Rio de Janeiro, 24 July 2024 (FAO)* –Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today [24 July 2024] by five United Nations specialized agencies.
By Daniel Johnson and Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer
(UN News)* —Gazans uprooted by the Israeli military’s latest evacuation orders have fled their shelters and homes “running for their lives”, with barely any belongings and little idea where they will end up, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday [].
In Khan Younis, the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) reported witnessing “thousands of people fleeing” westwards as part of the exodus from the enclave’s southern city amid ongoing hostilities, leaving children traumatized and crying uncontrollably.
(UN News)* — Soaring summer temperatures in Europe and Central Asia are killing nearly 400 children a year according to new analysis of the latest available data by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released on Wednesday [].
UNICEF revealed that 377 children died in 2021 based on data from 23 countries across the vast region. Heat-related illnesses claimed the lives of half of those vulnerable youngsters in the first year of their lives.
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