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Due to insufficient funding, the UN Refugee Agency is unable to adequately respond to the rising humanitarian needs of refugees and internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNHCR

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

International commission of human rights experts said that violations and abuses of international human rights, international humanitarian law, and refugee law still appear to be perpetrated with impunity by various parties to the conflict in Ethiopia. UNTV CH

The Secretary-General, António Guterres, launched today the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement, saying that the world is facing a crisis with record high numbers of people around the world displaced within their countries. UNIFEED

After witnessing the sweeping consequences of drought during a joint visit with Somalia’s drought envoy on Monday (20 Jun), the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for the Horn of Africa country called for a major scale-up in resources to prevent famine. UNSOM

On Tuesday, WFP said that food assistance to 1.7 million people in South Sudan has been suspended, citing a funding crunch and rising needs. UNTV CH

El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali, said that while the challenges in Mali are numerous and complex, “they are far from being insurmountable.” UNIFEED

Accompanying Somalia’s newly appointed Drought Envoy on his first field visit today, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official for the Horn of Africa country warned of the devastating outlook for millions of affected Somalis amidst heightened risks of famine. UNSOM

A UN spokesperson said that more than 6.4 million people have been reached in Ukraine with vital assistance since the war started on 24 February. “This includes more than 5.7 million people who have been able to put food on their table,” he added. UNIFEED

A day after visiting Maiduguri, in embattled Borno State, Secretary-General António Guterres today (4 May) met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja and said, “violence continues to cast the shadow of death over so many Nigerians,” but added that he “came out of Borno with the sense that Nigeria is able to defeat this threat.” UNIFEED