This is the News in Brief, with the following top stories on Tuesday, 29 March 2022:

- Ukraine war could create widespread food insecurity, warns FAO
- UN’s atomic watchdog chief in Ukraine to support nuclear power plants
- Dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms

Audio: Daniel Johnson, UN News - Geneva
Photo: Canoes have become the only means of transport for residents of Old Fangak, South Sudan. © UNHCR/Samuel Otieno

News in Brief - 29 March 2022 - Ukraine war, food insecurity, and South Sudan flooding

Two arson attacks which followed weeks of protests forced UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA to temporarily close its compound in East Jerusalem on Thursday.

The developments are part of a wider campaign to undermine the agency, said Senior Communications Manager Jonathan Fowler.

He spoke to UN News’s Ezzat El-Ferri about these incidents, intimidation of UNRWA staff, and their commitment to stay and deliver amid the war in Gaza and rising violence in the West Bank.

Audio credit: Ezzat El-Ferri, UN News
Photo caption: As the largest humanitarian organization in the Gaza Strip, UNRWA continues to provide aid to displaced people.
Photo credit: © UNRWA

Fiery rhetoric sparks ‘real flames’ at UNRWA East Jerusalem office

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Fiery rhetoric sparks ‘real flames’ at UNRWA East Jerusalem office

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