FSNWG issued a food security alert calling for immediate action in response to expectations of rising food and nutrition insecurity linked to consecutive poor rainy seasons and forecasts for another poor season between October and December 2021 across parts of the Horn of Africa. Since this alert was published, the following updates have become […]
Continue ReadingROME — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine (IPC4/Emergency or worse) in 43 countries has risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world. This number has risen from 42 million earlier in the year and 27 million in […]
Continue ReadingMekelle, Tigray – “They have saved my life and that of my daughter. I stayed under their care the whole night and delivered my baby girl safely,” says Selam, the first mother to deliver at the camp for internally displaced persons — Sabacare 4 — in Mekelle, Tigray. After living for months in a […]
Continue ReadingAs an accountability tool, the Regional SRHR Scorecard has been developed to track progress in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the African Region. It was informed by global, regional and national commitments and is intended to become the tool for peer review and accountability. It will be used to monitor achievements of […]
Continue ReadingROME, ITALY — The U.N.’s food agency said Monday the number of people on the edge of famine in 43 countries had risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world. The jump from 42 million people earlier in the year was largely down to a food security assessment that found another […]
Continue ReadingThe African Union envoy for the Horn of Africa warned Monday that the window of opportunity is closing for a political resolution of the crisis in northern Ethiopia, as the country tips further toward all-out conflict. “The time is now for collective actions in finding lasting solution to avoid further escalation of the situation, which […]
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