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Sub-Saharan Africa faces grave hunger challenges in 2020: UN food relief agency
At the dawn of the next decade, a new World Food Programme (WFP) forecast of global hunger hotspots has revealed that escalating hunger will challenge sub-Saharan Africa in the first half of 2020.…
New Year’s Day a reminder of need for action to prevent newborn deaths: UNICEF
The world will welcome more than 392,000 babies on New Year’s Day, according to estimates from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The agency believes 2020’s first baby will be born in Fiji and that…
Finding common ground in East Africa, a UN Resident Coordinator blog
Together, Kenya and Uganda kick-start a Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by partnering with the UN to address challenges that transcend country borders. By Siddharth Chatterjee (Kenya RC) and Rosa Malango…
Deadly decade: UNICEF reports three-fold rise in verified attacks on children since 2010
Conflicts around the world are lasting longer and claiming more young lives, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said on Monday, as the agency reported that over this ‘deadly decade’, there has been a three-fold rise in verified…
WFP calls for increased support as eight million in Zimbabwe face hunger
The World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on countries to step up support to Zimbabwe, where millions of people are facing hunger brought on by prolonged drought and economic meltdown.
Nearly eight…
4 Million Displaced in Yemen as a Result of the Continued US-Saudi Aggression and Siege
The number of people displaced by US-Saudi aggression against Yemen increased by the end of last November 2019, to reach more than three million and eight hundred thousand people.
This came in a report issued by the Information…
Guterres’s message for 2020: In world of turmoil, youth are its ‘greatest source’ of hope
As the world enters 2020 with “uncertainty and insecurity all around”, the United Nations chief maintained that the world’s young people are its "greatest source” of hope.
Against the backdrop of…
New York Times Covers up US Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
New York Times reported this week that the Saudi crown prince has stepped up direct talks with the Yemenis, he has been fighting for over four years, leading to a decline in attacks by both sides. In the months since a missile and drone…
Sudanese Opposition Calls for Withdrawal of Sudanese Forces from Yemen
Head of the Sudanese National Umma Party, Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, Saturday called for the withdrawal of Sudanese forces from Yemen.
Al-Mahdi told Al-Sudani international newspaper, published Saturday: "There is no justification for the presence…
Foreign Ministry Condemns Terrorist Attack in Mogadishu
Yemeni Foreign Ministry condemned, on Saturday, terrorist attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu which killed and wounded dozens, mostly university students.
According to Saba News Agency, an official source at the Ministry of Foreign…