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In northern Tanzania, recurring drought in recent years has put pressure on communities who make their livelihoods by keeping cattle. A group of Maasai women have turned to producing honey from beehives in the forest to generate additional income. FAO

A World Health Organization committee has reviewed the evidence for four Marburg vaccines. WHO

From 5-9 March in Doha, Qatar, world leaders will get together at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries Conference to agree on partnerships and plans to help the world’s most vulnerable countries get back on track and thrive amid ongoing global challenges. UNIFEED

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, urges more donor support for solutions and praises progress in refugee protection in Tanzania. UNHCR

The world has lost 178 million hectares of forest since 1990, according to a forestry assessment launched today by the Food and Agriculture Organization in an innovative and easy-to-use digital format. FAO

This week, UNICEF is launching #Reimagine, a global campaign to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for children, especially the most vulnerable children – such as those affected by poverty, exclusion or family violence. UNICEF

A United Nations spokesperson said, locust swarms “continue to spread within eastern Africa, with nine countries now affected: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Tanzania, and Uganda,” and “one small swarm” has reached the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNIFEED

The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said of its appeal for 76 million dollars to combat the locust upsurge in the Greater Horn of Africa only 21 million have been received adding that unless this gap is filled in “the coming days and very few weeks” there would be “huge humanitarian needs.” UNIFEED / FILE

“The current Ebola outbreak continues to pose a public health emergency of international concern,” concluded the Emergency Committee on Ebola outbreak the Democratic Republic of the Congo after meeting in Geneva on Friday. WHO

The world’s population is expected to increase by two billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050, according to a new United Nations report launched today. UNIFEED