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WFP plan aims to prevent further food aid diversion in Ethiopia
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WFP plan aims to prevent further food aid diversion in Ethiopia

WFP had paused distributions in the restive Tigray region in the north after finding evidence of significant supplies on sale in local markets, and immediately launched an investigation. Over 20…

23 May 2023 · 2 min read

Uphold promise to protect civilians caught in conflict: Guterres
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Uphold promise to protect civilians caught in conflict: Guterres

The UN chief was speaking during a debate on ensuring the security and dignity of people caught in the crossfire and addressing the related issue of access to food and…

23 May 2023 · 5 min read

Gaza: Over a quarter of UNRWA centre patients needing mental health support
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Gaza: Over a quarter of UNRWA centre patients needing mental health support

This is the highest rate of mental health need ever recorded, across UNRWA’s medical system. UNRWA’s health programmes support some two million Palestine refugees across Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian…

23 May 2023 · 3 min read

Cyclone Mocha: urgent funding needed as hunger, diseases loom
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Cyclone Mocha: urgent funding needed as hunger, diseases loom

In Myanmar, the UN appealed on Tuesday for $333 million to assist 1.6 million of the most vulnerable people, many of whom have lost their homes as the cyclone hit…

23 May 2023 · 4 min read

Ukraine: Power loss at nuclear plant underscores ‘highly vulnerable’ safety situation
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Ukraine: Power loss at nuclear plant underscores ‘highly vulnerable’ safety situation

This marked the seventh time that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant had been completely disconnected from the national electricity grid since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion 15 months…

22 May 2023 · 3 min read

Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks
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Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks

“Lives and infrastructure are being destroyed, and the security situation is impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid,” said Volker Perthes, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sudan, briefing the Security…

22 May 2023 · 6 min read

World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief
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World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was delivering his report to the 76th World Health Assembly, the UN agency’s decision-making body, which is meeting this week.  Threat still remains  “The end…

22 May 2023 · 4 min read

Ghana peacekeeper named UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year
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Ghana peacekeeper named UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year

Captain Cecilia Erzuah, 32, who has served in Abyei since March last year, as the Commander of the Ghana Engagement Platoon, will receive the award from Secretary-General António Guterres during a…

22 May 2023 · 3 min read

Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’
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Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’

“On the International Day for Biological Diversity, we reflect on our relationship with humanity’s life-support system, from the air we breathe and the food we eat, to the energy that…

22 May 2023 · 4 min read

Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished
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Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished

More than seven million children under the age of five remain malnourished and in need of urgent nutrition aid, and over 1.9 million boys and girls* are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition. As the…

22 May 2023 · 3 min read