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Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth is projected to reach 3.1 percent in 2018, and to average 3.6 percent in 2019–20, says Africa’s Pulse, a bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies conducted by the World Bank, released today. WORLD BANK

British ambassador Karen Pierce said it was clear the world stood “on the cusp of a nightmare where weapons of mass destruction are used with impunity, where our citizens live in real fear of an indiscriminate attack at any time and without warning.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) cleared landmines at a health care centre in Lobonok, South Sudan for local residents to access medical service. UNMISS

The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General today honoured those who suffered the Transatlantic slave trade, and pledged to “remain forever vigilant” to “lift all lives and fight against forced labour and other horrendous abuses that have no place in our world.” UNIFEED

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said the Security Council could “help prevent famine ever occurring again” adding that hunger was the “clear corollary to the vicious cycle of displacement and conflict.” UNIFEED

UN human rights expert called for “immediate international assistance” on human rights violations in Kasai region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). OHCHR / FILE

Following his visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last week, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, briefed the Security Council on the situation of the 4.5 million people displaced in the DRC. UNIFEED / FILE

The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) today expressed deep concerns about alarming reports from Afrin in north western Syria about civilian deaths and injuries due to airstrikes and ground-based strikes, as well as reports that civilians are being prevented from leaving Afrin city by Kurdish forces. UNTV CH

The United Nations (UN) called on the Mexican authorities to take urgent action to eradicate femicide—a crime that claims every day at least 7.5 lives in Mexico. UNIC MEXICO

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, has told delegates at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland that “the establishment of a renewed just and democratic polycentric world order” is facing major threats and challenges, which require collective engagement and the pooling of our capacities. UNTV CH