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Africa: U.S. UN Ambassador – On Tackling Covid, Conflict and Climate
allAfrica, 8 August 2023
The United States this month holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. As she occupies the chair, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thoman… Read more »
Tackling Covid, Conflict, Climate, Food Cost - Thomas-Greenfield
The United States this month holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. As she occupies the chair, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thoman Greenfield, has named food security and human rights as central issues she wants to promote. Late last week, AllAfrica's Tami Hultman talked to her about those priorities as they affect Africa. The Ambassador emphasized U.S. support for African taking the lead in addressing their own problems and commended the innovation and resilience she has seen across Africa
The UN Security Council meeting on famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity.
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Africa: Clock Is Ticking for Food Security in Africa, Says New IITA Head
IPS, 2 August 2023
"My key message is really simple," says Dr Simeon Ehui, the newly-appointed director general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, which works with partners… Read more »
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U.S. Mission to the UN, 3 August 2023
U.S.-Led Effort Results in First Security Council Product Addressing Food Insecurity in Years Read more »
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State Department, 3 August 2023
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. We’re here today and using our presidency of the Security Council this month to focus in on the rising… Read more »
InFocus
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Global food prices rose for the first time in months following the collapse of the landmark agreement to ship grain from war-torn Ukraine to the rest of the world, the UN Food and ... Read more »
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"Global food systems are broken - and billions of people are paying the price," according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. He was addressing the UN Food Read more »
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Funding constraints mean that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to limit emergency aid to only 6.2 million of the most vulnerable people in need across West A Read more »
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Africa has the necessary partnerships and technologies to eradicate hunger, along with the natural resources and the policies required to tackle poverty and hunger - but these ... Read more »
