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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, is in Bangladesh for a five-day visit to discuss the needs of Rohingya refugees and support for the country that hosts them. UNHCR

United Kingdom Ambassador James Kariuki told reporters that violence is increasing in Darfur, adding that “this is the second time in five months that the Kreinik town has seen a deadly wave of attacks.” UNIFEED

One month into the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency food assistance to one million people in the country and has built systems able to deliver food at scale to communities in need. WFP

The UN refugee agency (UNCHR) is mobilizing resources to respond as quickly and effectively as possible to people fleeing military offensive in Ukraine. UNHCR

According to the World Food Programme, almost all households headed by women in Afghanistan are not getting enough food. WFP

Yemen is spiraling into a catastrophe as humanitarian funding dries up, forcing the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to scale back food assistance to millions of hungry families, WFP Executive Director David Beasley warned as he ended a two-day visit to the conflict-ravaged country. WFP

A delegation of senior UN and NGO representatives of the Emergency Directors Group of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) is currently in Afghanistan on a five-day mission to see first-hand the humanitarian situation on the ground and observe the ongoing aid response to the dire situation in Afghanistan. OCHA

The World Food Programme’s top official in East Africa said his organization was proceeding on a “no regrets basis” in response to the drought in the region which has been causing “massive loss of livestock, failed crops, and people are being forced to move from their homes in search of humanitarian assistance.” UNIFEED / FILE

The Horn of Africa is experiencing the driest conditions recorded since 1981, with severe drought leaving an estimated 13 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia facing severe hunger in the first quarter of this year, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today. WFP