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UN agencies call for urgent action to avert famine risk in 20 ‘hunger hotspots’

Posted on by News Agency nabakhabar
23
Mar

Famine is already on the doorstep of millions of families in 20 countries, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday in a report that calls for urgent action to avert rising hunger due to factors such as conflict, climate extremes and the COVID-19 pandemic. Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria top the list, according to the Hunger Hotspots Report published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and […]

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Urgent action needed on Bosnia migrant camps, says human rights chief

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11
Dec

A senior European human rights envoy has called for urgent action to improve the conditions for thousands of migrants and refugees in Bosnia ahead of the Balkan winter. In a letter to Bosnian officials, the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner, Dunja Mijatovic, warned that a humanitarian crisis was imminent in the northwest of the […]

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