Daily Wrap

14 April 2022

30,000 Ukrainians returning home every day, say relief agencies

More than 870,000 people who fled abroad since the Russian invasion on 24 February, have now returned to Ukraine, UN humanitarians said in their latest emergency update, amid concerns about deteriorating food security inside the country.

Peace and Security

UNHCR/S. Masengesho

UNHCR 'firmly' opposing UK-Rwanda offshore migration processing deal

A deal reportedly made by the United Kingdom to send some migrants for processing and relocation to the Central African nation of Rwanda, are at odds with States' responsibility to take care of those in need of protection, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday.

Migrants and Refugees

UN releases $100 million to fight hunger in 6 African countries and Yemen

The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as the spillover effects of the war in Ukraine threaten to push millions even closer to famine.

Humanitarian Aid

Ocean Image Bank/Brook Peterson

Coral reefs' very survival is at stake, warns UNESCO in bid to boost resilience

The world's best-known coral reefs could be extinct by the end of the century unless we do more to make them resilient to our warming oceans.

Climate and Environment

UNDP Yemen

Yemen: 'Light at the end of the tunnel' as first nationwide truce in six years continues

A UN brokered two-month renewable truce between the warring parties in Yemen is holding, Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Thursday, providing "light at the end of the tunnel", and the possibility of a lasting peace.

Peace and Security

West Africa: WFP working to feed millions amid record hunger, rising costs

The conflict in Ukraine is driving up global food and fuel prices which is affecting efforts to feed millions in West Africa, where hunger levels have reached a 10-year high, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Thursday.

Humanitarian Aid

Africa experiencing longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections

COVID-19 cases in Africa have fallen for the past 16 weeks, and deaths have dropped during the last eight, marking the longest-running decline in infections on the continent since the start of the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

Health

General Assembly President at Palau conference, outlines key ocean health measures

Addressing the Our Ocean Conference in Palau on Thursday, the President of the UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, urged the international community to expand protective areas of the ocean, support the scientific community and tackle plastic pollution.

Climate and Environment

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