West and Central Africa could be “one step away” from famine, the United Nations has said, and analysts are forecasting Nigeria will not be spared. Countries in the Sahel region, particularly Burkina Faso and Mali are particularly at risk, the UN says. But HumAngle can report that communities in Nigeria’s northern regions will also find […]
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Nigeria is listed as one of the 15 countries most hit by food and nutrition crises due the humanitarian crises in the Northeast. The situation is predicted to get worse in 2023 if actions are not taken. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), because of the armed conflict affecting Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, 4.4 […]
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The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that it has received a contribution of €2.5 million from France to fight infant malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The assistance from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs will help in the acquisition of food to prevent and treat severe malnutrition in the provinces of Kasai […]
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Women often go hungry so their families can eat, especially those confronted by conflict and dire humanitarian situations, according to a World Food Program (WFP) report. Women eat “last and least” the report says, in order to save their families. This trend, coupled with factors such as discrimination, inequality, and gender-based violence, has worsened women’s […]
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One hundred and five (105) Central African Republic refugees living in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) for several years have been repatriated to their homeland within the past several weeks. The United Nations High Commission organised the voluntary repatriation for Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Humanitarian Air Service […]
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended its humanitarian food assistance in South Sudan due to a funding shortage. Adeyinka Badejo, Acting Country Director of the World Food Programme in South Sudan, said the “Organisation had exhausted all options before suspending food assistance, including halving rations in 2021”. “These latest reductions to assistance […]
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A new joint report by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has warned that acute food insecurity will likely worsen in Nigeria and 19 countries from June to Sept. 2022. The report came out on Monday, June 6. It issued an early warning for humanitarian action in 20 “Hunger […]
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The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says it needs 58 billion FCFA (about $116 million) to provide humanitarian assistance to the 45,000 Cameroonian refugees in Chad who are living under very precarious conditions. “The Cameroonian refugees, despite the generosity of local host communities and humanitarian assistance put in place in Chad, live in […]
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Adam Bulama Modu, 25, walks with great difficulty. When he sits, he does so carefully too. Because of a huge, painful swelling in his belly, as well as other symptoms that come with abdominal tuberculosis, the young man has had a tough life. His health took a sharp turn for the worse over six years […]
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The World Food Programme (WFP) says world hunger is a shared responsibility which can only be solved if food can be seen as a fundamental human right and not a commodity. According to the humanitarian organisation, “the world needs to change the way the world thinks of food – not as a commodity, but as […]
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