Charity warns of Afghan famine
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Millions of people face starving to death after a drought in Afghanistan, the UK charity Christian Aid warns.
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At least 1.8 million people living in  makeshift shelters and tents are at risk from the Himalayan  winter a year after an earthquake ravaged northern Pakistan,  the international aid agency Oxfam said on Wednesday.
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A group of 12 United Nations agencies warns of an impending humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
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The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) warned on Friday that the plight of hundreds of millions of hungry people around the world has been overshadowed by the crisis in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
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The Red Cross warned on Wednesday that a food crisis could be looming across east and west Africa due to the massive damage wrought on crops by ongoing flooding.
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British charities are continuing their efforts to help people made homeless in violence-hit Kenya.
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The end of a global trade pact could hit the world's poorest textile workers hard, charity Christian Aid warns.
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More than 1.3m Bangladeshis hit by Cyclone Sidr will face monsoon rains in inadequate shelter, Oxfam warns.
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The health of 500,000 older people in the UK is under threat because they are under-nourished, a charity has warned.
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Thousands of children are at risk of dying from malnutrition in central and southern areas of Somalia formerly considered the country&#39;s breadbasket, the UN Children Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday.
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The United Nations humanitarian chief warned Tuesday of a catastrophic situation developing in Darfur unless international donors act soon to bolster a beleaguered African peacekeeping force in the Sudanese province.
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Coldplay, The Darkness and Travis are set to re-record Band Aid&#39;s hit single - to raise millions for Africa&#39;s new victims of famine.
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The chief of the Bangladesh army says the country is facing a catastrophe over rice supplies.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - An army of aid workers  raced on Tuesday to supply food and water to millions of  tsunami victims and the United Nations warned a death toll of  150,000 would climb as more bodies are found and disease stalks  survivors.
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The top U.N humanitarian official warned Friday that relief efforts in Darfur could collapse within weeks unless the government makes good on a peace deal and donors fund aid work in the troubled Sudanese region.
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Thousands of children are suffering because of a severe shortage of foster carers, a charity warns.
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Impoverished Bangladesh could face a catastrophe unless international donors speed aid to 30 million people hit by devastating floods, the World Food Program said on Tuesday.