Yemen, Gaza, Egypt-Ethiopia.

Today's three stories you should know.

Yemen

Another hunger crisis slipping under the radar. Half of all children under five in Yemen are suffering from acute malnutrition, the U.N. said, issuing a warning that the situation is likely to get worse without intervention. Ramesh Rajasingham, a director at the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told the U.N. Security Council that more than 17 million people do not have enough food and that women and children are bearing the brunt of the crisis. “Humanitarian assistance can keep people alive but only a political solution can make them safe,” Rajasingham said.

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Gaza

South Sudan has denied it is in talks with Israel about taking in Palestinians ethnically cleansed from Gaza. The Associated Press reported the negotiations based on six sources familiar with them. The Israelis declined to comment. It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted to “allow the population to leave” ahead of a planned offensive on Gaza City. Previous reports said Israel had explored similar plans with Somalia, Sudan and the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland. South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, is short of cash and needs powerful allies. It also wants US President Donald Trump to lift a travel ban and remove sanctions on top officials.

More from Middle East Eye here.

Egypt-Ethiopia

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has said he will “take all measures” to protect his country’s water supply, in a clear reference to Ethiopia announcing it has completed construction of a mammoth dam on its section of the Nile. Ten years of talks between the countries the Nile passes through have failed to reach a lasting agreement as Ethiopia defiantly pushed forward with its Grand Renaissance Dam project, which Egypt fears will reduce the amount of water flowing to it. Cairo has long said any reduction in its share of the water would be an “existential threat”. Ethiopia and other upstream nations believe Egypt and Sudan were unfairly given greater rights to the river in colonial-era treaties.

More from Africa News here.