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Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria are on top of the list facing catastrophic levels of acute hunger, with families in pockets of South Sudan and Yemen already in the grip of, or at risk of, starvation and death according to a new report. UNTV CH

The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme(WFP) issued an urgent plea for peace in Yemen and called for funding to help the most vulnerable hungry families as he wrapped up a two-day visit to the country where the worst famine the world has seen in modern history is now looming. WFP

A United Nations spokesperson said the UN has encountered “some new delays” in accessing the FSO SAFER tanker, stranded off the coast of Yemen, “after recent additional requests from the Houthis.” UNIFEED

A new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts to control the pest throughout 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today. FAO

The United Nations hopes that the Ansar Allah authorities will authorize “right away” a UN-led assessment and initial repair mission to the SAFER oil tanker, anchored off the coast of Yemen, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council that if a spill were to occur from the FSO Safer, a damaged oil tanker moored off the coast of Hodeidah governorate in the Red Sea, “1.6 million Yemenis would be directly affected” and “every fishing community along Yemen’s west coast would see their livelihoods collapse.” UNIFEED

In the Horn of Africa, the worst affected area by the locust infestation, there is an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods as swarms increase in Ethiopia and Somalia and continue to move south to Kenya. FAO

The current desert locust situation continues to deteriorate and represents a grave threat to food security and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa. Right now Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia are the most affected countries but the risk to South Sudan and Uganda is growing. FAO

The UN humanitarian office (OCHA) said it released ten million USD from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to scale up its response to the devastating desert locust outbreak in East Africa. OCHA said the Horn of Africa has been hit by the worst invasion of desert locusts in 25 years, posing a threat to food security to the population in East Africa that is already experiencing a high degree of food insecurity. UNTV CH

The top UN official for the Horn of Africa, Parfait Onanga- Anyanga, left Somalia expressing hope for the country’s progress as it enters a pivotal year on various fronts of development. UNSOM