UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Two U.N. agencies warned Tuesday that over 27 million people in Congo are suffering from acute hunger, a record high representing almost one-third of the conflict-wracked African nation’s estimated population of 87 million.
Due to hundreds of millions U.S. dollars of funding gaps, the World Food Programme (WFP) issued a stark warning about the dire situation, Dujarric said, noting the WFP's difficult decision to "prioritize scarce resources to the new arrivals" means that "pre-existing refugees no longer receiv...
GAZA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, warned on Wednesday that siege, hunger, and diseases will soon become the main killer in Gaza. "Siege, hunger, and diseases will soon beco...
Uganda Food Rights Alliance says adverse weather conditions has complicated matters, arguing that a section of the population is already in dire need of food. The caution comes a day after the UN Food and Agriculture organization, FAO, warned that Uganda could become the next country to suffer ...
Mr Beasley said South Sudan faces “its highest rate of acute hunger since its independence in 2011” from Sudan. He said 7.7 million people, more than 60% of the population, are “facing critical or worse levels of food insecurity”. ...
The warning comes asUnicef sounded the alarmof the price of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), projected to soar by 16% in the next six months. Described as an affordable solution for severe malnutrition, its increasing price is set to impact millions of children, particula...
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NEW YORK – Forgive me for speaking bluntly, but I’d like to lay out for you very clearly what the world is facing at this very moment. At the same time while dealing with a COVID-19 pandemic, we are also on the brink of a hunger pandemic. ...
Covid-19: Hunger spreads and food prices soar amid pandemic, warns UN food agencydoi:10.1136/bmj.n1643The covid-19 pandemic has sent food prices soaring around the world, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has said. The number of people assessed as facing the imminent possibility...
NAIROBI, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday released an alert warning of worsening hunger in East Africa due to poor rains that has left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands of livestock dead. ...