This report is produced by OCHA Ukraine in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 5 p.m. (EET) 2 March to 3 p.m. (EET) 3 March. The next report will be produced on 4 March.HIGHLIGHTS• The most affected areas of the country …
Read MoreGlobal food prices reached an all-time high in February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday.The Food Price Index, which tracks the international prices of a items such as vegetable oils and dairy products, averaged 140.7 poi…
Read MoreThe United States is designating two Hizballah financiers operating in Guinea: Ali Saade and Ibrahim Taher. This action will help disrupt Hizballah’s business network in West Africa, which relies on bribery to circumvent the rule of law.Hizballah has…
Read MoreGENEVA— The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a dire toll on mental health, the WHO said Wednesday, indicating that cases of anxiety and depression had swelled by over 25 percent globally.In a fresh scientific brief, the World Health Organization also found …
Read MoreFor 50 years, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has offered the world a way forward “based on a vision for a better, healthier Earth built on the pillars of international cooperation,” Secretary-General António Guterres told a landmark special sessio…
Read More(Tadjourah, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior of Djibouti, L’Office National d’Assistance aux Refugies et Sinistres (ONARS) and relevant stakeholders in refugee manageme…
Read MoreNAIROBI— The United Nations agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed a watershed moment for the planet.Nearly 200 nations at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi unanimously agreed to create…
Read MoreThe United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) marked its 50-year anniversary Thursday at its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Activists have criticized the organization as being slow to address global threats to the environment, such as pollution and cl…
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