Famine looms in Somalia, but many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble

The number of people facing life-threatening levels of hunger worldwide without immediate humanitarian aid, is expected to rise steeply in coming weeks, the UN said on Wednesday, in a new alert about looming famine in the Horn of Africa and beyond.

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World has ‘gambled on fossil fuels and lost’, warns Guterres

17 Jun 2022

The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount of resources, such as fossil fuels, will only deliver a “permanent triple whammy of inflation, climate chaos and conflict”, the UN chief warned on Friday.

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‘Surprise’ early heatwave in Europe, harbinger of things to come

17 Jun 2022

Sweltering conditions in Europe have come earlier than expected this year but the bad news is, they’re the shape of things to come.

Urgent support needed for 14,000 who fled following Burkina Faso massacre

17 Jun 2022

In Burkina Faso, UN humanitarians on Friday appealed to the international community for help, after attacks by armed groups forced thousands to flee their homes in the east of the country.