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Northern Nigeria is facing a spiraling food and security crisis, with aid agencies warning that drastic funding cuts and rising hunger could push desperate populations into the arms of jihadist groups like Boko Haram. The United Nations calls the situation “unprecedented,” with over 31 million Nigerians facing acute food insecurity and 5 million children suffering […]
On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a grave warning that it may be compelled to reduce food rations in South Sudan as early as September due to critical funding shortfalls. Currently, WFP can only assist 2.5 million individuals—just 30 percent of those experiencing severe hunger—across the country. […]
The United Nations has issued a dire warning that five countries — Sudan, South Sudan, Palestine (Gaza), Mali, and Haiti — are facing an imminent risk of famine, driven largely by conflict, climate shocks, and economic decline. In its latest Hunger Hotspots report released Monday (16 June), the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) and Food […]
At least 50 million people in west and central Africa are facing the risk of hunger due to conflict, displacement, economic hardship, and repeated extreme weather, the World Food Program warned. “More than 36 million are struggling to meet their basic food needs, which is projected to rise to over 52 million during the lean […]
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced Tuesday (22 April) it will suspend life-saving nutrition aid to 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia starting in May due to a severe funding shortfall. The move comes amid warnings that 3.6 million of the most vulnerable people in the country could lose access to food […]
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced on Tuesday March 4 a critical funding gap of $412 million for 2025 to address the urgent humanitarian needs in South Sudan. The WFP stressed the importance of securing funds for essential food and nutrition aid, prepositioning supplies before the onset of the rainy season in […]
An aid convoy carrying vital food and medical supplies has arrived in a besieged area of Sudanese capital Khartoum for the first time since the country’s civil war broke out in April 2023, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), which provided 22 trucks loaded with 750 tonnes of food. A total of 28 trucks […]
Food insecurity is exacerbating in central and western Africa with 40 million people currently struggling to feed themselves, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. The WFP said in a recent report food insecurity would surge to affect 53 million people by mid-next year. The people suffering “emergency levels of hunger” rose to 3.4 million, that […]
The Sudanese army ended its 6-month ban on aid convoys in Darfur, one of the worst hit regions by the country’s civil war. The first trucks loaded with food stuff and vital goods left Chad to Kereneik in Darfur where 13,000 face the risk of famine, the UN food program WFP said in a statement. […]
With Sudan’s war about to enter its second year next week, the country has been embroiled in a fierce conflict with two rival military factions led by powerful generals at loggerheads, with Sudanese civilians suffering the consequences of a one-year bloody conflict with no end in sight. Fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces […]