.
In February alone, within the total of 3.2 million people assisted, WFP provided Cash-Based Transfers (CBT) to 1.4 million people, the highest number of people reached under this modality since the conflict began.
This statement was delivered by Human Rights Watch at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) during an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic held on March 18, 2025.
The African Diplomatic Corps (ADC) and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) met in Juba on 19 March. They resolved to express their concern about the ongoing security challenges in the country, specifically Western Equatoria, Western Bahr el-Ghazal and Upper Nile States, and to call for restraint and de-escalation of the tension and conflict.
