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Title UN humanitarian chief makes virtual visit to north-east Nigeria 27 Apr 2021 Body Ammal Alkali, who was displaced from Dara Jamal, a village in the Bama local government area, in 2014 in the wake of attacks by non-State armed groups, speaks with Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcok during the virtual visit. © OCHA/Adedeji Ademigbuji The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, recently made a two-day virtual visit to north-east Nigeria to get an update on the evolving humanitarian crisis, which is now in its 11th...

UN urges US to drop Houthi terrorist designation UN urges US to drop Houthi terrorist designation 15th Jan 2021 By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The UN urged the Trump administration on Thursday to reverse its decision to label Yemen’s Houthi [Ansar Allah]  rebels as a terror group, warning the move could exacerbate the country’s dire humanitarian crisis. The UN’s aid chief Mark Lowcok told the Security Council the decision will push the impoverished nation into “a large-scale famine on a scale that we have not seen for nearly 40 years.” Yemen, which has been locked in a civil...

UN Urges US To Drop Houthi Terrorist Designation International body's special coordinator says US plan to provide licenses to avoid follow on sanctions is insufficient. The UN urged the Trump administration on Thursday to reverse its decision to label Yemen's Houthi rebels as a terror group, warning the move could exacerbate the country's dire humanitarian crisis. The UN's aid chief Mark Lowcok told the Security Council the decision will push the impoverished nation into "a large-scale famine on a scale that we have not seen for near...