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Conflict and displacement, compounded by extreme weather events, has led to increased protection needs for thousands of affected refugees, internally displaced people and members of host communities. This is a summary of what was said by Grainne Ohara, Director of the Division of International Protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about the ongoing violence and insecurity in northern Mozambique. Conflict and displacement, compounded by extreme weather events has led…

In the Somali region, 930,000 people need emergency and reproductive health support and more than 565,000 have reduced access to protection services, including women, children and GBV survivors. GODE, Ethiopia – “When I saw my baby’s hand coming out, I ran for our lives. We traveled nearly 90 km to the nearest health facility… We are both lucky to be alive.” Ayan Abadi Wali, 24, was recovering from a lifesaving cesarean-section delivery at the general hospital in Gode, a town in Ethiopia’s Somali region which has been one of the hardest hit by the worst drought in four decades. Ms…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited gas-producing ally Algeria for talks Tuesday as Europe jockeys to secure alternative energy supplies in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Algeria is a major gas supplier to Europe, providing 11 percent of its imports, compared with 47 percent from Russia. Algiers abstained when the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution in March demanding Russia immediately withdraw from Ukraine. “We very much appreciate Algeria’s considered, objective and balanced position on the Ukrainian question,” Lavrov told journalists after meeting his counterpart Ramtane Lamamra and President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. Italy, Spain and other European Union…

Borussia Dortmund completed a busy day of transfer activity on Tuesday by signing Germany forward Adeyemi from Austrian champion Salzburg to soften the blow of losing its star player to Manchester City. The Bundesliga club said the 20-year-old Adeyemi signed a contract through June 2027 after completing a medical examination in earlier in the day. “Adeyemi is a highly talented, young German international who through his strong finishing and incredible pace will make a valuable addition to our attacking play,” Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc said. Sebastian Kehl, who will take over from Zorc next season, noted that Adeyemi was…

Faced with the climate emergency and the drought that affects the planet, particularly the African continent, many heads of state are meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast to adopt measures to help people gain access to water and the resources needed to conserve their land. As the conference holds, a new report from the World Meteorological Organization says the world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international global warming agreements are trying to prevent. An international team of weather scientists who compiled the study say there’s a 93 percent chance that the world will set a record for hottest year by…

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Ghana Water Company are demanding over 130% increment in utility tariffs. In a separate proposal from the companies to Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), they indicated that the increment will help their respective companies stay afloat. ECG has based its demand on the Distribution Service Charges (DSC). The result of ECG’s tariff proposal for the next five years shows an approximately 148% increase on the current DSC1 in 2022 and an average increase of 7.6% year on year from 2023 to 2026. “The financial sustainability of the Electricity Company of Ghana is important…

Asked by Mr Sherborne if she respects other people’s privacy, Vardy replied: “Yes, I do.” Rooney’s barrister then referred to an interview Vardy gave to the News Of The World in 2004, in which she revealed details of a claimed sexual encounter with pop star Peter Andre. The barrister read excerpts from the article, in which it was claimed Andre had managed “just five minutes of sex with Rebekah” and in which she said he had “the smallest trouser equipment I’ve ever seen”, that was like a “miniature chipolata”. He asked Vardy if giving the interview was “respectful” of Andre.…

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Defense Minister Margarita Robles and several supporters of Catalonian independence were among those targeted by the spyware, developed by an Israeli surveillance company called NSO Group. Spain’s National Intelligence Centre (CNI) has been criticized for its role in spying on Catalan separatists and taking a full year to discover that the handsets of the prime minister and key defense and security officials had been breached, possibly by a foreign power. During a closed-door parliamentary hearing last week, CNI director Paz Esteban admitted that she had given permission for her agency to hack the phones of several…

Somalia’s government has asked the International Monetary Fund, IMF, to extend its financial support by three months to August 17th. In February the IMF warned that Somalia’s delayed legislative and presidential elections risked the renewal of the three-year budget support program worth nearly $400 million. Presidential elections have now been set for May 15th. IMF’s mission head, Laura Jaramillo, acknowledged the request but did not clarify whether the automatic expiration of the program will be extended. The conclusion of negotiations for renewal of the program is also a required part of a deal to slash Somalia’s debt from more than…

Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year. Almost 17 500 cases of measles were recorded in the African region between January and March 2022, marking a 400% increase compared with the same period in 2021. Twenty African countries reported measles outbreaks in the first quarter of this year, eight more than that in the first three months of 2021. Outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases have also become more common. Twenty-four countries confirmed outbreaks of a variant of polio in 2021, which is four more than in 2020. In 2021, 13 countries reported new…