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Conflict, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic— three of the most powerful and toxic forces driving hunger—threaten to wipe out any progress that has been made against hunger in recent years.

People in this area have faced decades of violence by armed groups and have now, between Ebola and COVID-19, been faced with disease outbreaks for almost three straight years.

COVID-19 detection in Africa has focused on people reporting to health facilities with symptoms leading to large-scale under-reporting given the high percentage of asymptomatic cases on the continent.

With growing conflict and instability, economic collapse and the aid operation running out of money, more than everything else Yemen needs a political solution to end the war.

Around 751 women and 255 children were among the thousands of migrants and asylum seekers caught up in recent mass arrests. Children are held under inhumane conditions in these detention centres.

Support and protection for healthcare workers, provision of testing kits and oxygen, increased bed capacity in hospitals, and expansion of vaccination coverage are urgently needed to save lives.

Between January and September 2021, many of the 56,600 Haitian migrants were accompanied by children born during their journey. Migrants also arrived from Cuba, Venezuela, Asia and Africa.

UNICEF estimates that 80 per cent of the children are under five. Most are from southwestern Haiti and left two to three weeks after the August earthquake in an attempt to reach the U.S.