The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that attacks on the southeastern city of Kryvyi Rih on Wednesday had resumed on Thursday.
Aid deliveries
“Teams delivered shelter materials to cover damaged homes and provided protective services to affected residents,” OCHA said in a tweet, highlighting that “the cold weather is worsening needs, requiring urgent assistance.”
Russia continues to attack energy infrastructure in Ukraine, disrupting supplies of heat, electricity and water, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday.
“Civilians are the most affected by these attacks. They can only be described as cruel. They must stop,” he said.
Nigeria: Imminent food aid cuts put one million people at risk
More than a million people in northeast Nigeria could lose emergency food and nutrition assistance unless funding can be found “within weeks”, the World Food Program (WFP) warned on Thursday.
Nigeria is facing one of the worst hunger crises in recent times, with nearly 35 million people expected to face acute and severe food insecurity during the lean season.
These include approximately 15,000 people in Borno State who are at risk of falling into catastrophic famine, which is one step away from famine. These are the worst hunger levels recorded in a decade, the WFP said.
The crisis unfolds amid renewed violence in the north that has devastated rural communities, displaced families and destroyed food stocks.
‘Catastrophic’ consequences
“Now is not the time to stop food assistance,” said David Stevenson, WFP country director in Nigeria.
It warned of “catastrophic humanitarian, economic and security consequences” for Nigeria’s most vulnerable people, who had been forced to flee their homes in search of food and shelter.
The WFP is urgently seeking $129 million to sustain its operations in the northeast over the next six months, warning that this work could be disrupted unless the funds are received.
People living in Turkana, northern Kenya, are dealing with the impact of the drought.
Drought in Kenya affects more than two million people
More than two million people in Kenya face worsening food insecurity following the October-December 2025 rainy season, one of the driest on record, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
The prolonged drought has led to increased rates of malnutrition, increased risk of disease outbreaks and disrupted access to essential health services.
Regional drought
Impacts are also being felt in neighboring Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda, where millions more people are at risk due to similar weather patterns and water shortages.
In Kenya, 10 counties are currently experiencing drought conditions, one of which is in the “alarm” phase. Additionally, 13 other counties in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) regions are showing signs of drought stress.
While serious, the emergency is part of a known seasonal risk, the WHO said. The UN agency has supported Kenyan authorities, including by providing cholera kits, pneumonia kits and essential supplies, as well as pre-positioning teams in high-risk counties before the drought intensified.
WHO highlighted the need to urgently mobilize to ensure that both people and livestock have access to an adequate supply of food and clean water, and to prevent the situation from worsening.