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The U.N. says famine will reach parts of Somalia later this year

The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region.

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UN: Part of Somalia will Reach Famine Later This Year

The United Nations said “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal famine declaration in Somalia as thousands are dying in a historic drought made worse by the effects of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghanistan reels from deadly flash floods and landslides

Martin Griffiths said donors should immediately provide Afghanistan with $770m to survive the coming colder months.

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UN warns 6 million Afghans at risk of famine as crises grow

The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that Afghanistan faces deepening poverty with 6 million people at risk of famine

The Independent UK

At UNSC, India warns of significant increase in ISIL-K presence in Afghanistan and their capacity to carry out attacks

India warned that linkages between proscribed outfits such as Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and provocative statements by other terror groups pose a direct threat to the region’s peace and stability

The Hindu

U.N. aid chief pushes for restart of Afghanistan development aid

Countries should restart some development aid for impoverished Afghanistan that was halted a year ago when the Taliban seized power, the U.N. aid chief said on Monday, as the United States told Russia and China to "put your money where your mouth is."

Reuters

Tigray war: ‘I can’t help my starving family’, says Ethiopian World Health Organisation boss

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns Tigrayan relatives are ‘completely sealed off’ by civil war

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Griffiths to Asharq Al-Awsat: Climate, Conflict and Cost-of-living Threaten World’s Poorest

Asharq Al-Awsat has asked Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths about the three biggest threats the world’s poorest collectively face. His answer was: “Climate, conflict and cost-of-living. And they’re all connected.” When asked about double standards in refugee treatment, the UN official told the newspaper in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Stagecoach reports £1.17 billion revenue growth

Operating profits also rose during the year to April

Insider UK

Afghan earthquake survivors lack food, shelter as aid trickles in

The earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and destroyed or damaged about 10,000 homes in Afghanistan’s remote east.

Al Jazeera

UN officials: Afghan quake adds to emergencies in country

Senior UN officials say the earthquake in Afghanistan has added another emergency facing the country, which is also confronting its worst drought in 30 years and massive poverty

The Independent UK

U.N. says Taliban interfering with aid, resisting cash plan

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban are resisting efforts by the United Nations to help get humanitarian funding into the country and are interfering in the delivery of aid, U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Thursday.

Reuters

U.N. aid chief had 'frank, constructive' talks in Moscow on Ukraine grain exports

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths "had frank and constructive discussions" with Russian officials in Moscow on facilitating exports of Ukraine grain from Black Sea ports, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine updates: Moscow says all war ‘goals’ must be met

Ukraine news from June 3: As conflict reaches 100-day milestone, Moscow pledges to press on with devastating offensive.

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U.N. aid chief in Moscow to discuss Ukraine grain exports

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths is in Moscow on Thursday and Friday to discuss clearing the way for exports of grain and other food from Ukraine's Black Sea ports, a U.N. spokesperson said.

The Independent UK

UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa's Sahel

The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: 18 Million Facing Severe Hunger in West Africa's Sahel

The UN is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the impacts of Russia's war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The hunger crisis may press increased numbers of people to migrate out of the…

The Independent UK

UN humanitarian official urges attention to drought in Kenya

A top United Nations humanitarian official has raised concern about people going hungry in a remote part of northern Kenya

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Ukraine latest updates: 50 more civilians rescued from Azovstal

Ukraine news from May 6: Eleven children among 50 civilians evacuated from besieged Mariupol steel plant.

The Independent UK

Ethiopia seeing ‘dramatic’ increase in child marriage amid worst drought in decades

Catherine Russell, Unicef’s executive director, says spike was ‘quite dramatic’

Reuters

Two million children at risk of starvation in Horn of Africa - U.N. aid chief

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that close to 2 million children are at risk of starving to death as the Horn of Africa faces one of its worst droughts in decades.

Manchester Evening News

Devastated widow says husband 'hit rock bottom' after false Post Office accusations

A BBC Panorama episode has explored how hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting

Liverpool Echo

Dad killed himself after being wrongfully accused of stealing £60k from Post Office

His wife says she blames the Post Office for the Horizon scandal

The Independent UK

UN chief urges 4-day Easter 'pause' in fighting in Ukraine

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is appealing for a halt in fighting in Ukraine during Orthodox Christians’ Holy Week

The Guardian - UK

Russian forces seize Kreminna in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in our new live blog

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