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Europe 

Ukraine-Russia: Extension of grain export deals vital to global food security

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Martin Griffths, the UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed ambassadors on the eve of the expiration of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has allowed nearly 25 million metric tonnes of foodstuff from Ukraine to reach global markets.  The accord was signed in Türkiye in July 2022, in parallel with a Memorandum of Understanding on Russian food and… Read More
Pacific 

Funding drought forces UN food agency to cut rations in Afghanistan

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The World Food Programme (WFP) appealed for urgent funding for its operations in the country, where families are battling crisis after crisis, including growing hunger, since the Taliban takeover of 2021. Catastrophic hunger could become widespread across Afghanistan, and unless humanitarian support is sustained, hundreds of thousands more people will need assistance to survive, the agency said in an alert.… Read More
Pacific 

DPR Korea: UN chief strongly condemns ballistic missile launch

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Strongly condemning DPRK’s Thursday launch of an intercontinental-range missile, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his calls on Pyongyang to immediately desist from taking any further destabilizing actions. News reports said the missile was fired just hours before the start of a Japan-Republic of Korean summit in Tokyo, on regional security – the first such meeting between the leaders of the… Read More
Africa 

Burundi announces first polio outbreak in more than 30 years

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Heath authorities said there was a confirmed case in an unvaccinated four-year-old child in Isale district, in western Burundi, as well as two other children with whom he had been in contact “Additionally, five samples from environmental surveillance of wastewater confirmed the presence of the circulating poliovirus type 2”, said a press release issued by the World Health Organization (WHO).… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

One of African tech’s trailblazers launches Collate Africa, a platform to improve election transparency in Nigeria

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In 2016, back when few people were familiar with Nigeria’s tech space, Oo Nwoye was featured in a fireside chat with Y Combinator in Nigeria. Since then, he’s grown to be one of the most influential people in Nigeria’s tech space. After 7 years of acting in mostly advisory roles for startups, he’s partnered now getting his hands dirty with… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Factory Underground Records Presents Debut Single “16” From Hulu’s “Life and Beth” Actor Violet Young

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Factory Underground Records Presents Debut Single “16” From Hulu’s “Life and Beth” Actor Violet Young – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Saturday, March 18, 2023 · 622,919,088 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS… Read More
Africa 

Malawi : sniffer dogs added to search party as death toll hits 326

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As the search for dead bodies in Blantyre, Malawi continues, local authorities have brought on search dogs to support a team of soldiers and local people. “The search for dead bodies is faster today than yesterday because of the sniffer dogs that have come. We are able to see what is happening because of the dogs,” explains Kondwani Chilimba, relative to… Read More
Africa 

Central Sahel: Lives of 10 million children on the line as conflict rages

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“Brutal” armed conflict has left 10 million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in need of humanitarian assistance – more than double the number in 2020, UNICEF warned in a new report. And hostilities spilling over into neighbouring countries, are putting an extra four million children at risk. “The conflict may not have clear boundaries, there may not be headline-grabbing battles,… Read More
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