PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ¨C With new data showing more than half of all Haitians continue to face acute food insecurity, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is urgently calling for support to protect recent fragile gains in the fight against hunger and to foster stability in the struggling Caribbean nation.
NORTH DARFUR, Sudan ¡ª On the eve of three years of devastating war, the Sudanese people are still being left to cope with intense fighting and widespread suffering. Conflict is killing and injuring countless civilians, and leaving millions without access to food, shelter or sanitation, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today.
YANGON ¨C As Myanmar marks one year since the devastating earthquake last March, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns that communities struggling to rebuild are now being hit by renewed hardship: the effects of the ongoing Middle East crisis on fuel, food, and fertilizer prices are pushing vulnerable families closer to hunger.
DAMASCUS, Syria ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Ministry of Economy and Industry, is expanding and extending its Subsidized Bread Programme through March 2026,thanks to a generous contribution from the United States government. Beginning in January 2026, distributions will support over 300 bakeries nationwide, some of which were previously rehabilitated by Â鶹ÊÓƵ, providing daily bread assistance to more than 4 million people.
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS ¨C Nearly 3.2 million people in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean are food insecure, according to the latest Food Security and Livelihoods Survey by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In 2025, 30 percent of Caribbean people reported eating less than usual; which is in line with the trend over the last 4 years arising from increased food costs that accompanied global geopolitical factors.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 26 February 2025 - New data from Somalia shows that 4.4 million people could face hunger by April 2025, driven by worsening drought conditions, conflict and high food prices.
YANGON ¨C Hunger has reached alarming levels in Myanmar with the situation set to worsen in 2025, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today. A staggering 15 million people are expected to face hunger in 2025, up from 13.3 million last year.
MUNICH, 01 OCTOBER 2024 ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the food services technology company Nilus strengthen partnership in Peru to reach more than 150,000 people with healthy food and groceries through 2,500 community kitchens, government-supported canteens and restaurants serving low-income communities in Lima by 2028.
BEIRUT ¨C I have just concluded a two-day visit to Lebanon where I visited Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) operations and got first-hand insights and accounts of the challenges faced by vulnerable communities amidst the country¡¯s protracted economic crisis and escalating regional tensions.
DILI ¨C Timor-Leste¡¯s second round of Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) Acute Food Insecurity analysis published today reveals the fragility and deteriorating levels of food insecurity in twelve out of fourteen municipalities in Timor-Leste, amid the highest inflation rate in a decade and successive climate shocks and soaring food prices.
DILI ¨C Timor-Leste¡¯s second round of Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) Acute Food Insecurity analysis published today reveals the fragility and deteriorating levels of food insecurity in twelve out of fourteen municipalities in Timor-Leste, amid successive climate shocks and soaring food prices.
NAIROBI ¨C Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are trapped in a hunger emergency as the region lurches from crisis to crisis: the longest drought in recorded history has given way to rains and flash flooding, the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today. Food and energy prices remain stubbornly high and the impact of the conflict in Sudan reverberates around the region.
CAIRO ¨C As the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region celebrates the beginning of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan, it is experiencing a deepening food security crisis due to the combination of high food inflation and collapsing currencies. This is affecting millions of people across the region, particularly those living in countries already facing conflict and instability.
BLANTYRE ¨C Prices of staple foods are soaring in Malawi, ten days after Tropical Cyclone Freddy made its second passage over the southern African country, worsening levels of food insecurity as families struggle to meet their food needs.
OUAGADOUGOU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) supported vulnerable populations affected by the crisis in Burkina Faso in 2022, thanks to a USD 11.8 million contribution from the Government of Canada, channeled through Global Affairs Canada.
24/01/2023, Bangkok ¨C Asia¡¯s cities are growing at such a fast pace that nearly 55 percent of the region¡¯s enormous population is expected to reside in urban areas by 2030, and that will have equally enormous consequences for urban food security and nutrition, according to the main findings of a new report by four United Nations agencies.
The region has the highest cost for a healthy diet compared to the rest of the world, at USD 3.89 per person per day, while the world average is USD 3.54.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has delivered over 2,400 metric tons of food, medical, nutrition and other lifesaving supplies to Ethiopia¡¯s Tigray region following the signing of a peace agreement earlier this month and the reopening of all four road corridors. However, deliveries of assistance within Tigray are not matching the needs and Â鶹ÊÓƵ and its cooperating partners urgently need access to all parts of the region to deliver food and nutrition assistance to 2.3 million vulnerable people.
30 percent of the population are experiencing acute food insecurity and will likely deteriorate further unless urgent assistance is provided.
COLOMBO ¨C An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support is not provided, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today in a new report.
MOGADISHU ¨C In Somalia, the United Nation Â鶹ÊÓƵ is delivering life-saving assistance to more people than ever before, reaching 3.7 million people with relief and over 300,000 with nutrition support - but famine is now an imminent reality unless immediate and drastic action is taken.
BAGHDAD ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) received a contribution of US$ 6.4 million from the Government of Japan, which is helping Â鶹ÊÓƵ support up to 255,000 crisis-affected displaced Iraqis who remain unable to return home, plus emergency transition support for 12,000 vulnerable and food-insecure people. All are confronting higher food prices that are threatening the food security of families.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C? Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20[1] million people in Ethiopia who are facing a combination of conflict in the north and climate shocks ¨C drought ¨C in the south while dwindling resources mean food and nutrition support may run dry from next month, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today.
Somalia is facing famine conditions as a perfect storm of poor rain, skyrocketing food prices and huge funding shortfalls leaves almost 40% of Somalis on the brink.|
Mogadishu - Millions of Somalis are at risk of sliding into famine as the impact of a prolonged drought continues to destroy lives and livelihoods, and growing needs outpace available resources for humanitarian assistance, United Nations agencies warned today
DAKAR ¨C The number of women, men and children affected by a food and nutrition crisis in West and Central Africa is expected to reach a new record high in June 2022 - quadrupling in just three years from 10.7 million in 2019 to 41 million in 2022 - unless appropriate measures are urgently taken, reveals the Cadre Harmonis¨¦ food security analysis released in March 2022.
