The UN is “underfunded, overstretched and under attack”, Tom Fletcher, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, has said.
Trachoma has been known in Senegal since the early 1900s.
The U.S. and South Sudan authorities have not disclosed what will happen to the men upon their arrival in the African nation.
The main drivers of displacement remain large conflicts like Sudan, Myanmar and Ukraine, and the continued failure to stop the fighting.
“Chad has no planes to offer, no billions of dollars to give but Chad has his dignity and pride,” he said.
The head of the Catholic Church met Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican.
The death toll from a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,085, with 4,715 people injured and 341 reported missing.
More than 60 per cent of these killings occurred in countries experiencing conflict – the highest percentage in over a decade, according to UNESCO’s new data.
Over 10,000 acres of monsoon paddy have been submerged in Kyonpyaw township of Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region in recent days.
Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was hopeful the Paris Olympics, which will be underway on Friday, would be an occasion for truces in the world’s conflicts.
