Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: UN aid chief says there is famine - BBC News

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock has said there is famine in northern Ethiopia after the release of a UN-backed analysis of the situation.

UN Official: Conflicts Make Controlling COVID More Difficult - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – Despite last year’s UN call for global cease-fires to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, many conflicts never stopped including in Syria, Yemen and Congo and new ones erupted making it more difficult to control the spread of the virus and care for infected people in many countries.

Saudi-led coalition intensifies Yemen air raids, hits grains port | Al Jazeera

The Saudi-led military coalition has carried out dozens of air raids against what it said were Houthi military targets in Yemen’s north, including the capital Sanaa and the port of Salif on the Red Sea coast.

UN humanitarian chief calls for measures to mitigate economic woes in Yemen - Global Times

UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock on Tuesday called for measures to mitigate the economic woes in Yemen, including direct foreign exchange injection.

Massive Famine Could Threaten Opportunity for Peace in Yemen, UN Warns - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) - Top UN officials have warned that a massive famine in Yemen could wipe out fresh peace efforts in the impoverished country, which has been suffering from a brutal war imposed by Saudi Arabia for the past six years.

US to revoke terrorist designation of Houthis citing famine | Al Jazeera

The United States intends to revoke the terrorist designation for Yemen’s Houthi movement in response to the country’s humanitarian crisis, reversing one of the most criticised last-minute decisions of the Trump administration.

L'ONU alerte sur le risque de famine au Yémen - AFP

Le Yémen est "maintenant en danger imminent de la pire famine que le monde ait connue depuis des décennies", a alerté vendredi le secrétaire général de l'ONU, Antonio Guterres, avant de demander aux Etats-Unis "de ne pas faire tanguer le bateau".

Pompeo: "EE.UU. ayudará económicamente a Corea del Norte si se deshace de las armas nucleares"

El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Mike Pompeo, ha discutido con el líder norcoreano Kim Jong-un las garantías que Washington está dispuesto ofrecer a cambio de la desnuclearización del país asiático, informa AP.

Saudi-led coalition reopens 2 airports in Yemen as famine worries mount

Saudi-led alliance lifted a blockade of two key airports in Yemen, broadcaster Al Arabiya reported on Saturday, amid warnings that millions in the war-torn country could starve without deliveries of food aid.

Russia-donated grain arrives in food-short North Korea

A total of 800 tons of flour donated by Russia arrived at a North Korean port this week to help meet the North's food shortages, Radio Free Asia reported Tuesday.

Nigéria : 75 000 enfants menacés de famine imminente selon l'ONU

Selon l'Unicef, 75 000 enfants risquent de mourir de faim dans les douze prochains mois dans le nord-est du Nigeria, en raison des conditions de famine générées par les activités du groupe terroriste Boko Haram.

Syrie: les rations alimentaires seront épuisées la semaine prochaine à Alep-est

Les dernières rations alimentaires sont en train d'être distribuées aux habitants assiégés des quartiers "rebelles" d'Alep-est où l'aide n'a pas pu être acheminée depuis quatre mois, a indiqué jeudi l'ONU, en appelant les parties à autoriser la livraison d'aide humanitaire pour éviter une famine.

Le conseil de sécurité de l’ONU demande l’arrêt des sièges de villes en Syrie

L'ONU réclame la fin immédiate du siège des villes syriennes par les belligérants, dénonçant une "tactique barbare". 

A Madaya, les humanitaires estiment que la situation est alarmante avec des habitants au bord de la famine.

HRW Accuses Israel of Forcing African Migrants to Leave. (Israel said all of its actions were legal)

JERUSALEM— Human Rights Watch accused Israel on Tuesday of coercing thousands of Sudanese and Eritrean migrants to leave since last year in a report that documented alleged cases of abuse against some of those who returned home.
The rights group said Israel had denied proper asylum-seeking procedures to many of the more than 40,000 migrants still in the country, in violation of United Nations guidelines.
Israel said all of its actions were legal.