UN • 2023-05-24

UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa

With “crisis atop of crisis” threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, the international community cannot afford to stand idly by, Secretary-General António Guterres said at a pledging event to raise $7 billion for the region, held at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday. 

UN • 2023-05-22

Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished

Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity, and insecurity, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.

Telegraph • 2023-05-23

There are 50 million modern slaves in the world – this is how they’re exploited

Slavery is still occurring at scale across the world. Six of the ten countries with the largest estimated numbers of victims are G20 nations