Yemen: Acute hunger at unprecedented levels as funding dries up
Joint press release by FAO, UNICEF and WFP
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Joint press release by FAO, UNICEF and WFP
Substantial aid is needed to avert the worst effects of the food crisis, according to multiple UN agencies.
SANA’A, ADEN, ROME, NEW YORK, - Yemen’s already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe, with 17.4 million people now in need of food assistance and a growing portion of the population coping with emergency levels of hunger, UN agencies have warned.
Herbert Moyo A NEW lockdown imposed as part of measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 infections fuel led by the new Omicron variant will drive up Lesotho’s already high unemployment rates and consequently worsen food insecurity in the Kingdom. This according to the latest country report on the food security situation by Famine […]
Kaleen Chikowore THE World Food Programme (WFP) has secured US$2 million funding to assist 44 000 Basotho who are experiencing food shortages in four districts. In a statement, WFP said the money will be used to purchase food for people in the Mokhotlong, Thaba Tseka, Maseru and Qacha’s Nek districts. The German government and […]