"ELECTRIC POWER"

In Mozambique’s Nampula province, UNHCR has partnered with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the government to provide electricity to refugees and displaced people living at the Maratane refugee settlement, under the Energy for All project. UNHCR

The United Nations top humanitarian official said attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure “have left millions of people without access to heat, electricity and water, adding another dangerous dimension to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Political Affairs Chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, said she was “gravely concerned” about the destruction of critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine and said “combined with soaring gas and coal prices, the deprivation caused by these attacks threatens to expose millions of civilians to extreme hardship and even life-endangering conditions this winter. UNIFEED

Funding not enough to meet rising humanitarian needs in Syria, top official tells Security Council, as members diverge over delivery methods.

“UNHCR is extremely worried about the latest developments inside Tigray,” Ethiopia, while the WHO said the conditions inside the region are “a recipe for larger epidemics,” due to displacement and crippled health services, agencies’ spokespersons warned on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Violent conflict, terrorism and human rights abuses continue in Syria as its besieged population suffers economic destitution, displacement, detention and abduction, the UN’s Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. UNIFEED

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

The Secretary-General appealed to all parties to “immediately cease” the fighting in Gaza and Israel, adding that “the ongoing military escalation has caused great suffering and destruction. It has claimed scores of civilian lives, including, tragically, many children,” a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

COVID-19 has accelerated the global demand for medical oxygen and made the delivery of oxygen supplies more urgent. In Hargeisa General Hospital in Somaliland, oxygen concentrators donated by WHO are making a difference not only for COVID-19 patients but also children with pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses. WHO

Briefing reporters on the situation in Ethiopia, a UN spokesperson said “our humanitarian colleagues continue to tell us of dire shortages of food, water, fuel, cash, and electricity, as well as telecommunication services and other vital supplies” in the Tigray region. UNIFEED