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Up to 4 million Zimbabweans face hunger because of poor harvests during a harsh drought induced by El Nino weather, as the government declares a state of national disaster and appeals for food aid. Mana Rabiee reports.
Up to 4 million Zimbabweans face hunger because of poor harvests during a harsh drought induced by El Nino weather, as the government declares a state of national disaster and appeals for food aid. Mana Rabiee reports.
The UN's head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warns that drought-ravaged Somalia was on the brink of famine and time was running out to save lives. SOUNDBITE
The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimates -- up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease. The World Health Organization's long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused by the pandemic -- including lives lost to its knock-on effects -- finally puts a number on the broader impact of the crisis. SOUNDBITE
Bogota, Sep 1 (EFE).- Colombia on Wednesday began the face-to-face biometric registration of the more than 1.2 million Venezuelans who have accepted the Special Protection Statute.The registration seeks to regulate the situation of the enormous exodus from the neighboring country that has arrived in recent years. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: VENEZUELANS GO TO COLOMBIAN MIGRATION WORKERS TO CARRY OUT THEIR BIOMETRIC REGISTRATION, CONSISTING OF FINGERPRINTS, FACE PHOTOGRAPHY AND SIGNATURE, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.