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Secretary-General António Guterres urged governments to tax oil and gas companies' “excessive profits” and said it was “immoral” for these companies “to be making record profits from this energy crisis on the backs of the poorest people and communities and at a massive cost to the climate.” UNIFEED

The World Health Organization today raised growing alarm over the urgent health needs that over 80 million people in the greater Horn of Africa face due to increased food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition. UNTV CH

Security, peace, state-building, and drought were among the issues covered on Sunday by the UN Special Representative for Somalia on his visit to the country’s South West State. UNSOM

In Galmudug, the UN Special Representative for Somalia highlighted state-building, reconciliation, security, and famine prevention. UNSOM

The acute food insecurity is on the rise in Somalia. By this September, people living in eight areas of the country could be experiencing famine, if livestock continues to die, key commodity prices rise further and humanitarian assistance fails to reach the most vulnerable, warned the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO

Los Angeles Lakers Power Forward and former refugee Wenyen Gabriel is in South Sudan this week, visiting his homeland for the first time since being resettled to the US at a young age. UNHCR

With temperatures expected to remain above normal until the middle of next week, the World Metrological Organization (WMO) warned that heatwaves are and will occur more and more frequently. The pattern is linked to the observed warming of the planet that can be attributed to human activity, raising serious concerns for the planet’s future. UNTV CH

State-building processes and collaboration with Somalia’s new leadership, as well as the support of the United Nations, were among the topics discussed in a meeting of the world body’s top official for the country and the leader of its northern Federal Member State (FMS) of Puntland. UNSOM

In his video remarks, UN Secretary-General Guterres reiterated, “this has to be the decade of decisive climate action. That means trust, multilateralism and collaboration. We have a choice. Collective action or collective suicide. It is in our hands.” UNIFEED

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF sounded the alarm as new data revealed that global vaccination coverage in 2021 is the lowest in a generation leaving around 25 million children without lifesaving immunization as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to disrupt health care globally. UNTV CH