Conflict, drought, and dwindling food support threaten 20 million Ethiopian lives

Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million Ethiopians who are facing conflict in the north, drought in the south and dwindling food and nutrition support beginning next month, the UN food relief agency warned on Thursday.

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South Sudan: Cash shortage triggers food suspensions for 100,000 displaced

13 Sep 2021

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that beginning next month, funding shortages will force it to suspend lifesaving food assistance for more than 100,000 displaced people in parts of South Sudan until the start of 2022.

Madagascar: ‘World cannot look away’ as 1.3 million face severe hunger

18 Nov 2021

The international community must step up support to Madagascar, where more than one million people in the south are facing severe hunger, the top UN aid official there said on Thursday in a renewed appeal for solidarity and funding.

Syria: Conflict, COVID and rising costs, ‘pushing people beyond their limits’

12 Nov 2021

World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley concluded a three-day visit to Syria on Friday, warning that more people there are in the grips of hunger than at any time during their country’s decade-long conflict.