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A widowed mother-of-four struggling to take care of her family is among the 330,000 Afghans displaced since the start of the year by the latest upsurge in fighting. UNHCR

UNICEF estimates that over 100,000 children in Tigray could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the next 12 months – a tenfold increase compared to the average annual caseload. UNICEF

More than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a 10-fold jump over average annual levels, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. UNTV CH

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

In a statement issued today, UNICEF hails Bhutan’s successful completion of full COVID-19 vaccinations for 90 per cent of the eligible population. UNICEF

“Education, safety, friends and food have been replaced by anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy,” the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Ongoing intercommunal conflict in greater Tambura, Western Equatoria, has displaced thousands of people. Women, children and elderly have fled carrying a few of their belongings and young mothers are ferrying babies on their backs in search of safety to an UNMISS temporary base in Tambura. UNMISS

“If we ignore the challenges and needs of rural people in the world’s poorest countries, our attempts to create more equitable and sustainable food systems are doomed to fail,” said the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ahead of the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit that begins in Rome on Monday. IFAD

Displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are in dire need of shelter after escaping violence in the east of the country. UNHCR and partners are providing shelter but as the situation continues to deteriorate, more assistance is needed. UNHCR

UN Deputy-Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the Security Council the “hurricane of humanitarian crises” around the world is compounded by a “relentless wave of attacks on humanitarian and medical workers, and the imposition of ever narrower constraints on humanitarian space.” UNIFEED