"SOUTHERN AFRICA"

A fourth consecutive failed rainy season, skyrocketing prices, and an underfunded humanitarian response have resulted in a 160 percent increase in people facing catastrophic levels of starvation and disease in Somalia. UNTV CH

Addressing at the Opening of the Stockholm+50, UN chief Antonio Guterres urged countries to “embrace the human right to a clean, healthy environment for all people, everywhere – especially poor communities; women and girls; indigenous peoples; young people and the generations to come.” UNIFEED

According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the drought and the war in Ukraine have devastating impacts on farmers in Somalia. IFAD

According to UNICEF, three consecutive failed rainy seasons have brought on a severe drought in Ethiopia’s lowland regions of Afar, Oromia, The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ (SNNP) and Somali regions, drying up water wells, killing livestock and crops, and pushing hundreds of thousands of children and their families to the brink. UNICEF

Briefing by Barbara Woodward, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of April, on the programme of work for the month.

According to UN Agencies, an estimated 13 million people are waking up hungry every day across the Horn of Africa, as the region grapples with severe drought, and nearly 5.5 million children are threatened by acute malnutrition. UNTV CH / BROLL

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Based on evidence indicative of a detrimental change in COVID-19 epidemiology, the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) has advised the World Health Organization (WHO) that this variant should be designated as a VOC, and the WHO has designated B.1.1.529 as a Variant of Concern (VOC) named Omicron. WHO

The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched today in South Africa the drone hub to focus together with government and partners on building capacity with the aim of using drones for humanitarian purposes. UNTV CH

As climate talks get underway in Glasgow, families in Southern Madagascar, where climate is driving famine-like conditions, brace themselves for yet another harsh year ahead as the ongoing drought shows no signs of abating, signaling deteriorating hunger. WFP