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UN warns of worsening drought in Horn of Africa in four decades
NAIROBI, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations top relief official has warned of the worsening drought in the Horn of Africa region which has already affected more than 18 million people across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya.
Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean security guard Edwin Dapi was already struggling to provide for his wife and four children before a conflict 11,000 km (6,800 miles) away in Ukraine sent global prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertilizer soaring.
2 million children risk starving to death in Horn of Africa: U.N. aid chief
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that close to 2 million children risk starving to death as the Horn of Africa faces one of its worst droughts in decades.
Ukraine urges U.N. to be guarantor of safe corridor from Mariupol steel plant
(Reuters) -Ukraine denied on Monday reaching an agreement with Russia on evacuating civilians from a steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol, and pushed for the United Nations to be the "initiator and guarantor" of any such deal.
U.N. chief Guterres heading to Turkey ahead of Moscow, Kyiv visits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Ankara before heading to Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and then to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a U.N. statement said on Saturday.
U.N. chief calls for four-day humanitarian pause in fighting in Ukraine
(Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for a four-day Orthodox Easter humanitarian pause in fighting in Ukraine to allow for the safe passage of civilians to leave areas of conflict and the delivery of humanitarian aid to hard-hit areas.
No Ukraine humanitarian ceasefires soon, possibly in coming weeks -U.N. aid chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Humanitarian ceasefires between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Ukraine are not on the horizon right now, but may be possible in a couple of weeks, the U.N. aid chief said on Monday.
Russian warship sinks; Ukraine says its missile is responsible
KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia said its lead warship in the Black Sea sank on Thursday after an explosion and fire that Ukraine claimed was caused by a missile strike, dealing a blow to Moscow as it readied for new attacks that were likely to determine the conflict's outcome.
Ukraine humanitarian truce doesn't seem possible at moment, U.N. chief says
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine does not seem possible at the moment, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.
Russia's Lavrov: Biden's comment on Putin shows some have issue with conscience
(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that comments made by U.S. President Joe Biden about Vladimir Putin show some in the West have issues with their conscience.
