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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Acute Hunger

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World

UN calls for more aid for Syria humanitarian efforts

  The United Nations says more funding is needed to aid its efforts in Syria. The UN Security Council heard on Wednesday that close to 13 million people are facing acute food insecurity. This comes a month after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, which had ruled the country since 1971. Sally Patterson reports from New York, where the United Nations is headquartered.  

today9 January, 2025 24

Africa

Sudan food emergency: local researcher unpacks scale of the disaster and what action is needed

    By Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)     The UN recently warned of the risk of famine in Sudan. The war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed civilians and devastated livelihoods on a massive scale. Around 18 million people are already acutely hungry, including 3.6 million children who are acutely malnourished. Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, who co-authored the Sudan National […]

today13 June, 2024 14

World

Global hunger set to rise amid record displacement, warn FAO, UNHCR

Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million last year, the fifth year in a  row that food security worsened. According to the latest global report on the food crisis, more than 1 in 5 people in 59 countries face acute insecurity in 2023. The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation Dominique Burgeon meanwhile says conflict in Sudan has created a hunger crisis.

today25 April, 2024 57