UN warns catastrophe looms in Ethiopia’s north, urges government to end de facto aid blockade
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters A de facto blockade on aid to the Tigray region in Ethiopia’s north is bringing millions of people to the brink of famine, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Thursday, warning of “looming catastrophe”. The UN agency OCHA called on all parties in a 10-month-old war in Tigray to allow the […]
US agency says Tigrayan forces looted aid warehouses in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region in recent weeks looted warehouses belonging to the US Government’s humanitarian agency in the Amhara region, USAID’s Ethiopia director said on Tuesday. War broke out in the mountainous region last November between Ethiopian troops and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which controls the region. The conflict has […]
Haiti’s hunger crisis bites deeper after devastating quake
Nan Konsey, HaitiReuters In a tent encampment in the mountains of southern Haiti, where hundreds of villagers sought shelter after a powerful earthquake flattened their homes this month, a single charred cob of corn was the only food in sight. “I’m hungry and my baby is hungry,” said Sofonie Samedy, gesturing to her pregnant stomach. […]
UK diocese donates food to hungry Anglican clergy in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda Hundreds of the Anglican Church clergy in Uganda who are facing food shortages as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in the country have a cause to smile. The Diocese of Bristol in England has donated cash worth more than $US45,000 (163 million Ugandan shillings) to the Anglican Church of Uganda to […]
World Food Programme starts distributing food in crisis-hit Venezuela
Reuters The UN World Food Programme said on Wednesday it had begun distributing school meals to children in Venezuela, where some seven million people require humanitarian assistance after years of economic collapse in the once-prosperous OPEC nation. The WFP’s first take-home rations were distributed for children under six-years-old at some 277 schools and preschools, as […]
UN warns of worsening famine, more clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray
United NationsReuters Top UN officials warned the Security Council on Friday that more than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray were now in famine and that there was a risk of more clashes in the region despite a unilateral ceasefire by the Federal Government. After six private discussions, the Security Council held its first public meeting […]
Extreme poverty jumps in Italy on back of COVID woes
Rome, ItalyReuters The number of Italians living in absolute poverty rose sharply in 2020 to its highest level for at least 15 years as the coronavirus crisis brought economic pain to much of the country, data showed on Wednesday. Last year, about 5.6 million people, or 9.4 per cent of the population, lived in absolute […]
Food aid ramps up in Yemen, but funding crisis persists
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters More food is making its way to Yemenis most in need after donors heeded United Nations warnings about impending famine, but aid groups said the world’s largest humanitarian operation still does not have enough cash to see out 2021. The World Food Programme said it would this month resume monthly distributions […]
BEYOND RATIONS: FOOD AID STRUGGLES TO ADAPT TO MODERN CRISES
NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how humanitarian agencies are grappling with long term food crises around the world today…
More than eight million Ethiopians need food aid due to violence, drought – government
Reuters More than eight million people need food aid in Ethiopia, a five per cent rise from last year, due to a surge in violence that has triggered mass displacement as well as the lingering effects of past droughts, officials said on Thursday. The crisis has prompted an Ethiopian government appeal for $US1.3 billion to provide emergency […]