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A vicious attack by an armed gang on vulnerable refugees and host communities in western Niger has left more than 1,000 people “on the run”, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, the latest violence in the troubled Liptako Gourma region. UNTV CH

A silent hunger pandemic is poised to sweep across the world, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), with analysis showing that almost a quarter of a billion people could be pushed into severe hunger in 2020 by the fallout from COVID-19. WFP

Well over 40 million people across West Africa face desperate food shortages in coming months, twice as many as before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Malian refugees in Niger are making reusable masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus. A group of tailors, mostly women, who were trained through livelihood programs run by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) are already making about 40 masks a day and plans are underway to scale up production. UNHCR

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) kick-started a network of global logistics hubs that will support the entire aid community and ensure the delivery of vital medical and humanitarian supplies to developing countries at a time when commercial air transport is at a virtual standstill. WFP

Addressing the Security Council during the first video teleconference (VTC) open briefing since the Council stopped meeting in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, said, “Mali is not an exception to the pandemic,” as the country has recorded, 46 positive cases, and 5 deaths. UNIFEED

The World Food Programme (WFP) said it was vital that at this time of global crisis, WFP maintain its food assistance programmes which offer a lifeline to 87 million vulnerable people around the world. WFP

Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said today, as it expressed concerns about the potential impact on humanitarian supply chains because of restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. UNTV CH / FILE

Sidi Ould Amin is a former refugee from Mali who returned home and started his own tailoring business. He is making use of the valuable skills he learned in a refugee camp in Burkina Faso where he received vocational training through a programme run by UNHCR with support from the European Union to help refugees become more self-reliant. UNHCR

In her remarks to the Security Council on countering terrorism and extremism in Africa, UN chief of political affairs Rosemary Dicarlo said, “the threat of terrorism is often a consequence of development, humanitarian, human rights and security challenges that terrorist groups seek to exploit. Security and military solutions are thus not sufficient.” UNIFEED