Tag:World Food Programme (WFP)

Human Welfare

WFP welcomes $5.3m from U.S. for refugee food assistance in Rwanda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday, June 24, 2021 received $5.3 million from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) to provide...

Michael Simire - June 24, 2021

Human Welfare

UN World Food Programme sounds alarm amid Madagascar hunger crisis

The head of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 warned of the starvation in Madagascar as he exhorted the...

Michael Simire - June 23, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

UN food agency signals alarm as drought threatens Madagascar

More than 1 million people are facing malnourishment in southern Madagascar as the country suffers its worst drought in 40 years, according to the...

Michael Simire - May 7, 2021

Human Welfare

Africa not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030 – FAO

Africa is not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030, Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Regional Representative for Africa, Abebe Haile-Gabriel, told a...

Michael Simire - March 3, 2021

Human Welfare

WFP says short of $180m for Zimbabwe’s food relief programme

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 it was facing a funding gap of $180 million for Zimbabwe’s humanitarian...

Michael Simire - December 2, 2020

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UN’s World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and...

Michael Simire - October 9, 2020

Human Welfare

Conflict-hit Nigerian families living under COVID-19 lockdowns on ‘life-support’

Help and funding are needed urgently for millions of people in Nigeria who have been hit severely by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic,...

Michael Simire - June 10, 2020

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