BUJUMBURA, Burundi ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today that nearly 125,000 refugees in Burundi risk losing life-saving food assistance from January 2027 unless additional funding is urgently secured. Most of the refugees have fled persistent conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in search of food and safety.
BUJUMBURA, Burundi ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned that food assistance for more than 130,000 refugees in Burundi - most of them fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ¨C risks drawing down unless urgent funding is received.
BUJUMBURA, Burundi ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of over US$625,000 (approximately BIF 2 billion) from the Government of Japan to provide lifesaving food assistance for refugees fleeing the recent violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Burundians returning from refugee camps in Tanzania.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling up to deliver life-saving assistance to more than 210,000 of the most vulnerable people displaced by the recent violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). While some food supplies are already pre-positioned in the conflict area, Â鶹ÊÓƵ urgently needs USD 67M million to continue assistance for three months.
BUJUMBURA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$1 million from the Government of Japan to provide lifesaving food assistance to 18,000 people affected by floods and droughts in Burundi.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today that the sheer scale of people being displaced from their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) due to escalating conflict, is pushing food insecurity to crisis proportions and deepening an already strained humanitarian response both internally and across the region.
BUJUMBURA, Burundi ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has rapidly mobilized additional assistance in Burundi to support the large influx of families fleeing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The sharp increase in refugees in need of aid has placed a significant strain on Â鶹ÊÓƵ food assistance programmes in Burundi.
BUJUMBURA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a contribution of US$1.5 million from the Government of the People¡¯s Republic of China through the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) to provide nutritious meals for thousands of school children in Burundi.
NAIROBI ¨C Devastating floods threaten to worsen food insecurity across eastern Africa as heavy rains lash a region that less than a year ago was in the grips of drought, warns the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
Bujumbura - Funding from the European Union (EU) is helping the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to predict climate shocks and implement a series of timely activities to improve the resilience of communities in Burundi affected by torrential rains.
BUJUMBURA - The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Special Advisor on Mother and Child Health and Nutrition, Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, visited Burundi for a week to encourage the mission of the government and Â鶹ÊÓƵ to improve the nutritional health of mothers and children.
ROME ¨C A basic meal is far beyond the reach of millions of people in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic joins conflict, climate change and economic troubles in pushing up levels of hunger around the world, according to a new study released today by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
NAIROBI ¨C The dire socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic may more than double the number of hungry people in East Africa and the Horn over the next three months, a report from the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has found.
