Briefing on behalf of the UN chief, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, painted a grim picture of civilian executions, arbitrary arrests, detentions, forced displacement and sexual violence against children, on a massive scale, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. She also spoke of “brutal attacks” in Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen, where 20 million people are living “face-to-face” with hunger. “We are in uncharted waters”, she said, with the “sheer scale of humanitarian needs” never greater. This year the UN and its partners are seeking to assist 160 million people – its highest number ever. […]
Month: July 2021
ServiceMax Acquires LiquidFrameworks to Advance Field Service Management Solutions In the Energy Sector
Brings purpose-built field service management solution and domain expertise to meet unique challenges in oil and gas, industrial and environmental service PLEASANTON, Calif., July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ServiceMax, the leader in asset-centric field service management, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LiquidFrameworks, a leading mobile field operations management solutions company specializing […]
FAO focuses on strengthening One Health preparedness and response capacity and capabilities in Africa
National One Health platforms discuss about lessons learnt and best practices on the operationalization of the Joint Risk Assessment tool during a two-day meeting 8 July 2021–Health challenges at the human-animal-environment interface, such as zoonotic diseases (for example, avian influenza, rabies, Ebola, and Rift Valley fever) as well as food-borne diseases and antimicrobial resistance account […]
Desert Locust: Current upsurge (2019–2021), 15 Jul 2021
2018 Cyclones in May and October brought heavy rains that gave rise to favourable breeding conditions in the Empty Quarter of the southern Arabian Peninsula for at least nine months since June. As a result, three generations of breeding occurred that was undetected and not controlled. 2019 JANUARY: the first swarms left the Empty Quarter […]
Response Capacities Stretched with Hasty Return of 40,000 Ethiopian Migrants
Ethiopia – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is urgently appealing for funds to respond to the needs of 40,000 Ethiopian migrants returning from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Over 30,000 have arrived in Ethiopia over the last two weeks, at the rate of over 2,600 people a day. More than 20,400 (68 per cent) […]
Desert Locust situation update 15 July 2021
SWARMS CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST ETHIOPIA OVERVIEW. Important Desert Locust infestations persist in the Horn of Africa where intensive aerial control operations are continuing against immature swarms in northwest Somalia and, to a lesser extent, in northeast Ethiopia where a few swarms are present along the eastern escarpment of the northern highlands in eastern Amhara and […]