Tag: UN Africa News

Denise Brown, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the CAR, was deeply shocked and dismayed by the attacks, which occurred on 7 and 9 April.  Six aid workers and a health district worker were injured, one seriously.    Vulnerable people at risk  The attacks forced one humanitarian organization to suspend its mobile clinics and activities to improve access to clean water for… Read More

Time is fast running out, the UN agency warned, with Somalia facing “the very real risk of famine” in the coming six months.    🔴#Somalia: risk of famine in coming months🔴#Kenya: half a million people facing emergency levels of hunger🔴#Ethiopia: 7.2 million people in drought-affected areas wake up hungry every day Extended drought is fueling hunger across the Horn of… Read More

The contribution from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), announced on Thursday, will go towards relief projects in six African countries and Yemen.  I’m allocating US$100 million from @UNCERF to fight hunger in 7 countries. The spillover effects of the war in Ukraine are pushing the most vulnerable people even closer to famine. The funds will enable our agencies and… Read More

Operational costs for 2022 are set to rise by $136 million in the region alone, the agency said, just as acute hunger has quadrupled over the past three years, with 43 million people expected to face acute food insecurity by June.  ⚠️ West Africa is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis. The number of hungry families has quadrupled in just 3… Read More

Infections have plummeted from over 308,000 cases weekly at the start of the year to less than 20,000 in the week ending 10 April.  Around 18,000 cases and 239 deaths were recorded over the past week, representing respective declines of 29 per cent and 37 per cent when compared to the previous week.  Record decline, no resurgence  This low level… Read More

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that spiralling costs of food and fuel were adding to the toxic mix. Despite efforts to make resources stretch through prioritisation schemes, the agencies are having to prioritize food assistance for the most vulnerable families, they said in a press release, while the sheer number of refugees in need… Read More

Last week saw the lowest number of COVID-19 deaths since the early days of the pandemic, but some countries are still witnessing ‘serious spikes’ which are putting pressure on hospitals. “Our ability to monitor trends is compromised as testing has significantly reduced”, the UN World Health Organization’s (WHO) director told journalists in Geneva. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated that higher testing… Read More

Tatyana McFadden is considered the fastest woman in the world. She is a six-time US Paralympian and 20-time Paralympic medalist. She has won 23 World Major Marathons and has broken five world records in track and field. Ms. McFadden was born with spina bifida and spent the first years of her life in an orphanage in Russia with little to… Read More

The alert from the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) followed the latest food security assessments which showed that six million people in Somalia will face acute food insecurity in the coming months, unless the rains come. That is almost double the number at the start of the year, said Lara Fossi, WFP Deputy Country Director in Somalia, who… Read More

“I left my home in Bangladesh for a job at a garment factory in Jordan six years ago, I had no idea what the future would hold.  But I took an unexpected step that changed my life. I was 19. My father owned a small fruit shop in Dhaka and my mother worked at home sewing and selling clothes. There… Read More