25

Aug

People facing acute food insecurity reach 345 million worldwide – WFP

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) - The number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide has more than doubled to 345 million since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change,…

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07

Jul

World hunger rising as U.N. agencies warn of “looming catastrophe”

World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ukraine war and climate change threatening starvation and mass migration on an…

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20

May

UN cutting refugee rations in Africa’s Sahel amid ‘alarming’ food insecurity

GENEVA, May 20 (Reuters) - Food rations for refugees and displaced people are being cut by up to half in parts of the Sahel due to a massive funding shortfall with millions…

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30

Mar

With Ukraine farmers on frontlines, U.N. food chief warns of ‘devastation’

The U.N. food chief warned that the war in Ukraine was threatening to devastate the World Food Programme's efforts to feed some 125 million people globally because Ukraine had gone…

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09

Feb

Millions facing severe hunger in Horn of Africa – U.N. food agency

The U.N. World Food Programme said that 13 million people across the Horn of Africa face severe hunger, calling for immediate assistance to avoid a repeat of a famine a…

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09

Nov

WFP warns of countdown to catastrophe as acute hunger reaches new peak

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries has risen to 45 million, as acute…

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28

Sep

WFP institutes further cuts on food rations for refugees in Kenya as funds dry up

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is further cutting food rations for 440,000 refugees in Kenya, due to severe funding shortfalls, and has warned it may be forced to…

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14

Apr

Nearly a million going hungry in conflict-hit Mozambique, U.N. says

Almost one million people face severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands have fled Islamist militant attacks, the United Nations food agency said. Islamic State-linked insurgents last month…

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22

Apr

U.N. warns world is facing ‘famine of biblical proportions’ because of coronavirus

The world is facing widespread famine “of biblical proportions” because of the coronavirus pandemic, the chief of the UN’s food relief agency has warned, with a short time to act…

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02

Nov

Severe food insecurity alert for 45 million people across Southern Africa

  Forty-five million people in southern Africa are expected to face severe food insecurity in the next six months as the worst drought in decades continues to bite, the World…

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18

Sep

Monsoon destroys Rohingya shelters, sparking record UN emergency food agency response in Bangladesh

Unusually heavy monsoon rains have inundated shelters in refugee camps in southern Bangladesh creating “havoc”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said, as it launched its biggest emergency response of the…

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06

Sep

UN gears up emergency food aid for the Bahamas

With initial assessments indicating that some 76,000 people in the parts of the Bahamas worst-affected by Hurricane Dorian need urgent support, the World Food Programme (WFP) is arranging for eight…

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17

Jun

UN warns South Sudan on the brink of famine

  The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that record numbers in South Sudan – some seven million people – face acute food shortages, while more than 20,000 are…

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11

Mar

Several UN staff among the victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash

The United Nations is in mourning after it losing 19 staff members in the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people on Sunday. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in…

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