food insecurity

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa has left 23.4 million people acutely food insecure and 5.1 million children acutely malnourished. It said 36.6 million people have been affected…

Over four million people in Nigeria's North-East region are projected to be in desperate need of food in the next season, according to Matthias Schmale, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria. Schmale, speaking at an advocacy event…

UN agencies on Wednesday raised alarm over the growing food crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling for an urgent scaling-up of assistance. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme…