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Time Running Out for Displaced Farmers
Much of Dawood Boy’s village in northern Afghanistan is empty. More than 1,000 families from Alburz in Balkh Province abandoned it 4-6 months ago after a drought affecting nearly half the country left 2.8 million people in need of food assistance, according...
Loss of Relief Aid Could Threaten Ivory Coast’s Fragile Peace
Nine months after fighting ended in Côte d’Ivoire, at least 15,000 displaced people are still in camps, many of the half million returnees require food aid, the groundwork for reconciliation in many parts of the west has not yet been laid – and...
Avalanches Cut Off Parts of Drought-hit Northeast Afghanistan
Avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan have cut off tens – if not hundreds – of thousands of people already at risk of hunger due to drought, opening the door to a potential humanitarian crisis if aid cannot reach them, says a provincial official. How...
Bleak Outlook for Food Security in Swaziland
Archaic agriculture practices and erratic rainfall in the recent planting period is expected to lead to an increase in food insecurity for most of Swaziland’s 1.1 million people in 2012, says a government agriculture official.
More Yemenis Slip Into Hunger As The Country Faces Serious Humanitarian Situation
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the deteriorating food security in Yemen caused by rising food prices, severe fuel shortages and political instability, is severely straining peoples’ ability to feed their families.
World Food Programme Launches Pilot Program Using Mobile Phone Technology to Facilitate Cash Transfers
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a pilot program that uses mobile phone technology to facilitate cash transfers to 54,000 people living in poor districts of Abidjan to assist them to buy food.
World Food Programme Provides Assistance To Sheltered Families In Santa Rosa Affected By Recent Earthquake
The United Nations World Food Programme in Guatemala responded immediately to the needs of the population affected by the recent earthquakes in the Santa Rosa region.
United Nations World Food Programme Rapidly Scaling Up Life-saving Food Distributions in Flood-hit Areas of Southern Pakistan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly scaling up its life-saving food distributions in the flood-hit areas of southern Pakistan to reach 500,000 people this month with general food rations and highly fortified, locally-produced foods...
