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Conflict continued to cause widespread civilian death and injury last year, with the risks rising sharply in urban areas, a top UN humanitarian told the Security Council. UNIFEED

The UN humanitarian agencies are warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months due to a combination of insecurity, the coronavirus pandemic, climate induced shocks and record-high food prices in the region. UNTV CH

A UN humanitarian official today (12 May) reported that on Monday, another 174 civilians were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, bringing the total number of civilians evacuated from the steel and neighbouring areas to over 600. UNIFEED

A new safe passage operation to evacuate civilians stranded in Mariupol and other communities has been completed Wednesday (04 May). The United Nations and colleagues from the International Committee of the Red Cross worked together to bring people who wanted to leave areas experiencing hostilities to safety, with the agreement of the parties to the conflict. OCHA

In Ukraine on Tuesday, UN humanitarians began to help the first evacuees arriving from Mariupol’s devastated Azovstal steel works, more than two months since Russia’s invasion began, and said that they would do everything possible to assist those still trapped. OCHA

Secretary-General António Guterres visited sites of suspected war crimes in Ukraine where he condemned the “evil” acts committed against civilians and urged criminal accountability. OCHA

As UN chief António Guterres traveled to Moscow on Tuesday, insisting that he would do “everything possible to end the war as soon as possible” in Ukraine and minimize suffering, ongoing clashes in the east have continued to increase humanitarian needs, aid agencies have confirmed. UNTV CH

Upon his return from missions in Ukraine and the Russian Federation, the United Nations top humanitarian official said, “we don't really know the numbers of the people still caught and blocked, and unable to get out from Mariupol” and added, “you would think that the safe evacuation of civilians is something that both sides can agree to, and all sides can agree to, and the world can agree to.” UNIFEED

Located in the southern Federal Member State of Jubaland, Dollow has been hard hit by Somalia’s current wave of drought. The UN has been working with district authorities and humanitarian partners to help those in need. UNSOM

Local ceasefires are needed more urgently than ever in Ukraine as conflict shifts to the eastern oblasts, UN humanitarians said on Friday, while global food prices spiked to record levels. UNTV CH