Sunday, July 19, 2026

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

July 2, 2026

59 people killed in Ivory Coast’s heavy rainfall

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), around 7.5 million people are at risk from flooding.

Flooded Ivory Coast
September 11, 2024

Maiduguri Flood: Residents begin returning home as water recedes

Residents of Maiduguri town displaced by water from the Alau Dam are beginning to return to their homes as flood water recedes gradually.

Flooding in Maiduguri
November 28, 2023

Food, medicine, water, other supplies reach northern Gaza

According to UN estimates, 46,000 homes have been destroyed and more than 234,000 damaged. This corresponds to a total of 60 per cent of the housing stock. 

Gaza destruction
November 10, 2023

Humanitarian Crises: UN outraged over Russia’s Black Sea attack of Odesa port

“The consequences of this brutal and relentless pattern of Russian attacks on port facilities are devastating for…hundreds of millions of people facing hunger worldwide.”

Russian attack on a civilian ship in the Black Sea Port of Pivdennyi in Odesa
October 17, 2023

UN says over 43,000 directly affected by Afghanistan’s latest quakes

On Monday, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) referred to it as a ‘tent city.’

Afghanistan earthquakes
May 24, 2023

UK pledges £143 million humanitarian aid to East Africa

Mr Mitchell said 96 million pounds of the pledged 143 million pounds would go to the drought-impacted countries of the Horn of Africa.

Andrew Mitchell
February 7, 2023
RUSSIA-UKRAKNE WAR
November 2, 2022

UN warns more districts at risk of Cholera outbreak in Ethiopia

UNOCHA said the cholera outbreak is currently active in 23 localities of three districts of the Bale zone in the Oromia region.

Cholera patients