People affected by Tropical Cyclone Idai in southern Africa, urgently need clean water, safe sanitation facilities and shelter. In an interview with Daniel Johnson from UN News, IFRC Secretary General Elhadj As Sy, described the huge scale of need he witnessed on a visit to Mozambique last Friday.

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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)’s vice-president, Cornelia Richter, is participating at the UN’s Second High-Level Conference on South-South Cooperation, or BAPA+40, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires this week. Laura Quinones is there, reporting for UN News and spoke to Ms. Richter. 

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