Tag: famine

Somalia calls for help as 1.8 million children experience acute malnutrition and health complications

Uncategorized Editor - March 5, 2023

A rapidly evolving drought and the famine-like situation in Somalia continue to affect 7.8 million people and has already...

As the Horn of Africa drought enters sixth failed rainy season, UNHCR calls for urgent assistance

Uncategorized Editor - March 3, 2023

As the Horn of Africa enters its sixth consecutive rainy season with no rain, displacement continues to climb as...

Sixth failed rainy season spells further disaster and loss of life in Somalia, warns the International Rescue Committee

Uncategorized Editor - January 22, 2023

With the April- May rains in Somalia this year expected to be below normal for the sixth consecutive season,...

FAO calls for sustained lifesaving, livelihoods support for Somalia’s famine-threatened

Food Security Editor - December 21, 2022

With famine fast approaching in Somalia, there is still time to turn the tide by addressing the immediate needs...

Calls for greater support to prevent famine in the Horn of Africa region

Climate change Editor - November 11, 2022

Humanitarians must urgently prepare to continue their life-saving work in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, as the drought – the...

UNICEF warns of unprecedented child deaths in Somalia amid historic drought

Climate change Editor - October 21, 2022

Thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in Somalia are at risk of dying, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...

U.N Emergency Relief warns Security Council that ‘tsunami of hunger’ could trigger multiple conflict-induced famines

Food Security Editor - September 20, 2022

United Nations (U.N) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths has recalled previous warnings over the...

Projected famine in parts of Somalia this year as drought crisis cripples the region

Climate change Editor - September 10, 2022

The IPC Famine Review Committee released their projection that, in the absence of an urgent increase in humanitarian assistance,...

Children’s lives at risk across Somalia as the country stares at famine, Save the Children warns

Food Security Editor - September 7, 2022

Up to 1.5 million children in Somalia – or one in five - could face deadly forms of malnutrition...

UN-WFP scales up assistance as historic drought raises famine threat in the Horn of Africa region

Food Security Editor - August 23, 2022

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding assistance in the Horn of Africa as levels of hunger soar...

Worsening climate shocks are exacerbating food shortage in northern Kenya

Food Security Editor - August 22, 2022

Millions of Kenyans do not have enough to eat amid the worsening drought, and a growing number of people...

Madagascar: Severe drought could spur world’s first climate change famine

Climate change Editor - October 22, 2021

NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2021 (APO Group) -- More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to...

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