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2021 01 December
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Ethiopia: 9.4 million people are ‘living their worst nightmare’ due to ongoing conflict

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

| First published by UN News on 26 November 2021 | The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a key SUN Movement partner, said...

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2021 24 November
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Madagascar: ‘World cannot look away’ as 1.3 million face severe hunger

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat, SUN UN Network 0

First published by UN News on 18 November 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...

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2021 20 October
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Somalia: World Food Day event called for local action to improve food systems

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

*Originally published by Somalia Affairs on 20 October 2021 MOGADISHU – FAO Somalia in partnership with the World Food Programme and the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation held a joint virtual event to mark this year’s World Food Day. The event was attended by participants from across...

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2021 03 September
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Afghanistan: Food supply for millions could run out this month

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Monthly Newsletter, SUN UN Network 1

Photo: UNICEF Food stocks in Afghanistan could run out as soon as this month, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday, urging the international community to step up support for the country. Story first published by UN News on 1 September 2021. Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Representative...

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2020 21 August
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Yemen sees return to alarming levels of food insecurity

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now COVID-19 are creating a perfect storm that could reverse hard-earned food security gains in Yemen, warns the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United...

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