News Monitor

Local governments have declared a state of emergency in 10 of 17 regions in the country after floods caused widespread devastation and displaced more than 119,000 people, including 44,000 children.

The rapid Post Disaster Needs Assessment report released by the Government with the UN, World Bank and EU, reveals the 2023 Deyr floods caused $176 million in loss and damage across 16 districts.

The vessel carrying 260 migrants capsized yesterday (10 June) near Alghareef Point in Shabwah governorate. Among those that lost their lives in the devastating tragedy are 31 women and six children.

The first standard allocation of the year comes at a critical time to avert a further deterioration of living conditions for the people benefitting from the support.

Adopted by a large majority with 14 votes in favour and Russia abstaining, the resolution also urges both parties to fully implement the terms of the proposal “without delay and without condition.”

Last year saw the highest number of state-based conflicts since 1946. In addition, the past three years were the most violent in the last three decades, according to PRIO.

Alarmed by Moscow’s increased attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure and population, speakers call for diplomacy, de- escalation ahead of peace summit in Switzerland.

The war has caused unprecedented devastation to the Palestinian labour market and the wider economy, according to new data and analysis by the ILO and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.

The long-term impacts of COVID-19 on child diet quality are still being seen, with the addition of multiple health outbreaks, including cholera, impacts of the climate crisis, and rising food prices.

In Central Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, more than 3.3 million people are forcibly displaced due to relentless conflict, exacerbated by the worsening effects of the climate crisis.

Rampant insecurity and food insufficiency afflict Cameroon amid an ongoing refugee crisis from neighbouring Central African Republic; however, these emergencies are off the world's radar.

The agency is scaling up to provide life-saving food aid to another five million people by year-end. Hunger is deepening in Sudan and in neighbouring countries to which millions of people have fled.

Aid partners need $4.7 billion in 2024 to meet the urgent needs of 20.9 million people in Burkina Faso, Cameroon’s Far North Region, Chad, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria’s Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.

Roughly 70% of those displaced are now trying to survive in places that are at risk of famine. The upcoming rainy season will complicate humanitarian access and may lead to climate disasters and disease.

In addition to health risks, high temperatures can expose children to dangers. Families displaced due to water scarcity end up in shelters, making children vulnerable to child labour and trafficking.

According to the World Meteorological Organization, it is likely that at least one of these years will set a new temperature record, beating 2023 which is currently the warmest year.