The agencies said 13 mobile emergency teams, known as the Integrated Rapid Response Mechanism (IRRM), have been deployed to areas of Unity State where more than 100,000 people are living in two famine-affected counties, a month since famine was declared in parts of South Sudan. "Through thes...
NAIROBI, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that it has secured 10.7 million U.S. dollars to help roll back famine in South Sudan and to assist hungry people in Horn of Africa countries hit by drought. WFP Regional Director for East and Central Africa, ...
People in 43 countries are "on the very edge of famine and risk starvation" including Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Venezuela, Yemen and Zimbabwe. To help save lives in the face of ...
THE famine in the African state of Niger is nothing short of criminal, says one of the leaders of the Make Poverty History campaign. Scots entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter, who threw his heart and fortune behind the fight, is furious that the looming crisis in Niger was not brought to publ...
Thinking their parents had been killed, the brothers joined thousands of other so-called ‘Lost Boys,’ wandering from village to village, fleeing war and famine. “We ended up in a camp in Uganda. That's where we filled the applications for coming to the U.S.," he says. "And in No...
South Sudan experienced famine conditions in early 2017 before humanitarian agencies embarked on massive efforts to help millions in need. UN agencies warn that hunger remains in some parts of the country due to intermittent fighting between government troops and rebels despite the signing of a fresh...
The outbreak poses another threat of food insecurity after a UN-backed report released last month said famine has eased in the war-torn East African country after massive humanitarian response , but warned that the number of food insecure people remains worrying. ...