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Nearly half of the Afghan population faces acute hunger

Published on: May 10, 2022
08:33

By: Luis Linares Petrov

United Nations, May 10 (Prensa Latina) Almost half of the population of Afghanistan, over 19 million people, will face acute hunger, according to a report by various UN agencies.

Drought and famine displace more than 745,000 Somalis

Published on: April 13, 2022
00:45

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Nairobi, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Since 2021, drought and its terrible sequel, famine, have displaced more than 745,000 Somalis from their homes, according to an NGO report circulated in this capital.

Oxfam warns about food crisis in Palestinian territories

Published on: April 12, 2022
12:30

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Ramallah, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) The Ukraine crisis has led to a 25-percent increase in the prices of basic foods in the Palestinian territories, something that has brought about serious problems to its inhabitants, Oxfam warned on Tuesday.

IOM calls for measures to fight off famine in the Horn of Africa

Published on: April 9, 2022
11:00

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Apr 9 (Prensa Latina) Over 15 million people could be suffering from famine by mid-2022 due to a serious humanitarian situation caused by drought in the Horn of Africa, a UN agency said on Saturday.

WFP warns on famine in African countries

Published on: February 8, 2022
10:42

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Nairobi, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) The World Food Program (WFP) warned that 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe famine, at a time of a severe drought in regions of Africa.

Millions of people in Afghanistan on the brink of famine

Published on: October 27, 2021
00:15

By: Prensa Latina

Kabul, Oct 27 (Prensa Latina) Afghanistan is on the brink of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, United Nations agencies have warned, while more than half of the population faces an acute food shortage.

Climate change threatens Madagascar with famine

Published on: October 22, 2021
10:43

By: Prensa Latina

Antananarivo, Oct 22 (Prensa Latina) Severe drought in Madagascar could spur world's first climate change famine, according to an official of the World Food Program (WFP).

Starvation, hunger-related deaths a reality amid food crisis

Published on: October 5, 2021
07:46

By: Prensa Latina

United Nations, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) With some of the world's worst food crises in recent years impacting tens of millions of people, there is an urgent need for specifically targeted funding for emergency livelihoods assistance and to build resilience, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Madagascar is prone to the first famine due to climate change

Published on: August 31, 2021
02:15

By: Prensa Latina

Antananarivo, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Madagascar is going through its worst drought in the last 40 years and is prone to suffer a famine of catastrophic proportions, according to the report of a specialized UN agency circulated here on Monday.

Madagascar driven to first famine due to climate change

Published on: August 30, 2021
12:10

By: Prensa Latina

Antananarivo, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Madagascar is going through its worst drought in the last 40 years and heads for suffering a famine of catastrophic proportions, according to the report today of a specialized UN agency.

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