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The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, updated journalists on the humanitarian response to urgent needs across Ethiopia. UNIFEED

The number of conflict-related deaths between 2020 and 2021 increased worldwide by 46 percent, largely due to increasing violence in Afghanistan, Yemen and Ethiopia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. UNTV CH

Refugees and host communities benefit from a water project in Gambella, Ethiopia. The project supplies clean piped water to over 220,000 people in the community, most of whom are refugees and aims to strengthen cohesion between refugees and their hosts. UNHCR

The IMF is working with authorities in several African countries to provide help stabilizing their economies and financial situations spokesperson Julie Kozack told reporters Thursday in Washington, DC. IMF

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime inspectors continue providing support as the deal allowing for the sea export of Ukraine grain renewed. UNODC

190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats – inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); related diseases; and climate hazards – according to a new UNICEF analysis. UNICEF

The United Nations top humanitarian official said it was “vital for global food security” that the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and the parallel Memorandum of Understanding between the Russian Federation and the UN Secretariat on the facilitation of Russian food and fertilizer exports continue, “and should be fully implemented.” UNIFEED

Millions in the greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger as the region struggles with one of the worst droughts in recent decades with 129, 000 people - out of which 96,000 in Somalia and 33,000 in South Sudan - confronting starvation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. UNTV CH

UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous told the Security Council, “The status of women is under siege. Aspects of technology, such as social media, have roles in sharing vital information and rallying support – and also in causing further harm through spreading disinformation and fostering violent misogyny.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is rushing to provide assistance to over 100,000 Somalis, mainly women and children, who have fled to Ethiopia’s Somali region in recent weeks to escape clashes and insecurity in the city of Laascaanood, in Somalia’s Sool region. UNHCR