« WE WILL SEND AID I THE NEXT FEW HOURS » TO UKRAINE PRES MACRON SAID

OVER KAKHOVKA DAM WAS DESTROYED

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, RSR | Paris, Washington DC, 06/07/2023, 21:38 Time

USPA NEWS - French President, Emmanuel Macron reacted, Wednesday, June 7, the day after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, in Ukraine. "We will send aid in the next few hours to meet immediate needs", promised the French head of state, on Twitter, condemning a "heinous act which endangers the populations".
According to the French Presidency, Elysee, the Crisis Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will quickly dispatch a first convoy of around ten tonnes of products requested by Ukrainians, in terms of health, hygiene and water sanitation, including a portable cistern.

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UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 'hotspots'

Humanitarian Aid

Responsible Author: ARAC Strategic Communications | New York, 05/30/2023, 15:21 Time

ARAC Strategic Communications - Humanitarian Aid
Hunger is set to worsen in 18 “hotspots” worldwide including Sudan, where fighting is putting people at risk of starvation, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned in a report published on Monday.

Sudan, Burkina Faso, Haiti and Mali have been elevated to the highest alert level, joining Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.

Additionally, a likely El Niño – a naturally occurring climatic phenomenon that has a warming effect on ocean surface temperatures in the central and east Pacific - is also raising fears of climate extremes in vulnerable nations.

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