in south sudan, about 70% of the population will need food relief.er, we may be getting too caught up in conflict-affected countries and fail to recognize the magnitude across the country -- across the continent. many households are on the cusp of being food insecure. these food price increases will push them into that next crisis. >> before we move on, i want to ask for our viewers because we often use jargon and forget that not everybody uses this jargon. what do we mean by food insecure? >> food insecure is different to hunger. food insecure is the uncertainty about where your food is going to come from, being unable to access an adequate diet. often, it extends beyond base hunger and into that challenge of getting a nutritious diet, knowing where your food is going to come from and to come from and having a reliable supply. we think about food insecurity being based on, is there food available? are you able to access it? are you able to utilize the food that you get? and is that system stable? recently, there were added on another two dimensions,

south sudan at the moment have areas that have severe flooding.oad access during the rainy season is extremely difficult. for each country, there will be a specific diagnostic of how easy it is programmatically to get vaccines out. we do have the big experience of getting vaccinations out in every country across the region. in many countries, we had high rates of childhood immunization for many years, although we see in big countries like nigeria you might have higher rates around lagos, but lower rates once you get into other areas. we do have a backbone and learnings from that. we have tools developed by the world health organization and world bank that looked at country readiness to receive the vaccines, to store the vaccines, to roll out and communicate on vaccines. countries are doing self-assessment's before rolling out vaccines to remedy the areas which are weakest in terms of vaccine rollout. host: even though the world health organization has been warning that targets to vaccinate the continent would not be reached, would you agree that w

republic of the congo, from iraq to the korean peninsula to lebanon, from mozambique to somalia, from south sudan to venezuela to the western sahara and beyond. this world is too small for so many hotspots. we need a united security council, fully engaged in addressing them. geo-political divides must be managed to avoid chaos around the globe. we need to maximize areas for cooperation while establishing robust mechanisms to avoid escalation. and in all we do to secure peace, i am committed to ensuring that women are at the centre of our conflict prevention, peacemaking, and peacebuilding efforts. we know that peace efforts are more successful and sustainable when women are a full part of decision-making and mediation and peace processes. we're increasing the number of women peacekeepers. we now have more women leading our field missions than ever before, with parity among our heads or deputy heads of missions. and 40% of the peacebuilding fund focuses on gender equality and women's rights. we will continue building on this important work in the coming year. excellencies, the sheer number of conf

republic of the congo, from iraq to the korean peninsula to lebanon, from mozambique to somalia, from south sudan to venezuela to the western sahara and beyond. this world is too small for so many hotspots. we need a united security council, fully engaged in addressing them. geo-political divides must be managed to avoid chaos around the globe. we need to maximize areas for cooperation while establishing robust mechanisms to avoid escalation. and in all we do to secure peace, i am committed to ensuring that women are at the centre of our conflict prevention, peacemaking, and peacebuilding efforts. we know that peace efforts are more successful and sustainable when women are a full part of decision-making and mediation and peace processes. we're increasing the number of women peacekeepers. we now have more women leading our field missions than ever before, with parity among our heads or deputy heads of missions. and 40% of the peacebuilding fund focuses on gender equality and women's rights. we will continue building on this important work in the coming year. excellencies, the sheer number of conf

with the situation getting out of control in places like democratic republic of congo, nigeria, south sudan, and central african republic. and of contest on more than half the population is expected to face life threatening hunger this winter. food prices there have sort urgent aid is needed to save next year's harvest. and in latin america, the pandemic has pushed countries like venezuela and peru even further into food insecurity, with significant increases in poverty and hunger. the, let's now bring in a gas. joining us from cape town is jane. that is the senior directorate in the department of environmental and geographical science at the university of cape town in rome. there is a, a c, n senior economist at the united nations food and agriculture organization. and scott from new delhi is the percent hop. she's professor of economics at embed call university delhi, a variable. welcome to each of you. thank you for joining us here on inside story. i'd like to begin with you about as a, about the on just a quaint to have you as what is it that has driven food prices. so holly, well as yo

making and i've got to stand and an israel palestine that i could at columbia sher lanka, sudan and south sudan. why does a country with just 5000000 people want to perform this outsized role on the international stage? my, my expression is that in, in the world of today, nor ways what i would call a political and economic surplus nation in a world of enormous deficits. so if we can use some of our opportunities to make a difference, be here at the u. n. or some conflict where we have context and trust. it's our obligation to try. but it's a really difficult job, isn't it? in a very bleak picture, if you look back to your time, this foreign minister of foreign minister until 2012, that's a decade ago, a nearly all the conflicts you were dealing with. then whether you look at the democratic republic of congo, molly, syria, libya, they're all still there. and yet on top of that in the last year or so we have, we have a few peer, it's a really big picture, the pressing. so what we do both to redo above up, you know, do it, do we close the door and go home, or do we try to make an effort to make a

when we think of failed states, the images that come to mind are afghanistan or yemen or south sudan,nce the most glamorous country in the middle east is joining those ranks. on monday lebanon's former prime minister announced that he was suspending his 17-year political career and would not seek reelection for either himself or his party. for a man whose family has been at the center of lebanon's post-war political history, the announcement was momentous. he cited sectarianism and rising iranian influence as some of the rans for his decision, but his retreat from the political sphere would be inconceivable if not for the total collapse of lebanon's economy. in a blistering statement issued tuesday, the world bank called this one of the most severe economic collapses the world has seen since 1850. here is a picture of the collapse in data. in 2020 gdp fell by a staggering 21%, while other countries have bounced back from the initial shock of the pandemic, lebanon's gdp has further declined last year by an estimated 10.5%. what does that look like in dollars? gdp was $52 billion in 201

we traveled northeast to turkana, a remote province bordering uganda, south sudan, and ethipia, where migration has no respect for national boundaries, and increased cattle raiding is costing lives. digging for water in this dried-up river bed, these turkana women said they were constantly on the lookout for cattle raiders. >> ( translated ): two tribes from uganda are attacking us here. we don't even sleep. they might be watching us here as we speak. >> reporter: raiding has always been a part of pastoralist culture, but increasingly severe droughts are intensifying competition among rival nomadic groups. researchers estimate that just one degree of global warming will increase the likelihood of community conflict by a minimum of 17%. animosity here is already running high. >> ( translated ): the enemies are taking our animals to eat and sell them. they go get rich while leaving us poor. >> reporter: adding to the lethality of this conflict has been the growing prevalence of automatic weapons. when pastoralists started fighting with a.k.-47s in the 1970s, violence as a cause of death

south african national assembly. a man's been arrested on suspicion of arson. thousands protest against the military regime in sudanilitary says it has carried out a search operation after a man crossed the border into north korea. the circumstances of the apparent defection are unclear, but a military source said the unnamed man crossed from the demilitarised zone into the north on saturday evening. the office of south korea's joint chiefs of staff said it could not confirm whether the person was still alive. soo kim is a policy analyst at the think tank rand and a former cia analyst. she explains what could be the motivations behind this unusual incident. i think the instinctual response you would have is what was the intention of the person who is crossing, nor from north to south but the other way around? 0ne speculation i think is that it could be as the old fashion way of doing things north korean spy perhaps going back into north korea on new year's day. the other possibility i think is the south korean citizen so they say, perhaps by accident. i don't think that's also a possibility because the gmc is know

on monday, south korea said the missiles launched from near pyongyang international. airport. medics and sudan said several protesters were shot dead at demonstrations against the military coup leaders. thousands of people turned out for the largest protest in the capital cartoon. monday rallies came head of a visit by us delegation this week been to revive efforts to return the country to civilian rule. while the pacific island nation of tomba remains largely cut off from the rest of the world after saturday's volcanic eruption, and su nami disrupted key communications channels. so far there still no official confirmation of injuries, death, or serious damage in tonga. but that assessment is based on limited information coming from the isolated island at prelude to a violin interruption. on friday, the hunger turned a honda high by volcano, sent plumes of smoke and dash shooting into the sky activity that soon decreased able proved to be a brief respite. the next day, the volcano rambled to life again in an explosion so powerful. it sent shock waves around the world. before and after satellit

ok, journalist halima fired on that fire in the south african parliament reporting from cape town. thanks so much. the people of sudan are taking stock to night after their prime minister resigned. just the latest challenge in the countries rocky transition to civilian rule. abdulla ham docs that it was impossible to restore order under a power sharing agreement with the military. the prime minister had only been back in office for a few weeks after his government was previously toppled by the army last october. his resignation now leaves the man who preceded. abdullah hm dog's resignation. thousands of pro democracy demonstrators took to the streets and the weekend again, there was violence. the security forces classed with civilians and killed at least 2 people. on monday there's been relative calm and the capital as residents made sense of the news fabi that after his resignation, i feel saddam has lost an important personality that was approved both by international community and the sudanese people. shabbots have done a faulty, but i hope he will return in future as an independent and become the sudanese preside

on monday, south korea said the missiles launched from near young's international airport. medics and sudan have said several protesters were shot dead at demonstrations against military true leaders. thousands of people turned out for the largest of the protests in the capital cartoon. monday's rallies come ahead of a visit by the us delegation this week. i meant to revive efforts to return the country to civilian rule. it's a year since brazil started vaccinating people against coven 19 now, with around 70 percent of the population fully vaccinated. the campaign is seen as a success, especially for a country whose president played down the threat of pandemic. j are both noro has also played down the current on microwave, even as case number's rise. the army cron wave has hit prevail. the number of people infected has jumped dramatically despite the shortage of tasks, leaving many cases unreported. notice a little i'm running from one place to the next to try and get tested. i had contacted people who are positive with that i don't have symptom. early last year, brazil was facing an overwh

live in cape town soon where a man is in court suspected of setting fire to south africa's parliament. security forces in sudannce the prime minister resigned. and tennis star novak djokovic is heading to the australian open after being granted a medical exemption from requiring a covid vaccine. he is facing five charges. 0ne he is facing five charges. one of thoseis he is facing five charges. one of those is housebreaking. two counts of arson. possession of an explosive device. and destruction of essential infrastructure. let device. and destruction of essential infrastructure.— infrastructure. let me show you the ictures infrastructure. let me show you the pictures from _ infrastructure. let me show you the pictures from sunday. _ infrastructure. let me show you the pictures from sunday. that - infrastructure. let me show you the pictures from sunday. that was - infrastructure. let me show you the l pictures from sunday. that was when the fire started. it was huge. it pretty much destroyed the entire assembly. it was controlled until monday until the flames were reignited. winds caused the rafters to be dest

many in sudan faced starvation and depend on international aid relief such as the world food program. in south dar for 30 percent of children suffer from acute malnutrition, like her dear solomon's daughter, rosin. she's brought her to the health center where she regularly receives healthy fat and vitamin supplements with y'all. but both of us had, as on, was born exactly a year ago. um huh. when she was 6 months old, i realized she wasn't well, someone from the health center brought us in. yeah, now thankfully, she's doing better. it has them. but rosin will continue to need medical attention . her mother isn't in a position to feed her properly because of the u. n. 's world food program has thousands of tons of food stored here and our for 13000000 daily rations are piled high, made up of green oil and pulses. but security is a huge issue, just 200 kilometers from here in the city of alpha share, un warehouses containing way more food than recently compl understand this is that amount of food was taken. what you see here is around 400 metric tons of food. so if they're 10 times the amount wa

thousands protest against the military regime in sudan, the prime minister resigns urging coup leaders to move back towards democracy. police in southa maseko reports. an historic building on fire. plumes of smoke engulfing south africa's parliament. within hours, the fire tore through the complex and completely destroyed the main debating chamber. sirens. more than 60 fire fighters battling to extinguish the blaze. the damage is significant and there are fears that some parts of the structure which was built in the late 1800s could collapse. the entire parliamentary complex is severely damaged, waterlogged and smoke damaged. so there is going to be damage extensively. the roof above the old assembly chamber, the old assembly hall, is completely gone. many high—profile south african politicians, including president cyril ramaphosa, were in cape town for the funeral of archbishop desmond tutu, which took place at st george's cathedral, a block away from the parliament precinct. this is devastating news. it is a terrible and devastating event. particularly after we gave the arch what i would call the best sendoff yesterday. the minist

fire has completely destroyed the south african national assembly — a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson. thousands protest against the military regime in sudanrime minister resigns urging coup leaders to move back towards democracy. a surge in covid infections affects travel — forcing the cancellation of over four thousand flights worldwide. secondary school pupils in england are being asked to wear face masks in classrooms to reduce the spread of 0micron. and the kenyan anthropologist and conservationist, richard leakey — famous for his fossil discoveries that shed light on human evolution — has died aged 77.

south region. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. the prime minister of sudan has resigned falling bunch of political turmoil. abdullah ham dot said it was not possible for him to restore order under a power sharing agreement with the military. when the army stage a coup back in october, mister ham dock in his cabinet were detained before he was released and reinstated in november. his resignation from the transitional government leaves the military and sole control of the country. ah, under the weekend of protest is to don the quickly descended into violence at least 2 people were killed by security forces. after thousands of pro democracy demonstrators took to the streets, dozens have died in mid unrest since prime minister abdullah hum doc signed a polish m deal with the military following accruing october. but he now admits that hasn't worked out. and new thinking is needed. oh, in our local massacre, i decided to give back the responsibility and, and announced my resignation as prime minister locum to give a chance to another man. a woman of this noble cou

many in sudan faced starvation and depend on international aid relief, such as the world food program. in south dar for 30 percent of children suffer from acute mound nutrition like her dear solomon's daughter, rosin. she's brought her to the health center where she regularly receives healthy fat and vitamin supplements. it's all about buffalo as on was born exactly a year ago. uh huh. when she was 6 months old, i realized she wasn't well, someone from the health center brought us in. yeah. now thankfully, she's doing better as well. but rosin will continue to need medical attention. her mother isn't in a position to feed her properly because of the u. s. world food program has thousands of tons of food stored here and our for 13000000 daily rations are piled high, made up of green oil and pulses. but security is a huge issue, just 200 kilometers from here in the city of alpha share, un warehouses containing way more food than here were recently understand this is that amount of food was taken. what you see here is around 400 metric tons of food . so you get 10 times the amount was taken out of

restrictions and the colorful and centuries old south african tradition that is once again fallen victim to the pandemic. ah, we begin the program in sudan where the prime minister of the lam dock has resigned just over an hour ago in an address to the nation on state tv. this comes after another day of protests in which 3 people were killed. police fire to tear gas at crowds marching on the presidential palace in the capital park to. well, i'm dock made the announcement on state tv. can i own mobiles? great. needed a round table for the salvation of the country to come to an agreement. i tried to spam my country the result. and in light of this division, i met with all the components of the transitional military period to address these issues. therefore i decided to return to you what you have entrusted me and resigned the position of prime minister or more. this was joined by our reporter heber morgan, who is in cartoon for a says, so we heard from him briefly there he but remind us what else he had to say. while he mentioned a lot of things before, he announced his resignation, saying that he made some success. he achieved some succes

fire has completely destroyed the south african national assembly — a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson. thousands protest against the military regime in sudanoup leaders to move back towards democracy. the renowned kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter, richard leakey, has died at the age of 77. his discoveries were crucial in shedding light on the emergence of modern man. he then went on lead the fight against ivory poachers in kenya. the bbc�*s tim allman looks back at his life and career. richard leakey richard lea key helped richard leakey helped tell the story of where we came from but he was also concerned about where we are going. he made his name in the study of human evolution. has discoveries including the famous turkana boy skeleton helped transform our understanding of humanity. i think africa is beginning to recognise that our heritage is real. i think we are beginning to realise that blue—eyed guys like you and scandinavians all over the world are actually part of the african guysborough. —— die asper. that's power. he he was appointed head of kenya's national wildlife agency. has war against poaching symbolised by the publ

fire has completely destroyed the south african national assembly — a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson. thousands protest against the military regime in sudanhe prime minister resigns urging coup leaders to move back towards democracy. a surge in covid infections affects travel, forcing the cancellation of over four thousand flights worldwide. secondary school pupils in england are being asked to wear face masks in classrooms to reduce the spread of omicron. and the kenyan anthropologist and conservationist, richard leakey — famous for his fossil discoveries that shed light on human evolution — has died aged 77. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the south african authorities say that a massive fire inside the parliament building in cape town has completely destroyed the national assembly. police have arrested a forty—nine year old suspect, and charged him with theft and arson. the building was empty for the new year holidays and there've been no casualties. president cyril ramaphosa, who earlier visited the scene, described the fire as devastating. our correspondent nomsa maseko has more from capetown. an h

south african national assembly. a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson. two people are killed during mass anti—coup protests in sudana hospitalisation surge, due to the large number of covid cases. a surge asurge in a surge in affections affects travel. 0ver a surge in affections affects travel. over 4000 flights are cancelled worldwide. and the kenyan anthropologist and conservationist, richard leakey, famous for his fossil discoveries that shed light on human evolution, has died, aged 77.

sudan — the prime minister resigns urging coup leaders to return to democracy. america's top covid expert, antony fauci, warns there's a danger of a surge in people needing hospital treatment. a huge fire destroys southis charged with arson. this is a very sad day for our democracy because parliament is the home of our democracy.

i'm kim vanelle. sudan is again in political turmoil following the resignation of prime minister umbrella hancock and come less than 2 miles south . he was reinstated under a deal with the military. the senior military leader, general abdel father albert han is calling for an urgent caretaker government and new measures to deal with the demonstrations pro democracy group say the military should stay out of government and are planning more protests. a political deadlock between all sides has left the country unable to transition from dictatorship to democracy. since the ousting of long time rover omar bashir back in 2019. during a speech on state tv, hemlock said more talks when needed for all parties to reach agreement. what on the opposite, opposite though of one shall we needed a round table for the salvation of a country to come to an agreement. i tried to spare my country the disaster. recently i met with all the civilian and military officials of the transitional council to adjust his issues on monday after i decided to return to you were to of entrusted to me and resigned the position of prime minister ross. well, let's ta

south african national assembly. a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson. two people are killed during mass anti—coup protests in sudanand in the last half an hour, the country's beleagured prime minister abdullah hamdok resigns. us medical chief dr fauci warns of the danger of a hospitalisation surge, due to the large number of covid cases. a surge asurge in a surge in affections affects travel. over 4000 flights are cancelled worldwide. and the kenyan anthropologist and conservationist, richard leakey, famous for his fossil discoveries that shed light on human evolution, has died, aged 77. in football, a thriller between chelsea and liverpool in the premier league — but no winner as the game ends 2—2 at stamford bridge. hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the south african authorities say that a massive fire inside the parliament building in cape town has completely destroyed the national assembly. police have arrested a 49—year—old suspect, and charged him with theft and arson. the building was empty for the new year holidays, and there've been no casualties. president cyril ramapho

implemented the emergency relief and recovery programs with southern sudan and sierra leone and the thomas watson fellow, archbishop desmond tutu in south africa. the piece justice office and township community. i would like to welcome our witness and you may begin. mike gonzalez. >> thank you. ranking member stiff, ranking member wilson and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity. peace and prosperity in africa benefit the united states. almost half of the world's 34 armed conflict in 2020 were on the african continent. to take away from critical public services, there is a clear trend of conflict being cured by deficient governance. with limited resources permitting the state from delivering the conditions or opportunities people expect. highlights of unemployment exacerbate instability with vulnerability to extremist messaging and recruitment under promise of a better life. more predatory actions like corruption, human rights abuses, with political oppression and inflamed grievances, among groups and against the state. by exploiting rather than serving people government push communities towards conflict. without an

implemented the emergency relief and recovery programs in southern sudan and sierra leone and as a fellow, he worked under archbishop desmond tutu in south africa and as a liaison between the church justice office and township communities. i'd like to welcome the witness, and you may begin. your microphone is off. a. >> thank you so much. ranking member smith, wilson and subcommittee thank you for the opportunity to testify. peace and prosperity directly benefit the united states. unfortunately, however, almost half of the world's 34 armed conflicts in 2020 beyond the loss of life and livelihoods conflicts take resources away from critical public sources and development efforts. while each conflict is different, there is a clear trend with deficient governance. in some cases, weak capacity and limited resources prevent the state from delivering the conditions or opportunities people expect. with high rates of unemployment, these exacerbate in the stability and increase young people's vulnerability to the messaging and recruitment under the promise of ahe better life. in the case is more predatory government actions such as corruption, hu

and a man is arrested in south africa in connection with a fire that destroyed the parliament building in cape town. ah, thank you very much for joining as we begin in sudan, where prime minister abdullah ham dock has announced his resignation, throwing the country deeper into political uncertainty. he was arrested in october after military takeover, but then read fated when he signed an agreement with general abdel for to albert hon. but hm. dog's been unable to form a government and says political deadlock, threatened sudan survival, heber morgan reports 2 weeks after the news of his intention to resign emery's and amidst a dead log between sedans, political parties, prime minister of the lamb, duke announced he was stepping down from his position, what omar was it, despite my efforts to achieve the necessary consensus to be able to deliver to our people on the promise of peace, justice and no bloodshed fed did not happened during the past few days. i met with all the civilian and military officials of the transitional council to explain and put the put shortage and historic responsibility in front of them. and following what i stated, i have decided to

south africa and the u.k., where infections dropped first. a court in germany gives a life sentence to a former syrian colonel for his role in mass torture during the civil war. in sudanousands have taken to the streets in another round of pro-democracy protests. we will hear from our senior africa correspondent. britain's security services issues a warning. a chinese agent has been trying to influence the country lawmakers. the very latest gripping the world of sport. novak djokovic makes the draw for the australian open, but could he be deported before he even plays? >> welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we start in britain. buckingham palace has announced prince andrew is returning his royal and military titles to the queen. he will no longer be referred to as his royal highness. it comes a day after prince andrews lawyers failed to persuade a judge in america to dismiss a civil lawsuit, accusing him of sexually abusing a teenager two decades ago. the duke of york has consistently denied the allegations. he will defend a civil court case has a private citizen. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. >> it was a day to take stock. for and

fire has completely destroyed the south african national assembly — a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson. thousands protest against the military regime in sudanlassrooms to reduce the spread of omicron. and the kenyan anthropologist and conservationist, richard leakey — famous for his fossil discoveries that shed light on human evolution — has died aged 77.

emergency relief recovery programs inn southern sudan and sierra leone and a thomas watson fellow he worked under archbishop desmond tutu in cape town south africa and between the peace and justice office and township communities. i'd like to welcome the witnesses, and you may begin. mike gonzalez. >> thank you so much. members of the subcommittees, thank youu for this opportunity to testify. peace and prosperity directly benefit the united states. unfortunately, however, half of thelf world's 34 armed conflicts in 2020 and the continent beyond the loss of life and likelihood conflict take resources away from critical public services and development efforts. conflict is different there is a clear trend of conflict being fueled by polar were deficient governments. weak capacity and limited resources prevent the state from delivering the conditions or the opportunities people expect. with high rates of unemployment, they exacerbate the instability and increase vulnerability to extremist recruitment under the promise of a better life. in the case is more predatory government actions such as corruption, human rights abuses and political oppre