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Department Press Briefing – January 23, 2023

January 24, 2023January 25, 2023User2

MR PRICE: Good afternoon. Happy Monday. Good afternoon to everyone. It’s quite a full briefing room. I was joking with my colleague that I have a hard out today at 5:00 p.m. – (laughter) – so we’ll make good use of our time. Just one announcement at the top, and then we’ll turn to your questions. […]

Warsaw Ghetto’s defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies in a book recently rediscovered on a library shelf

January 24, 2023January 25, 2023User2

Eighty years ago, a group of starving Jewish scientists and doctors in the Warsaw Ghetto were collecting data on their starving patients. They hoped their research would benefit future generations through better ways to treat malnutrition, and they wanted the world to know of Nazi atrocities to prevent something similar from ever happening again. They […]

Rounding Off Africa Tour, China’s Top Diplomat Visits Egypt

January 15, 2023January 30, 2023User2

China’s chief diplomat was in Cairo Sunday for talks with Egyptian and Arab League officials, marking his last stop in a multi-leg trip to Africa that aims to consolidate Beijing’s footprint across the resource-rich continent. Foreign Minister Qin Gang met separately with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit. He also […]

Expanded US Training for Ukraine Forces Begins in Germany

January 15, 2023January 30, 2023User2

The U.S. military’s new, expanded combat training of Ukrainian forces began in Germany on Sunday, with a goal of getting a battalion of about 500 troops back on the battlefield to fight the Russians in the next five to eight weeks, said Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Milley, who plans […]

Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: Mediators meet to bolster peace agreement

December 31, 2022January 1, 2023User2

ADDIS ABABA, Mediators between Ethiopia’s federal government and authorities in the Tigray region, embroiled until last month in a brutal war, are stepping up efforts to enforce a truce as relations between the two sides inch closer towards normality. The Nov 2 ceasefire quietened a two-year conflict that killed tens of thousands and displaced […]

World Vision: Global Hunger Response Situation report #6 (December 2022)

December 31, 2022January 1, 2023User2

This is the sixth situation report released by the Global Hunger Response (GHR) highlighting key concerns and ongoing impact as of the end of November 2022 for GHR’s 26 countries of highest alert. As we close 2022, nearly 1 million people across six countries (i.e. Somalia, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Haiti, South Sudan, Yemen) are already […]