Hunger

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2021 26 April

Escalating conflict in northern Mozambique pushes thousands into hunger

Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province is in the grips of a spiralling crisis as thousands of people flee their homes amidst violence, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). “People have scattered in many different directions since the recent attacks in Palma, Cabo Delgado Province. Survivors...

2021 07 April

The DRC, home to the highest number of people in urgent need of food security assistance in the world

David Martin | Food insecurity Humanitarian field Hunger Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the food security situation remains dire with one in three people – a record high - suffering from acute hunger, two United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned....

2021 25 March

Call for urgent and at-scale action to avert rising hunger and risk of famine in over 20 countries

David Martin | Child nutrition COVID19 food security Humanitarian field Hunger Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today. Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria top the...

2021 23 March

UN launches humanitarian response plan as hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan

David Martin | Child nutrition COVID19 Humanitarian field Hunger SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

As hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan due to a combination of violence, climate change and COVID-19, the 2021 South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan was launched on Tuesday aiming to reach 6.6 million people – including 350,000 refugees - with life-saving assistance and protection. The plan asks...

2021 19 March

UN Secretary-General announces creation of a high-level task force on preventing famine

David Martin | Climate conflict Humanitarian field Hunger SUN UN Network 0

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council debate on conflict and food security: Thank you for this opportunity to brief you on the links between conflict and hunger — an urgent and important issue. Today, I have one simple message: If you...

2021 25 February

Private partners step up efforts to help end hunger by 2030 in the Philippines

David Martin | Child nutrition Food systems Hunger Nutrition SUN Business Network, SUN Country Network 0

Various private companies have promised to proactively support the government efforts as they stepped up endeavors to help address involuntary hunger and malnutrition in the country. This commitment was made as the government, through the Task Force Zero Hunger and alongside its partners in the...

2021 19 February

Urgent scaling up of emergency response needed as Somalia faces acute food insecurity crisis

David Martin | Food insecurity Humanitarian field Hunger Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Over 2.6 million people in Somalia are expected to be in extreme food insecurity according to the latest joint technical assessment released by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS...

2021 12 February

Case study on the inter-cluster famine response strategy in South Sudan

David Martin | Child nutrition Humanitarian field Hunger Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The crisis in South Sudan remains complex and protracted with both acute and chronic needs experienced at varying levels across 78 counties of the country and Abyei region. Nearly 4 million people remain displaced by the humanitarian crisis: 1.5 million internally and more than 2...

2020 21 July

New report identifies 27 countries heading for COVID-19-driven food crises

David Martin | COVID19 Food systems Humanitarian field Hunger Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

New analysis by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) identifies 27 countries that are on the frontline of impending COVID-19-driven food crises, as the pandemic's knock-on effects aggravate pre-existing drivers of hunger. No world region is immune, from Afghanistan and...

2020 16 July

Ceres2030’s new analysis finds that USD 10bn is urgently needed to avert the COVID-19 hunger crisis

David Martin | Agriculture COVID19 Food systems Hunger Malnutrition Research SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

Ceres2030’s new analysis finds that USD 10 billion is urgently needed this year to prevent millions more people from becoming food insecure as a result of COVID-19. USD 5 billion of this must come from donor governments as aid, with the rest provided by developing...