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West Africa and Sahel: Food insecurity, malnutrition, set to reach 10-year high

PNP DeskApril 18, 2023September 11, 202406 mins

For the first time in the Sahel, 45,000 people are at risk of experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger, or one step away from famine, they said. The majority, 42,000, are in Burkina Faso and Mali, where violent unrest in some areas has hampered the delivery of humanitarian aid. The combined effects of conflict, climate…

UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed’ over deaths of nine Palestinians in West Bank raid

PNP DeskJanuary 26, 2023September 9, 202404 mins

Tor Wennesland described the deaths – during an intense gun battle at a refugee camp in the city of Jenin – which included militants and reportedly, an elderly woman, as another “stark example” of the escalation in violence. The Israeli military said that troops were involved in an operation at daybreak to arrest Islamic Jihad…