SANA¡¯A ¨C Yemen is spiraling into a catastrophe as humanitarian funding dries up, forcing the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to scale back food assistance to millions of hungry families, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Executive Director David Beasley warned today, as he ended a two-day visit to the conflict-ravaged country.
ROME ¨C We are deeply concerned about the evolving conflict in Ukraine and its potential impact on access to food for civilians in affected areas and on our operations globally. Our thoughts are with all those who have been caught up in this crisis and we echo the UN Secretary General¡¯s call for an immediate ceasefire.
GAZA ¨C Thanks to a generous contribution of EUR 3 million from the European Union (EU), the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has supported 23,400 people in need (more than 4,000 families) with critical assistance in the Gaza Strip.
DAKAR ¨C The number of acutely food insecure people in West and Central Africa has now risen to a record high of 28 million people and trends point toward a further deterioration if support to stem the spread of hunger is not ramped up, two UN agencies - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ - warned today.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C?The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has grown to an estimated 9.4 million as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) announced today.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C?The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has completed its first round of food distributions to people impacted by the spread of conflict into Afar and Amhara regions. However, a lack of supplies due to various impediments to the movement of humanitarian aid still sees distributions in Tigray lagging behind.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C? As conflict spills across Northern Ethiopia, forcing 300,000 people from their homes and 1.7 million into hunger in Afar and Amhara provinces, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has announced an unprecedented funding gap of $US426 million across its operation in Ethiopia and appealed for funds to meet the needs of up to 12 million people this year.
30 August 2021 ¨C The Government of Japan provided JPY 200 million (US$1.8 million) to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Mozambique to address food insecurity in communities affected by the ongoing violence and displacement of people in the Cabo Delgado province.
YANGON ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned that its lifesaving operations in Myanmar are being held back by a major funding shortfall, with over 70 percent of its funding needs over the coming six months still unmet.
JERUSALEM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of CAD$2 million (approximately US$1.7 million) from the Government of Canada to provide much-needed food assistance for two months for more than 64,000 of people in the Gaza Strip who have been most-affected by the recent armed escalation and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.?
LUSAKA ¨C This week, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) procured and delivered personal protective equipment, funded by Brazil to the Ministry of Health in Zambia. The equipment, consisting of 1,315 white overalls and 11,505 disposable gowns will be used in Zambia¡¯s efforts to fight COVID-19.
The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) humanitarian operations are getting a major boost with an AUD 34.7 million contribution from the Government of Australia. The funding will assist communities across the Indo-Pacific region affected by hunger as a result of conflict, COVID-19, or climate emergencies.
PEMBA, CABO DELGADO ¨C The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns that without urgent funding, one of the world¡¯s fastest-growing displacement crises in northern Mozambique risks becoming a hunger emergency as families continue to flee insurgent violence.
SANA¡¯A ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes EUR 37 million from the European Union (EU) to support the humanitarian response in Yemen and provide emergency food assistance in response to an alarming rise in food insecurity which has left millions on the brink of famine.
JUBA ¨C Cereal production in South Sudan in 2020 rose by seven percent over 2019 levels because of favourable rains. But cereals remained far below average production levels reached before conflict erupted in South Sudan in 2013, a new United Nations report on food security finds.
JUBA ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) condemns looting of its food assistance and destruction of humanitarian storage units in South Sudan¡¯s Greater Pibor Administrative Area in Greater Jonglei. Violence between armed groups flared up in May, displacing thousands of people and jeopardizing the ability of humanitarian agencies to support communities on the brink of famine.
Yerevan, ARMENIA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a EUR 1.3 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to provide cash assistance across Armenia for people affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
SANA¡¯A ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is increasing the level of food assistance in Yemen¡¯s worst hunger hotspots in an effort to prevent a devastating famine. But the agency¡¯s ability to sustain the response to the end of the year remains uncertain.
JERUSALEM ¨C Â鶹ÊÓƵ has started providing emergency assistance for more than 51,000 people in north Gaza in response to rising humanitarian needs among families affected by the recent escalation of conflict in the impoverished strip.
ADDIS ABABA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a US$400,000 contribution from the Government of the Republic of Korea to our operations in Ethiopia¡¯s Tigray region to help provide food and nutrition support for thousands of people displaced by conflict.
PEMBA, CABO DELGADO ¨C 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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
DAKAR ¨C Millions of families in West and Central Africa are growing more hungry and desperate by the day as food prices skyrocket ¨C stoking a widening hunger emergency in a region engulfed by conflict and the socioeconomic fallout from COVID-19, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today, noting that immediate action is required to prevent a catastrophe.
DAMASCUS ¨C After a decade of upheaval, conflict and displacement, Syrians are facing the worst humanitarian conditions since the start of the crisis, with millions of people sliding into hunger in the last year alone, according to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
ADEN/SANA¡¯A ¨C The Executive Director of the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ issued an urgent plea for peace in Yemen and called for funding to help the most vulnerable hungry families as he wrapped up a two-day visit to the country where the worst famine the world has seen in modern history is now looming.
