Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by leading hunger experts who warned that the country faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded”, with no less than 14 areas at the highest level of risk Full text...
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New famine alert for Gaza where families go days without food
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza remains on famine alert after food security experts warned on Tuesday that more than one in five households “go entire days without eating” Full text...
Preventing famine and deadly disease outbreak in Gaza requires faster, safer aid access and more supply routes
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the risk of famine grows, and more people are exposed to deadly disease outbreaks, a fundamental step change in the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza is urgently needed, United Nations agencies warned Saturday Full text...
Urgent support needed for rural communities facing famine in Somalia - FAO
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Famine is fast approaching in Somalia and more than 700,000 people could face starvation next year, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned on Tuesday, citing the latest Integrated Food Security Phase (IPC) analysis Full text...
WFP reaches record numbers with food and nutrition support in Somalia
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is delivering life-saving food and nutrition assistance to record numbers of people in Somalia, with over four million people a month receiving urgent humanitarian support to prevent famine in the face of the region’s worst drought in over 40 years Full text...
Somalia facing rising acute food insecurity - FAO
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Rising acute food insecurity in Somalia has caused more than 900,000 people to flee their homes in search of humanitarian assistance since January last year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned Full text...
Some 35.8 million face lean season food crisis in West Africa and Sahel
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel, must not be ignored by the international community, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday Full text...
WFP warns 45 million people ‘teetering on the edge of famine’
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million - up by three million this year - as acute hunger spikes around the world Full text...
In Madagascar, pockets of famine as risks grow for children, warns WFP
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) -Pockets of famine have now been reported in southern Madagascar, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday Full text...
Oxfam raises alarm over global famine fatalities
Washington, DC, United States, (PANA) - The number of people facing famine-like conditions worldwide has increased six-fold over the last year, a report released by the anti-poverty organization, Oxfam, said here Friday in a statement Full text...
WFP says 41 million at imminent risk of famine without urgent funding and humanitarian access
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday warned that famine – already present in four countries – could become a reality for millions of people around the world, without urgent funding to stave off a catastrophe, and without access to families cut-off by conflict Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: UN agencies scale-up response to address looming famine ‘catastrophe’ in Tigray
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Thursday for immediate access to deliver lifesaving assistance to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where ongoing fighting between government and regional forces has put some 350,000 people at risk of famine Full text...
Rights group calls for urgent aid to assist famine-hit Madagascar
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - With more than a million people facing hunger due to the devastating famine currently ravaging southern Madagascar, donors, foreign governments and regional leaders must ramp up aid efforts to avert a potential human rights crisis, Amnesty International appealed on Friday Full text...
Madagascar faces famine risk: Gov't, UN food agencies warn
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - With each day that passes, more lives are at stake as hunger tightens its grip in southern Madagascar Full text...
Southern Madagascar on brink of famine, warns WFP
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to the brink of famine, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Full text...
UN releases US$100 million to guard against famine
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations released US$100 million of emergency funding on Tuesday to stave off the risk of famine in seven countries most at risk from a hunger epidemic, fuelled by conflict, economic decline, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic Full text...
Food situation very worrying in conflict-affected areas in Africa - experts
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The food and nutrition situation remains "very worrying" in conflict-affected areas in Africa, warned specialists in a report released here Monday Full text...
South Sudanese facing famine in all but name, warns UN food agency
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Record numbers in South Sudan – some seven million people – face acute food shortages, while more than 20,000 are close to famine, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday Full text...
UN emergency fund allocates $45 million to stave off famine risk in the Horn of Africa
New York, US (PANA) – UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, on Wednesday allocated US$45 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to immediately scale up food and nutrition assistance, safe water provision, livelihoods protection, and other urgent humanitarian support to drought-affected people across parts of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya who are facing acute food problems following another season off ailed rains Full text...