March 6, 2022

UN Asking for $205 Million for Northern Ethiopian Displaced

The U.N. Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is appealing for $205 million for assistance to more than 1.6 million people displaced by conflict in northern Ethiopia.The conflict, which began 16 months ago in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region has spread to the neigh…

Crisis in Ukraine Drives Food Prices Higher Around World

The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — a country long known as the “breadbasket of Europe” because of the prodigious amounts of wheat, corn and other cereal grains that it produces — will extend far beyond Europe, wreaking havoc on global food su…