(excerpt) Haiti Turning to Haiti, just a quick humanitarian update on the country, given all that is going on. The number of people in need has increased drastically over the past year. As a result,...
(excerpt) Eswatini A quick update from Eswatini on what our colleagues on the ground are doing there to address the pandemic: The UN team, led by Resident Coordinator Nathalie Ndongo-Seh, has been...
(excerpt) Also on the Central African Republic, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) tells us that during Friday’s...
(excerpt) Comoros — COVID-19 And an interesting update for you — or at least we thought it was interesting — on what we’re doing to address the COVID-19 pandemic in the Comoros. The UN team, led by...
(excerpt) Lesotho — COVID-19 And an update from the ground in Lesotho on what our UN team, led by acting Resident Coordinator Anurita Bains, is doing to address the pandemic. The team says that,...
(Excerpt) Niger Lastly, I will share with you an update on the situation in Niger, following the 2 January attacks in two villages of the Tillaberi area. According to local authorities, over 100...
(excerpt) Kenya Turning to Kenya, today the UN humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock, allocated $1.5 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for desert locust control operations in the...
(excerpts) Ukraine — Delivery of Aid Turning to Ukraine, where we, along with our humanitarian partners, have now delivered 315 metric tonnes of humanitarian aid and refrigeration equipment to...
PAL/2238 International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, AM & PM Meetings Journalists, media experts, policymakers and scholars within academic and faith communities in Palestine, Israel and...
(Excerpt) Ethiopia On Ethiopia, I can tell you that we remain extremely concerned about the safety of civilians in the Tigray Region, especially the more than half a million people — including more...