Record 75.9 million internally displaced in 2023, UN report reveals
News / 17th May 2024The number of people living in internal displacement soared to a record 75.9 million last year, according to a new UN-backed report.
Rishi Sunak must allow visit from UN food inspector due to increasing levels of UK poverty, 85 charities write
News / 10th May 2024More than 80 charities and civil society bodies have called on Rishi Sunak to reverse a decision to block a UK visit by the UN inspector on food poverty until after the election.
Poorest countries continue to lose out as wealthy donors pocket their own aid, according to latest OECD data
News / 25th April 2024New figures published today by the OECD show that wealthy countries are still diverting record amounts of aid to hosting refugees in their own countries, while the poorest countries continue to lose out.
Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond
News / 25th April 2024Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year, heightening growing fears of famine and “widespread death” from Gaza to Sudan and beyond, UN agencies warn.
Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering
News / 18th April 2024“Six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed, among them an estimated 6,000 mothers, leaving 19,000 children orphaned,” said UN Women, in a new report.