An agreement signed by the main rivals in South Sudan’s ongoing conflict has been hailed by the United Nations Secretary-General as “an important step” towards ending the crisis there.
António Guterres has reaffirmed the Organization’s commitment to support the achievement of a fair and sustainable peace agreement for the country.
Over a year after cholera broke out in Yemen, killing more than 2,000 people, the disease is back and spreading fast.
Once more, the key port city of Hudaydah — held by the Houthis, and the target of continued air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition to regain control of the city — is facing a deadly outbreak.
To mitigate the risks, the Ministry of Health and the UN launched a week-long cholera oral vaccination campaign to target the most vulnerable last Saturday.
With a gradual return of better economic conditions and a generation of children growing up without the horrors of conflict, there is a “good buzz” in southern Lebanon, says the UN mission’s Force Commander there, adding that the international community must “stay invested”.
Damage to the civilian infrastructure in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah could “jeopardize everything” relief operations are trying to do, said the UN humanitarian coordinator for the country on Wednesday.
Millions of women, children and men worldwide are at risk of acute hunger in countries affected by natural disasters and conflict, according the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Unfortunately, many of these crisis-affected countries are forgotten and being neglected by the international community and the humanitarian responses there face critical levels of underfunding for food and agriculture assistance.
