DAKAR, Senegal ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed the recognition of the Sahel Integrated Resilience Initiative as a United Nations World Restoration Flagship, recognizing the large-scale efforts to restore degraded land and strengthen food security across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
DAKAR, Senegal ¨C Amid a deepening hunger crisis across West and Central Africa, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has reached over 3.3 million of the most vulnerable people in West and Central Africa with emergency food and nutrition assistance between June and September 2025, thanks to critical funding from the European Union¡¯s (EU) Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations.
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania ¨C A high level joint mission of the European Parliament Committee on Development (DEVE) and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) concluded today, reaffirming their shared commitment to scale up investments in resilience and development efforts to respond to the rising humanitarian needs in Mauritania.
DAKAR ¨C Over 40 million* people across West and Central Africa are struggling to feed themselves during the 2024 post-harvest season. This number is set to rise to 52.7 million by mid-2025, including 3.4 million people facing emergency levels of hunger (IPC/CH Phase 4) according to a new Cadre Harmonis¨¦ food security analysis released this month.
NOUAKCHOTT ¨C A contribution of EUR 4.85 million from the European Union (EU) helped the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) provide vital food and nutrition assistance to 78,000 crisis-affected people in Mauritania in 2024. This donation also contributed to improving households¡¯ access to diverse and sufficient food during the lean season when vulnerable families struggle to feed themselves.
DAKAR ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is ramping up its lifesaving food and nutrition assistance programme in West and Central Africa, targeting 7.3 million people during the ongoing June-August lean season ¨C when food stocks run out and hunger peaks. The programme ¨C which kicks off in June ¨C supports national governments¡¯ lean season response plans in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Nigeria.
NOUAKCHOTT ¨C The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)¡¯s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) has generously contributed US$5 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to provide food and nutrition assistance to Malian refugees in Mauritania.
NOUAKCHOTT ¨C The Government of Japan's US$2 million (over 79 million ouguiyas) funds in 2023 allowed the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Mauritania to provide food assistance to more than 65,000 vulnerable Malian refugees in the Mbera camp.
DAKAR ¨C With a Euro 48.5 million contribution from the European Union (EU) received through its Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), Â鶹ÊÓƵ was able to respond to the severe food crisis in eight countries of West and Central Africa during the 2023 hunger gap and beyond.
DAKAR ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ)¡¯s efforts to build resilience to climate-related and human-made shocks and stressors have been shown to boost food security, while also strengthening social cohesion and improving the prospects for peace in Burkina Faso and Niger - a new study reveals.
NOUAKCHOTT ¨C Today, BMZ, UNHCR, UNICEF and Â鶹ÊÓƵ ended a five-day visit to Mauritania that included Ministerial-level discussions and a field trip to Hodh Chargui. It is the first time that the four agencies have undertaken such a visit, which provided deep insights into the results that can be achieved when humanitarian, development and peace actors collaborate in mitigating shocks and building resilience in communities affected by forced displacement and climatic shocks.
ROME ¨C Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, warns the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) on World Refugee Day. The somber warning comes as Â鶹ÊÓƵ has already been forced to significantly reduce rations to refugees across its operations.
ROME/COTONOU ¨C The number of people on the brink of starvation across the Sahel has increased almost tenfold over the past three years and displacement by almost 400 percent as the region stares down a horrendous food crisis, the Executive Director of United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), David Beasley, warned today.
ROME ¨C A timely US$ 3.5 million contribution from the European Union has helped the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) transport thousands of aid workers to several hard-to-reach locations across West and Central Africa, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ said today.
DAKAR - As conflicts and rising food prices continue to weaken the food security situation in the Western and Central African region, the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a euros 8.4 million contribution from France aiming to respond to the emergency food and nutrition needs of vulnerable populations in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.
BERLIN ¨C As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread into countries already dealing with the impacts of drought, economic crises and conflict, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has provided USD 5.9 million to ensure that the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) can continue to protect 1.2 million vulnerable African farmers with climate risk insurance.
Nouakchott ¨C In 2019, the European Union generously provided EUR 500,000 to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Mauritania, enabling vital humanitarian air services to continue in the country.
