The Latest Breaking News from OCHA

The United Nations on Monday condemned the "unacceptable" level of violence becoming commonplace against humanitarian workers, a record 280 of whom were killed worldwide in 2023.

Wolde Meressa lives cheek by jowl in a cramped classroom with 30 other people in a school that has been converted into a shelter for displaced people in Ethiopia's war-scarred region of Tigray.

A Libyan court on Sunday handed jail sentences to more than 10 current and former officials for their links to the deadly collapse of two dams outside the coastal city of Derna in September. The resulting flood killed thousands of people, according to the World Health Organization.

Locals searching for the missing dig through mud by hand after more than 257 people were killed in the disaster.

Palestinian officials say at least 30 killed in strike on school in Deir al-Balah where thousands were seeking shelter

An Israeli air strike hit a school housing a field hospital in central Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 100, said the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory. The Israeli military said its strike targeted Hamas "terrorists" operating from the school.

‘About 182,000 people’ displaced from central and eastern Khan Younis from Monday – Thursday, UN OCHA says.

Weeping families packed homes in a southern remote part of Ethiopia on Friday to bid farewell to relatives killed following a devastating landslide, as authorities announced three days of mourning.

Devastating landslides in southern Ethiopia claim over 250 lives, with urgent evacuation efforts underway. Recurring natural disasters in the region highli...

Mudslide in Gofa zone on Monday traps people rescuing victims from a slide the previous day

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