UN aid chief succession in focus amid exploding humanitarian crises
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has yet to name a permanent replacement for the global body’s aid chief who departs for health reasons on Friday, drawing criticism at a time of record global needs. Martin Griffiths, a British former diplomat who helped broker the Black Sea Grains deal between Ukraine and Russia and […]
UN aid chief to Ethiopia on famine in Tigray: “Get those trucks moving”
United Nations Reuters United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday he assumes famine has taken hold in Ethiopia’s Tigray where a nearly three-month long “de-facto blockade” has restricted aid deliveries to 10 per cent of what is needed in the war-torn region. Griffiths told Reuters during an interview that his request was simple: […]