Yearly Archives: 2022
Timothy Robbins in South Sudan Rice farming is transforming farming communities in Gogrial East County, Warrap State, making them more resilient and self-sufficient. Now, farmers worry less about the start of the rainy season as they learn to better prepare their fields and use floodwater wisely. “Harvesting this rice is like a dream,” says Ayiei, […]
Ibrahim Konate in Somalia According to UNICEF, the number of children exposed to extreme drought conditions in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia has more than doubled in five months. Some 20.2 million children are now at risk of hunger, thirst, and disease, up from 10 million in July as climate change, conflict, global inflation, and grain […]
Appeal aims to reach more than 110 million children with humanitarian assistance across 155 countries and territories. Today, there are more children in need of humanitarian assistance than at any other time since the Second World War. Across the globe, children are facing a historic confluence of crises – from conflict and displacement to infectious […]
Ibrahim Konate in Somalia The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today that with hunger fast approaching in Somalia, there is still time to turn the tide by addressing the immediate needs of communities. Rural areas are among those most at risk. However, unless this is accompanied by a dramatic increase […]
Peter Hendricks in South Sudan The humanitarian community in South Sudan today launched its 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan. The plan aims to secure $1.7 billion to provide life-saving assistance and livelihood support to 6.8 million people who are among the most vulnerable affected by conflict, climate shock, and prolonged displacement across the country. At the […]
Mahmud Ali in Somalia Efforts by national and local governments and increased humanitarian aid to cope with the impact of the longest and most severe drought in Somalia’s recent history have prevented starvation thresholds. However, the situation is still extremely dire and humanitarian aid must be sustained over time and improved, as famine is highly likely to […]
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo returned to her hometown of Benin last week to meet with children and young people affected by the violence of the Sahel crisis and climate change in the region. The deteriorating security situation in Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Niger, as well as rising food prices following climate shocks, affect people’s […]
Editorial Earlier this week, heavy rains caused severe flooding in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These floods disrupted transportation and communication networks, schools, farmland, water and electricity supplies, and devastated communities and other public infrastructure. Some reports said at least 160 people died, more than 38,000 people were affected, 10,000 […]
The recently published Food Classification Report predicts that parts of Somalia will face famine by June 2023, with the number of people facing catastrophic famine (IPC Phase 5). will double to 727,000. About 8.3 million people across Somalia are expected to face starvation. Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worsening of food insecurity by June 2023, […]
Staff Writer United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said today he was appalled by armed elements’ attacks on civilians amid the outbreak of violence in the South Sudanese state of Upper-Nile, and called for Calling authorities and community leaders to take urgent action to end this situation. At least 166 civilians have […]