Heads of UN agencies, representatives from affected governments and major donors today called for an urgent scale up of humanitarian aid to help millions of people affected by hunger and malnutrition in the Sahel region of West Africa.
In a joint statement issued at an emergency meeting at the World Food Programme (WFP)...
Famine conditions are no longer present in Somalia, but the situation remains critical for at least 2.3 million people, the UN’s humanitarian aid chief has warned.
“We must not forget that the progress made is fragile. Without continued and generous support from the international community, these gains could be...
Dr. Guido Cornale, UNICEF Representative in Niger since April 2010, has been Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim since August 2011. This year, there are warnings that the country faces a potentially devastating food crisis. Dr. Cornale explains what humanitarian organizations are doing to help the Government stave off a...
Zara Ahmed is worried. The youngest of her seven children, 10-month-old Nayle Kelifa, has not been eating well, and has lost a lot of weight.
Drought has come to Zara’s village, Fedis, and is delaying the production of corn, peanuts, cabbage and potatoes. She would buy food from the market instead, but prices are going...
The UN has allocated US$104 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster aid operations in 13 of the world’s most neglected and under-funded humanitarian crises.
“Millions of people need help around the world in places which have fallen out of the headlines,” said Valerie Amos, UN...
15 February 2012 - 5:09pmHeads of UN agencies, representatives from affected governments and major donors today called for an urgent scale up of humanitarian aid to help millions of people affected by hunger and malnutrition in the Sahel region of West Africa. In a joint statement issued at an emergency meeting at the World Food Programme (WFP)...
6 February 2012 - 4:20pmFamine conditions are no longer present in Somalia, but the situation remains critical for at least 2.3 million people, the UN’s humanitarian aid chief has warned. “We must not forget that the progress made is fragile. Without continued and generous support from the international community, these gains could be...
30 January 2012 - 1:29pmDr. Guido Cornale, UNICEF Representative in Niger since April 2010, has been Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim since August 2011. This year, there are warnings that the country faces a potentially devastating food crisis. Dr. Cornale explains what humanitarian organizations are doing to help the Government stave off a...
27 January 2012 - 1:44pmZara Ahmed is worried. The youngest of her seven children, 10-month-old Nayle Kelifa, has not been eating well, and has lost a lot of weight. Drought has come to Zara’s village, Fedis, and is delaying the production of corn, peanuts, cabbage and potatoes. She would buy food from the market instead, but prices are going...
25 January 2012 - 3:20pmThe UN has allocated US$104 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster aid operations in 13 of the world’s most neglected and under-funded humanitarian crises. “Millions of people need help around the world in places which have fallen out of the headlines,” said Valerie Amos, UN...