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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

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that “without including a wide range of diverse voices at every step” of the peacebuilding process, “any peace will be short-lived.” UNIFEED

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) redrew the maritime boundary between Somalia and Kenya in what it considered to be an equitable solution to the border dispute in the Indian Ocean. ICJ

Sudanese scholar, Raba Hakim, has finally fulfilled her lifelong dream of going to university, thanks to a MasterCard Foundation scholarship. UNHCR

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the Organization’s recommendation for the “broad use of the world’s first malaria vaccine,” adding that the long-awaited vaccine “is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control.” WHO

In Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) organized a student debate with young girls and boys from two secondary schools where both teams deliberated on an important topic: Whether the Revitalized Peace Agreement should be made part of the regular curriculum in schools. UNMISS

Young people living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau are the most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, and exposing them to deadly diseases, according to a UNICEF report launched today. UNICEF

Ambassador Martin Kimani of Kenya announced that “for the first time” the outcome document from the biennial meeting on small arms contained language on ammunition, “a big shift” which means that “at long last the issue of ammunition is squarely in the agenda of the programme of action.” UNIFEED

Families of the refugee athletes who come from Kenya’s Kakuma settlement sent messages of hope and well wishes as the IOC Refugee Olympic Team competes at Tokyo 2020. UNHCR

On World Hepatitis Day, global health agency Unitaid celebrates progress made against hepatitis C and looks towards 2030 elimination targets. UNITAID / FILE