(UN News)* — Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since then, little has changed – no aid trucks have reached the region, the nearby city of El Fasher is still under siege and food prices are four times higher than other parts of the country.
(UN News)* — Children in Gaza are dying not just from hunger, but from the total collapse of the systems meant to protect them, UN agencies warned on Tuesday [].
UN News | People wait for food at a community kitchen in western Gaza City.
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With 96% of households lacking clean water, many malnourished children are not surviving long enough to receive hospital care.
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James Elder, Spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), told a media briefing in Geneva that it would be a mistake to assume that the situation was improving.
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“There’s a sense through the world’s press that things are improving,” he said. “But unless there is sustained humanitarian aid…there will be horrific results.”
He emphasised the scale of need: “When food comes in which supports 30,000 children, there are still 970,000 children not getting enough. It is a drop in the ocean.”
(United Nations)* — Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) lack territorial access to the sea, leaving them dependent on transit neighbors for a route to world markets.
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Located more than 500km from the Atlantic coast, Burkina Faso is one of 16 landlocked developing countries in Africa.
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This geographic disadvantage drives up transport costs, introduces avoidable delays, and exposes LLDCs to any political or economic instability along those corridors.
The results are stark: Average transport costs are more than twice those of neighboring coastal states.
Export opportunities shrink, foreign direct investment falls, and economic growth slows.
When a transit country is itself a developing economy—often the case—intraregional trade remains modest.
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