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Jun
23
2021
By The African Mirror
U.N. agency says 41 million on verge of famine

U.N. agency says 41 million on verge of famine

HUMAN RIGHTS
MAYTAAL ANGEL  SOME 41 million people worldwide are at imminent risk of famine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, saying soaring prices for basic foods were compounding existing pressures on food security. Another half a million are already experiencing famine-like conditions, said the WFP's Executive Director David Beasley. "We now have four countries where famine-like conditions are present. Meanwhile 41 million people are literally knocking on famine's door," he said. The WFP, which is funded entirely by voluntary donations, said it needs to raise $6 billion immediately to reach those at risk, in 43 countries. "We…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe

U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS NEXT year is shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe and rich countries must not trample poor countries in a "stampede for vaccines" to combat the coronavirus pandemic, top U.N. officials have told the 193-member U.N. General Assembly. World Food Programme (WFP) chief David Beasley and World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke during a special meeting on COVID-19, which emerged in China late last year and has so far infected 65 million globally. The pandemic, measures taken by countries to try to stop its spread and the economic impact have fueled a 40% increase in…
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Oct
10
2020
By The African Mirror
UN food agency WFP hails Peace Nobel as call to action against hunger

UN food agency WFP hails Peace Nobel as call to action against hunger

WORLD
NERIJUS ADOMAITIS and STEPHANIE NEBEHAY THE United Nations' World Food Programme, which has coordinated medical logistics during the coronavirus pandemic, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in what its boss said was a call to action that no one should go hungry with the wealth in the world today. The head of the awards committee called the WFP a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, and said the COVID-19 pandemic, which the WFP says could double hunger worldwide, had made it even more relevant. At one point at…
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