Humanitarian News Archive

Update 336 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

9th January 2026 The IAEA has initiated consultations to establish a temporary ceasefire zone in the area where Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) last remaining back-up 330 kV line was damaged and disconnected as a result of military activity on 2 January,…

Why recovery speed shapes resilience?

9th January 2026 On 12 January 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, claiming an estimated 300,000 lives, displacing millions, and devastating much of the country's urban infrastructure. Six years later, an earthquake of comparable magnitude hit Kumamoto, Japan. While the physical shock…