Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday demanded the return of over half a million liters of fuel seized by armed men in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. In a press statement, Executive Director of the WFP David Beasley said a group of armed …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The World Food Programme (WFP) said Friday some 418 million U.S. dollars is urgently needed over the next six months to scale up assistance in the Horn of Africa as levels of hunger soar after back-to-back droughts and the threat of famine looms. WFP said the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Growing levels of hunger are forcing families to eat locusts, wild leaves, or cactus to survive while millions of others are forced to sell or marry off their children or even sell assets to get food. According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the …
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United Nations | XINHUA | United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley on Thursday urged the rich to help the hungry. “We cannot and we must not surrender, or tell ourselves there is nothing we can do, because millions of people around the world desperately need our help,” …
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Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump partially blocked immigration to the United States “to protect American workers” from the economic shock of the coronavirus, as the United Nations warned the world was facing “a humanitarian catastrophe”. The UN alarm bell came as nations scrambled to not only fight …
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East Africa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Along with climate shocks, conflict and acute food insecurity, the East Africa region now faces a hunger threat from desert locusts, top UN relief officials have warned, calling for urgent action to avert a major food crisis. The locust upsurge is a graphic and …
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