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More than 700,000 people across South Sudan have been affected by intense and unrelenting floods due to heavy rainfall over the past six months. Affected communities continue to be isolated and cut off from aid as roads, bridges and airstrips have been submerged, hindering urgent delivery of assistance. UNHCR

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

Upon his return from Afghanistan, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Omar Abdi told journalists in New York that the country’s children, “those least responsible” for the current crisis “are paying the highest price.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Ahead of World Food Day, marked on 16 October, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that it may soon be forced to cut food rations to more than half a million women, men and children in north-eastern Nigeria while calling urgently for funding of at least US$ 55 million in the coming weeks. UNTV CH

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2021 Global Tuberculosis Report showed that the COVID-19 pandemic “severely impacted our fight against tuberculosis,” with TB deaths increasing for the first time in a decade. WHO

The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned ahead of World Food Day. WFP

In 2019 Kenya saw the worst Desert Locust invasion of the last 70 years. Crops and pastures were hit by the ravenous pest putting at risk food security and nutrition of thousands of people in the country. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) quickly intervened to support the Government of Kenya’s response on survey and control measures. FAO

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said, as Afghanistan braces for an expected harsh winter, vulnerable Afghans need increased support and humanitarian assistance. UNHCR

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it was “extremely worried about the continued suffering of migrants and asylum seekers in Libya who are experiencing a myriad of daily violations and abuses at the hands of both State and non-state actors,” according to a spokesperson. UNTV CH