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**Addis Ababa **– The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched an emergency programme to safeguard the agricultural livelihoods of communities affected by conflict in the Tigray region, Ethiopia.The FAO Representative in Ethiopia, Fatouma S...

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT• Production of cereals in 2021 expected to reach near-record high, owing to excellent weather conditions and large plantings• Export quantities of maize forecast at above-average level in 2021/22 marketing year, underpinned by am...

Strategic SummaryCyclical patterns of erratic weather conditions, climatic causes of displacement, political instability and a rise in conflict — including due to the highly contentious election process and disputes over natural resources (land, water,...

Failure to address domestic violence in South Africa is a violation of women’s rights, independent UN experts said in a report published on Monday, citing low levels of prosecution and conviction as factors. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimi...

The new Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations, Zéphyrin Maniratanga, paid a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General António Guterres today. He earlier presented his credentials to the Secretariat on 12 March. (See Press Release BIO/5...

Minister Marais commemorates International Museum day in CeresAs we commemorate International Museum Day tomorrow, 18 May 2021, Minister Anroux Marais donated books from her personal collection to the Togryers Museum in Ceres this afternoon.Earlier thi...

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, has granted an extension until 28 May 2021 for public consultation on the Revised National Biodiversity Framework (NBF) 2019 to 2024.The draft Revised Framework was published i...

South Africa joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia under the theme “Together: Resisting, Supporting and Healing”. Government calls on everyone to play their part to ensure the s...