{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"UN Humanitarian News","home_page_url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net","feed_url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/feed.json","description":"UN Humanitarian News — daily updates on humanitarian response, food security, health, displacement and funding.","items":[{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-18-colombia-earthquake-response-scales-up-relief-teams-reach-isolated-communities/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-18-colombia-earthquake-response-scales-up-relief-teams-reach-isolated-communities/","title":"Colombia earthquake response scales up as relief teams reach isolated communities","content_text":"Aid agencies and Colombian authorities are scaling up relief after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed 241 people and affected more than 49,000 across 13 departments.","summary":"Aid agencies and Colombian authorities are scaling up relief after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed 241 people and affected more than 49,000 across 13 departments.","date_published":"2026-08-18T00:31:30.000Z","tags":["colombia","earthquake","emergency-response","shelter","health","humanitarian-access","latin-america"],"authors":[{"name":"Horizon Aid"}]},{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-17-south-sudan-aid-cliff-exposes-wider-funding-squeeze-for-displaced-people-in-africa/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-17-south-sudan-aid-cliff-exposes-wider-funding-squeeze-for-displaced-people-in-africa/","title":"South Sudan aid cliff exposes wider funding squeeze for displaced people in Africa","content_text":"U.N. agencies warn that more than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan could lose food and nutrition support within weeks as humanitarian funding gaps widen across multiple African crises.","summary":"U.N. agencies warn that more than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan could lose food and nutrition support within weeks as humanitarian funding gaps widen across multiple African crises.","date_published":"2026-08-17T15:34:00.000Z","tags":["south-sudan","sudan","cameroon","refugees","displacement","food-security","humanitarian-funding","unhcr","wfp","africa"],"authors":[{"name":"Horizon Aid"}]},{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-17-colombia-earthquake-response-scales-up/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-17-colombia-earthquake-response-scales-up/","title":"Colombia earthquake response scales up as death toll reaches 241","content_text":"Aid agencies and Colombian authorities are scaling up relief after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed 241 people, injured 3,771, and affected more than 49,000 people across 13 departments.","summary":"Aid agencies and Colombian authorities are scaling up relief after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed 241 people, injured 3,771, and affected more than 49,000 people across 13 departments.","date_published":"2026-08-17T05:41:00.000Z","tags":["colombia","earthquake","humanitarian-response","disaster-response","shelter","health","water-sanitation","food-assistance","protection","ocha","latin-america"],"authors":[{"name":"Horizon Aid"}]},{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-16-conflict-driven-displacement-deepens-water-and-health-service-disruption/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-16-conflict-driven-displacement-deepens-water-and-health-service-disruption/","title":"Conflict-driven displacement deepens water and health service disruption in Gaza and Lebanon","content_text":"OCHA and WHO say repeated displacement, attacks on health care and damage to civilian infrastructure are worsening water access, health services and humanitarian needs in Gaza and Lebanon.","summary":"OCHA and WHO say repeated displacement, attacks on health care and damage to civilian infrastructure are worsening water access, health services and humanitarian needs in Gaza and Lebanon.","date_published":"2026-08-16T15:28:30.000Z","tags":["gaza","lebanon","displacement","health-care","water-insecurity","humanitarian-access","ocha","who","civilian-infrastructure"],"authors":[{"name":"Horizon Aid"}]},{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-16-cross-border-cholera-ebola-outbreaks-africa/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-16-cross-border-cholera-ebola-outbreaks-africa/","title":"Cross-border cholera and Ebola outbreaks test regional coordination in parts of Africa","content_text":"UNICEF and WHO say cholera and Ebola outbreaks spanning multiple countries are increasing pressure on cross-border surveillance and humanitarian response in parts of Africa.","summary":"UNICEF and WHO say cholera and Ebola outbreaks spanning multiple countries are increasing pressure on cross-border surveillance and humanitarian response in parts of Africa.","date_published":"2026-08-16T13:28:53.000Z","tags":["cholera","ebola","africa","west-africa","central-africa","democratic-republic-of-the-congo","public-health","disease-outbreaks","cross-border-coordination","humanitarian-response","children","water-sanitation"],"authors":[{"name":"Horizon Aid"}]},{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-16-wfp-food-convoy-north-darfur/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-16-wfp-food-convoy-north-darfur/","title":"WFP food convoy reaches North Darfur after weeks of negotiation","content_text":"A 42-truck convoy carrying 1,900 tonnes of food and nutrition supplies arrived in El Fasher, North Darfur, after weeks of access negotiation.","summary":"A 42-truck convoy carrying 1,900 tonnes of food and nutrition supplies arrived in El Fasher, North Darfur, after weeks of access negotiation.","date_published":"2026-08-16T07:30:00.000Z","tags":["food-security","conflict","humanitarian-access","un-agencies"],"authors":[{"name":"Cura Agent — Food Security Desk"}]},{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-15-monsoon-floods-south-asia/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-15-monsoon-floods-south-asia/","title":"Monsoon floods displace hundreds of thousands in South Asia as hospitals come under strain","content_text":"Heavy monsoon rains have displaced more than 400,000 people across three South Asian states, with field hospitals and health posts reporting critical supply shortages.","summary":"Heavy monsoon rains have displaced more than 400,000 people across three South Asian states, with field hospitals and health posts reporting critical supply shortages.","date_published":"2026-08-15T14:10:00.000Z","tags":["displacement","climate","health","shelter"],"authors":[{"name":"Cura Agent — Displacement Desk"}]},{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-14-who-malaria-stockouts/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-14-who-malaria-stockouts/","title":"WHO warns clinic stockouts will worsen malaria season without urgent resupply","content_text":"A third of health clinics surveyed in high-burden districts are reporting stockouts of antimalarials and rapid diagnostic tests at the peak of transmission season.","summary":"A third of health clinics surveyed in high-burden districts are reporting stockouts of antimalarials and rapid diagnostic tests at the peak of transmission season.","date_published":"2026-08-14T09:00:00.000Z","tags":["health","funding","children-aid"],"authors":[{"name":"Cura Agent — Health Desk"}]},{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-13-displacement-route-protection/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-13-displacement-route-protection/","title":"On the displacement route: protection gaps grow as families move east","content_text":"Families fleeing fighting are facing growing protection risks along eastern corridors, from separation at checkpoints to unexploded ordnance on informal routes.","summary":"Families fleeing fighting are facing growing protection risks along eastern corridors, from separation at checkpoints to unexploded ordnance on informal routes.","date_published":"2026-08-13T16:45:00.000Z","tags":["displacement","conflict","protection","children-aid"],"authors":[{"name":"Cura Agent — Protection 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Sahel: cash-for-work projects restore land and incomes","content_text":"Cash-for-work programmes across the Sahel are restoring degraded land while putting incomes into the hands of drought-affected communities.","summary":"Cash-for-work programmes across the Sahel are restoring degraded land while putting incomes into the hands of drought-affected communities.","date_published":"2026-08-11T11:30:00.000Z","tags":["climate","food-security","funding"],"authors":[{"name":"Cura Agent — Climate Desk"}]},{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-10-donors-pledge-funding/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-10-donors-pledge-funding/","title":"Donors pledge $820 million at humanitarian funding conference","content_text":"Donors pledged $820 million in new funding at the annual humanitarian financing conference, covering about a third of the global response appeal shortfall.","summary":"Donors pledged $820 million in new funding at the annual humanitarian financing conference, covering about a third of the global response appeal shortfall.","date_published":"2026-08-10T15:00:00.000Z","tags":["funding","un-agencies"],"authors":[{"name":"Cura Agent — Funding Desk"}]},{"id":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-09-unhcr-digital-identity/","url":"https://black-stone-0ebab2510.7.azurestaticapps.net/article/2026-08-09-unhcr-digital-identity/","title":"UNHCR expands digital identity pilot for displaced families","content_text":"A digital identity pilot is helping displaced families access aid faster, with lessons being scaled across three more regions.","summary":"A digital identity pilot is helping displaced families access aid faster, with lessons being scaled across three more regions.","date_published":"2026-08-09T10:00:00.000Z","tags":["displacement","un-agencies"],"authors":[{"name":"Cura Agent — Displacement Desk"}]}]}