Press releases and statements

24 November 2024, Kassala, Sudan. The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, takes questions from the press during a visit to a gathering site for displaced people.
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, takes questions from the press during a visit to a gathering site for displaced people in Kassala, Sudan. November 2024. Photo: OCHA/Matteo Minasi

Press releases and statements

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Nigeria

News and Press Release

Statement by the Nigeria Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mohamed Fall, on loss of lives in a suspected suicide attack in Gamboru, Maiduguri, Borno State

ABUJA, 25 December 2025 - I am deeply saddened by yesterday evening’s reported loss of life in a mosque in Gamboru Market, Maiduguri, in Borno State in north-east Nigeria, following a suspected...

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Sources
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria
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Somalia

News and Press Release

Humanitarian Crisis Looms as Drought Deepens and Funding Declines

December 14, 2025 - Mogadishu: The Somali NGO Consortium (SNC) raises alarm over the rapidly worsening drought conditions, warning of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe as a sharp decline in...

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  • Government of Somalia
  • Somali NGO Consortium
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Burkina Faso + 7 more

News and Press Release

Press release : ‘Life by life’ - UN in West and Central Africa launches $5.1 billion aid appeal with urgent call for global solidarity over indifference

‘Life by life’ - UN in West and Central Africa launches $5.1 billion aid appeal with urgent call for global solidarity over indifference • The UN and partners are appealing for $5.1 billion to...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Burkina Faso + 7 more

News and Press Release

Communiqué de presse : « Vie par vie » – L’ONU en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre lance un appel humanitaire de 5,1 milliards de dollars et exhorte à la solidarité mondiale face à l’indifférence

« Vie par vie » – L’ONU en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre lance un appel humanitaire de 5,1 milliards de dollars et exhorte à la solidarité mondiale face à l’indifférence • L’ONU et ses partenaires...

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  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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