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The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) held a ceremony to mark the completion and handover of the Saemaul Zero Hunger Communities programme to the Government of Tanzania in central Dodoma Region on May 30, 2018.

Everyone living in Ghana can have adequate and nutritious food throughout the year, if there is a stronger integration between the pillars that affect food security and nutrition, under the leadership of the government, says a report launched in Accra on May 29, 2018.

On a visit to Borama town, 180 kilometres southwest of Somaliland’s capital, Hargeisa, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, is greeted by local officials who later shared with him information about the impact that Cyclone Sagar had on the community.

Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, briefs the Security Council.

Like much of what goes on in North Korea, little is truly known about Kim Yong Chol — the former spy chief who plans to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York this week.

On May 29, the Operational Committee of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa has adopted a new set of 8 programmes and 4 riders worth €294 million for the Horn of Africa region.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on the Government of Hungary to withdraw a package of laws set to be introduced in the Hungarian Parliament that would significantly restrict the ability of NGOs and individuals to support asylum-seekers and refugees. UNHCR is seriously concerned that these proposals, if passed, would deprive people who are forced to flee their homes of critical aid and services, and further inflame tense public discourse and rising xenophobic attitudes.

The Central African Republic is facing a major humanitarian crisis, Humanitarian Coordinator Najat Rochdi said during a briefing to United Nations Member States in Geneva, on May 28.

Saudi Arabia is preparing to outlaw sexual harassment, less than a month before the conservative kingdom lifts its decades-long ban on female automobile drivers.

Talks to settle the long-running dispute between Greece and Macedonia over the name Macedonia are in their final stage, the two foreign ministers said Monday.