food insecurity

Food is distributed by WFP in Herat in western Afghanistan in August 2021.
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First humanitarian flight to Kabul marks 'turning point' in crisis: WFP 

14 September 2021
Humanitarian Aid

The return of humanitarian flights to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a turning point in the crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. 

Food supplies are lined up for distribution to people facing hunger and in need of humanitarian assistance in Herat in western Afghanistan.
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News in Brief 14 September 2021

14 September 2021
News in Brief

 

  • First humanitarian flight to Kabul marks ‘turning point’: WFP 
  • After 10 years of war in Syria, siege tactics make their return 
  • Unremitting suffering in Yemen in spotlight at Human Rights Council 
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The sun sets on Kabul, Afghanistan.
Unsplash/Matt Brown

News in Brief 10 September 2021

10 September 2021
News in Brief
  • Afghanistan: Taliban violence against protesters increasing, warns OHCHR
  • Hungry Afghans resort to extreme coping strategies to feed families
  • Human rights abuses intensify in eastern DR Congo: UNHCR
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A woman sorts French beans that she harvested at a cooperative farm in Taveta, Kenya.
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Conflict, climate change, COVID, forces more people into hunger

12 July 2021
Health

Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around the world is stunted, UN agencies warned on Monday. 

A farmer harvests apples in Afghanistan.
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News in Brief 12 July 2021

12 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Conflict, climate change and coronavirus behind skyrocketing hunger
  • Schools still shuttered in 19 countries due to COVID-19
  • UN rights chief's action call on structural racism
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3'27"
High food prices are making nutritious food unaffordable for millions of families around the world.
© WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud

Amid COVID job losses, ‘high food prices are hunger’s new best friend’, WFP warns

8 July 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with high food prices are making it hard for millions of families to get enough to eat, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday. 

Venezuelan Warao refugee families arrive at a newly opened UN shelter in the Tarumã-Açu neighbourhood of Manaus, northern Brazil.
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News in Brief 18 June 2021

18 June 2021
News in Brief
  • Refugees disproportionately hit by COVID: Guterres
  • Famine risk spikes amid conflict, COVID and funding gaps
  • UN rights office OHCHR condemns targeting of civilian infrastructure in Yemen
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3'17"
A 7-month-old boy in western Tigray eats a high energy biscuit to boost his nutrition levels.
© UNICEF/Esiey Leul Kinfu

News in Brief 10 June 2021

10 June 2021
News in Brief
  • Tigray alert, with 350,000 at risk of famine
  • Nine in 10 African nations to miss COVID-19 vaccine targets
  • Europe COVID deaths continue downward trajectory
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Conflict in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique has led to a humanitarian crisis.
© WFP/Shelley Thakral

News in Brief 5 May 2021

5 May 2021
News in Brief
  • COVID-19 pandemic preparedness hub to open in Berlin to promote transparency, early warning capability
  • 155 million faced acute food insecurity last year, with conflict the main driver
  • South Asia at breaking point as COVID infections spike: UNICEF
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3'23"
Eritrean children play in the Adi Harush refugee camp in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.
© UNHCR/Chris Melzer

News in Brief 26 March 2021

26 March 2021
News in Brief
  • Alert over Eritrea refugees after camps found destroyed in Ethiopia
  • 100 million more children fail minimum reading proficiency because of COVID
  • Severe insecurity in Angola driving families to Nambia
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