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UN officials have urged international support to help Zimbabwe address the impacts of El Niño that is threatening 7.6 million people with acute hunger. More than half the harvest has been destroyed.

Ethiopia is grappling with its deadliest landslide to date, with 236 confirmed fatalities as of 30 July. The toll is expected to rise as rescue operations continue, exacerbated by subsequent mudslides.

The bad news is that we see that children are not coming back — at least not in the volumes we would like to see. And the particularly bad news is that girls are not coming back as much as boys are.

“It is not too late to stop famine from spreading...” said WFP's McCain. “To save lives and prevent widespread starvation in Sudan, we must be able to reach all areas where people are in need.”

About 2,700 Yazidis remain missing, including around 1,300 who were children at the time of their abduction, according to estimates. More than 3,500 Yazidis have been rescued, including 2,000 children.

WHO spokesperson said a ceasefire would be “the best” solution, before calling at the very least for the enclave’s roads to be kept clear and for safe access for medical and other relief supplies.

The floods pose a risk to children’s health beyond death and injury, compromising safe water supplies and increasing risks of disease and diarrhoea outbreaks leading to dehydration and malnutrition.

Catastrophic flooding, extreme storms, and two earthquakes produced overall losses of roughly $120 billion while the number of fatalities connected with natural disasters was lower than past years.