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Combating drought, one garden at a time

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Combating drought, one garden at a time 17 June 2023 WFP/Pamela Gentile A WFP-supported community gardening project in Satara, Niger, includes participants like Foureyratou Saidou, who are seeing their incomes grow, along with their hopes for the future. Just before noon in Satara, a remote village in Niger’s southwestern Tillaberi region, the thermometer is already hovering near 40°C…

Trafficking in the Sahel: Smugglers ‘will take you anywhere’

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Trafficking in the Sahel: Smugglers ‘will take you anywhere’ 17 June 2023 © SOS Méditerranée/Flavio Gasperini Migrants are rescued off the coast of Libya by the non-governmental organization SOS Méditerranée. (file) Call a friend with a connection, get a passport in 24 hours, and hand over some cash. That is what it takes to flee the fragile Sahel region of Africa, where smuggling networks…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 16 June 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva (UNIS) chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Mine Action Service, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the…

UN Mission backs constitutional referendum in Mali

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Mission backs constitutional referendum in Mali 16 June 2023 © UNOCHA/Eve Lomina A woman walks through the town of Mopti in Mali. The UN is providing “multifaceted support” to Mali ahead of this weekend’s constitutional referendum, the head of its peacekeeping mission in the country, MINUSMA, said in a briefing to the Security Council on Friday.…

Haiti: ‘Take urgent action now’ urges ECOSOC President

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: ‘Take urgent action now’ urges ECOSOC President 16 June 2023 © UNICEF A woman displaced by Violence in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince washes clothes in a city park. Words are not enough to alleviate the multiple crises afflicting Haiti, said the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Friday, in an appeal for urgent international action…

Polar scientists call for more research and observation into rapid sea ice reduction

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Polar scientists call for more research and observation into rapid sea ice reduction 16 June 2023 WMO/Deutscher Wetterdienst/Karolin Eichler The polar bear's natural habitat is disappearing as ice caps melt due to climate change. Sea ice is reducing at an unprecedented rate, prompting polar scientists to call for an urgent increase in research and observation, the World Meteorological…

Women suffer disproportionately from ravages of drought, desertification

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Women suffer disproportionately from ravages of drought, desertification 16 June 2023 PMA/Alessandro Abbonizio Mujeres recogiendo agua en Marsabit, al norte de Kenia (archivo). Women’s land rights are in the spotlight ahead of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, observed on 17 June, at events around the world, from Kenya to Viet Nam, including a high-level event at UN…

Sudan’s Darfur spiralling into ‘humanitarian calamity’: UN aid chief

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan’s Darfur spiralling into ‘humanitarian calamity’: UN aid chief 16 June 2023 WFP/Abdulaziz Abdulmomin Displaced people in Darfur are receiving Sorghum provided by the World Food Programme. With the conflict between rival militaries in Sudan entering its third month, the people of Darfur are “trapped in a living nightmare”, the UN’s top aid official has said…

Ukraine: 700,000 people affected by water shortages from dam disaster 

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: 700,000 people affected by water shortages from dam disaster  16 June 2023 © UNICEF Ukraine Essential aid is being delivered to people affected by the Kakhovka Dam blast in eastern Ukraine. UN humanitarians continue bringing life-saving aid to survivors of the flooding from the Kakhovka Dam, but they’ve warned that hundreds of thousands more people in the country’s south face severe…

Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: Swift action needed to prevent new tragedy

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: Swift action needed to prevent new tragedy 16 June 2023 IOM/Amanda Nero The largest shipwreck off Greece on record has claimed hundreds of lives. The UN refugee and migration agencies are calling for urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea following Wednesday’s tragedy in the Mediterranean. With 78 bodies retrieved, 104 people rescued, and…