News in Brief 22 July 2022
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Far-reaching climate repercussions
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Hunger rising across East Africa
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At least 14 children killed and injured during attack in Syria
News in Brief 20 June 2022
- Ben Stiller’s message of solidarity on World Refugee Day: UNHCR
- WFP announces further ration cuts for food insecure communities
- Mali: Attack against UN peacekeepers claims life of one ‘blue helmet’
FAO ramps up support to Sudan farmers as starvation threat grows in East Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is scaling up operations in Sudan, where 10.9 million people, 30 per cent of the population, are expected to need lifesaving support this year – the highest number in the past decade, the UN agency said on Tuesday.
Eastern Africa: Millions displaced, amid growing hunger, ‘unprecedented needs’
Millions of displaced families across eastern Africa will fall deeper into hunger as food rations dwindle due to humanitarian resources being stretched to the limit as the world grapples with a toxic cocktail of conflict, climate shocks, and COVID-19, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.
News in Brief 3 May 2021
- E-commerce’s dramatic rise fuelled by COVID-19 restrictions: UNCTAD
- Press freedom 'a cornerstone of democracy' says UN chief
- UN migration agency launches appeal to support COVID-19 shots in East Africa
UN agencies appeal for $266 million to feed refugees in eastern Africa
A funding shortfall is putting the lives of some three million refugees in eastern Africa at risk, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday.
News in Brief 28 July 2020
- Jailed DPRK women forced home, 'face grevious abuse'
- COVID likely not seasonal, WHO warns
- Desert Locust upsurge tamed in Kenya
Battle ‘not yet over’ against locust invasions in East Africa and Yemen
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges, significant gains have been made against Desert Locust encroachment in East Africa and Yemen, with an estimated 720,000 tonnes of cereal saved from the swarms of migratory pests across 10 countries: enough to feed five million people a year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
Fight against desert locust swarms goes on in East Africa despite coronavirus crisis measures
Sustained efforts to contain East Africa’s worst invasion of desert locusts in decades are forging ahead, despite limits on the flow of personnel and equipment stemming from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the UN food agency said Friday.