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COVID-19: Major relief airlift reaches ‘most vulnerable’ African nations

April 15, 2020 Geraldine Boechat 0

The World Food Program (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have dispatched aboard an Ethiopian Airlines charter one million facemasks, along with gloves, goggles, […]

UN announces unprecedented levels of hunger in southern Africa

January 17, 2020 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The United Nations World Food Program on Thursday announced that a record 45 million people in the 16-nation Southern African Development Community faced growing hunger. […]

Over $330 million needed to cope with ‘worst-ever’ hunger crisis in Zimbabwe – WFP

August 8, 2019 Pawla Nibramich 0

With Zimbabwe now experiencing its “worst-ever hunger crisis”, the UN food relief agency has revised its humanitarian appeal to step up food assistance to people […]

Vital UN Air Service risks being grounded in CAR due to funding shortages

December 19, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) that enables aid workers to deploy to reach tens of thousands of people in need in the Central […]

WFP driver killed in Democratic Republic of Congo

December 19, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

The World Food Program is deeply saddened by the killing on Monday of a staff member in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Richard Kasimba, […]

UN seeks $80 million to support refugees in Ethiopia

March 8, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Two United Nations humanitarian agencies are jointly seeking $80 million to provide food assistance to refugees in Ethiopia, which hosts the second largest number of […]

WFP, Cameroonian gov’t launch two-year strategic plan to end hunger

December 12, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The World Food Program (WFP) and the Cameroonian government will launch a two-year Country Strategic Plan in January, aiming to improve household food security in […]

Kenya: WFP cuts food rations for over 400.000 refugees by 30%

October 3, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

The U.N. World Food Program on Monday announced that it will cut food rations by 30 percent for more than 400,000 refugees living in camps […]

Sierra Leone: mass burial begins, 600 still missing

August 17, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

A seven-day national mourning commenced in Sierra Leone on Wednesday as the West African nation starts burying hundreds of victims of the mudslide that swept […]

UN agencies ring alarm bell over hunger-affected South Sudan

February 21, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

South Sudan has declared famine in some parts of the country as half of the population is facing unprecedented levels of food insecurity. The country […]

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