Acute food insecurity to rise in 18 ‘hunger hotspots’, warn aid agencies

PNP DeskJune 5, 2024September 20, 202405 mins

Although many “hunger hotspots” are in Africa, fears of famine persist in Gaza and Sudan, where conflict continues to rage, fuelling the regional risk of new hunger emergencies, warned the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP). “Once a famine is declared, it is too late – many people will have already…

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UN and partners providing aid for vulnerable across Ethiopia as 1.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition

PNP DeskAugust 18, 2023September 15, 202404 mins

The country was deeply impacted by a brutal conflict which began in 2020 across the north between Ethiopian Government forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), although a peace deal between the sides was brokered by the African Union, ending the fighting last November. Briefing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday,…