WFP Deputy Head visits communities on the frontlines of climate extremes in Somalia
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )Somalia's longest drought (2020-2023) ended with floods in November 2023. The floods – by some estimates the worst in decades – affected two million people and drove 750,000 people from their homes.
WHO Steps Up Cross-Regional Efforts for Sudan’s Humanitarian Emergency
Stories & Blogs WHO - Africa (News )As millions flee war and hunger in Sudan, senior leadership from WHO’s Africa and Eastern Mediterranean Regions converged in Chad, which hosts the largest number of Sudanese refugees, to assess the urgent health needs of people impacted by this complex an
Uganda’s Efforts to Save the Life of Children with Malnutrition.
Stories & Blogs WHO - Africa (News )Over 268,000 children in Uganda suffer from malnutrition, specifically wasting.
WHO carries out mission to eradicate dracunculiasis in Angola.
Stories & Blogs WHO - Africa (News )Angola is one of five countries where dracunculiasis has not yet been eradicated. Between 2018 and 2020, human cases were identified in Cunene province, making the country endemic for this disease.
WFP and African Development Bank project boosts wheat production in war-torn Sudan, amid soaring hunger
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced today that the AfDB-financed Sudan Emergency Wheat Production Project had increased wheat production in the country by up to 70% in targeted project locations
In Southern Africa, El Niño drought leaves a trail of scorched harvests and hunger
Stories & Blogs WFP (Story )World Food Programme calls for urgent funds to respond after Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe declare national emergencies sparked by the natural weather phenomenon
WFP welcomes UK Government's £3 million contribution towards Malawi’s El Niño Appeal
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a generous contribution of £3 million (USD 3.7 million) from the United Kingdom to the El Niño response appeal in Malawi.
