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Context, crisis, impacts and needs
Forty years of war, recurrent natural disasters, increasing poverty and COVID-19 are devastating the people of Afghanistan. Conflict continues to drive extreme physical and psychological harm, and is forcibly displacing hundreds of thousands of people every year. Civilian casualties remain staggeringly high, with no sign of a lull in fighting and women and children continue to be disproportionately impacted. The onset of COVID-19 has had catastrophic consequences for people’s health, incomes and levels of debt. Hunger and malnutrition have spiked amid the ongoing conflict and economic downturn, with food insecurity now on par with the 2018-2019 drought, leaving Afghanistan with the second highest number of people in emergency food insecurity in the world – 5.5 million people.
S. Sudan: Aid Efforts Ramped Up As Millions Face Hunger
Deterioration of food security situation in South Sudan alarming, needs immediate action, says UN official. The UN and other aid agencies will be scaling up food assistance in South Sudan in the coming months with the aim of saving more than 7 million lives, a top UN official said on Saturday. The deterioration of the food security situation in the country is alarming and will require immediate action, said Alain Noudehou, UN humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan. This year, with generous contributions from donors and funding from the UN s Central Emergency Response Fund and the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund, UN agencies and NGOs – many of them South Sudanese have worked diligently to provide humanitarian support.
Angola: FAO and Belgium support Southern Africa in the fight against the African migratory locust 18 December, 2020 - 12:40
Countries: Angola, Belgium, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe have been facing a serious outbreak of the African migratory locust (AML) (Locusta migratoria migratorioides) since May 2020. Damage to summer crops was limited as harvesting had already occurred. However, irrigated crops, winter crops and the next season of summer crops are now in jeopardy. About 1.1 million hectares have already been affected, according to the Food and Nutrition Security Working Group (FSNWG).