"MADAGASCAR"

The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19 in addition to a lack of funding have left 41 million people on the verge of famine, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. UNIFEED

With the recognition of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and more than 34 million people already facing emergency levels of food insecurity, the world leaders urgently addressed the problem at the G7 summit last weekend and endorsed a Famine Prevention Compact. UNTV CH

The World Bank Group revealed on Tuesday that it expects the global economy to expand 5.6 per cent in 2021, the fastest post-recession pace in 80 years. However, many emerging market and developing economies continue to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, according to the World Bank’s “Global Economic Prospects” report. WORLD BANK GROUP

Electing Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid President of Seventy-Sixth Session, General Assembly selects Main Committee Bureaus, Economic and Social Council members.

Electing Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid President of Seventy-Sixth Session, General Assembly selects Main Committee Bureaus, Economic and Social Council members.

Stressing no country is exempt from corruption, speakers in General Assembly call for greater collaboration to tackle menace, as special session continues.

Stressing no country is exempt from corruption, speakers in General Assembly call for greater collaboration to tackle menace, as special session continues.

Severe hunger hits southern Madagascar as communities witness an almost total disappearance of food sources, creating a full-blown nutrition emergency and quadrupling the number of children admitted for treatment for severe acute malnutrition. WFP

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.