Africa

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has released $6 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to respond to the worst malnutrition crisis to hit the north-east Nigeria in five years. One million children under age five in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States are at risk of severe acute malnutrition.

Briefing the Security Council today on the latest developments in Central Africa, a senior United Nations official described electoral gains coupled with security setbacks, as Council members welcomed the former, expressed concern over the latter and noted the additional threat posed by financial constraints on humanitarian operations.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks for the “Africa for the Ocean” summit, in Nice, France, today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the leadership ceremony at the Ibrahim governance weekend, in Marrakech, Morocco, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Africa Dialogue Series High-level Policy Dialogue, in New York today:

In Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that the catastrophic situation there is the worst since the war began. Strikes have continued across Gaza, particularly in north Gaza, where the last remaining partially functioning hospital, Al Awda, was forced to evacuate last night.

UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo helped the country’s armed forces Wednesday respond to armed clashes in Ituri Province near a market in Fataki that caused civilians to flee. Earlier this week, they enrolled over 1,000 ex-combatants from the Zaire armed group into community reinsertion projects.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

In Chad, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Thomas Fletcher has allocated $2.5 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to urgently respond to the massive influx of refugees and returnees in the east of the country from Sudan. This brings CERF's total allocation to Chad this year to $16 million.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for Africa Day, observed on 25 May: