Watch more on the meeting from VOA State Department Correspondent Cindy Saine:īlinken Singles Out Russia for 'Assault' on Global Food Supply Security Council meeting he chaired on global food insecurity.īlinken Criticizes Russia for Impact of War on Global Hunger He also called out Russia for the consequences of its war in Ukraine on that country and global hunger during a U.N. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $362 million in new funding on Thursday to tackle drivers of food insecurity and enhance resilience in nearly a dozen African countries and Haiti. West African Military Chiefs Draw Up Intervention Plan as Niger Talks Falterīlinken announces millions to combat food insecurity says Simão is “trying to make the case for the peaceful resolution of the situation and for the restoration to power of the elected president, Mohamed Bazoum.” West Africa envoy Leonardo Santos Simão has been to Ghana and Mali and is in touch with ECOWAS. The United Nations continues to carry out humanitarian operations in the country, resuming some aid flights this week. West African regional bloc ECOWAS’s Sunday deadline to return Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum to power is approaching, but there appears to be no movement to get soldiers from the presidential guard to comply. Niger military refuses to hand back power Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch.
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