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UN releases $100 million to fight hunger in 6 African countries and Yemen
- UN News
The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as the spillover effects of the war in Ukraine threaten to push millions even closer to famine.
Coral reefs’ very survival is at stake, warns UNESCO in bid to boost resilience
- UN News
The world’s best-known coral reefs could be extinct by the end of the century unless we do more to make them resilient to our warming oceans.
Yemen: ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ as first nationwide truce in six years continues
- UN News
A UN brokered two-month renewable truce between the warring parties in Yemen is holding, Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Thursday, providing “light at the end of the tunnel”, and the possibility of a lasting peace.
Africa experiencing longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections
- UN News
COVID-19 cases in Africa have fallen for the past 16 weeks, and deaths have dropped during the last eight, marking the longest-running decline in infections on the continent since the start of the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
General Assembly President at Palau conference, outlines key ocean health measures
- UN News
Addressing the Our Ocean Conference in Palau on Thursday, the President of the UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, urged the international community to expand protective areas of the ocean, support the scientific community and tackle plastic pollution.
West Africa: WFP working to feed millions amid record hunger, rising costs
- UN News
The conflict in Ukraine is driving up global food and fuel prices which is affecting efforts to feed millions in West Africa, where hunger levels have reached a 10-year high, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Thursday.
30,000 Ukrainians returning home every day, say relief agencies
- UN News
More than 870,000 people who fled abroad since the Russian invasion on 24 February, have now returned to Ukraine, UN humanitarians said in their latest emergency update, amid concerns about deteriorating food security inside the country.
Climate Risk Insurance in Pacific Small Island Developing States: Possibilities, Challenges and Vulnerabilities
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, Apr 14 (IPS) - The World Bank lists Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu as Pacific Small Islands Developing States (PSIDS). Some listings also include the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau. In September 2019, these countries had a combined population of 2.3 million spread over hundreds of islands spread over an area roughly equivalent to 15% of the surface area of the earth. Of these, the most populated country – Fiji – has a population of 900,000. The World Bank’s World Development Indicators reveal that annual per capita GDP of these islands fell from $4,340 in 2018 to $3,768 in 2020. It has probably fallen further during the pandemic.
Global Impact of Ukraine War on Food, Energy & Finance Systems
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) - Now, since the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, the world’s attention has been focused on the war’s terrifying levels of death, destruction and suffering.
Oil Crisis Offers Opportunities to the South and to the Green Energy Transition
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Apr 13 (IPS) - The oil and gas supply crisis unleashed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine represents new business opportunities for the oil-producing countries of the developing South, both traditional and emerging, and also for accelerating the global transition to green forms of energy.
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