Yearly Archives: 2022
Niamey, 16 September 2022 – The United Nations, in close collaboration with the Government of Niger, has activated an anticipatory action framework in Niger to prevent and mitigate the immediate impact of insufficient rainfall related to drought and climate change. In support of this framework, Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths approved $9.5 million (6.2 billion […]
(Geneva/New York, 16 September 2022): United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths today released US$100 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost underfunded humanitarian operations in 11 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East. As people’s lives and livelihoods are threatened by conflict, climate emergencies, hunger and forced displacement, we […]
JUBA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is today calling for the safe and secure passage of food and other humanitarian assistance into conflict-affected areas of Upper Nile and Jonglei states, amidst renewed conflict which has displaced thousands of families and left an unknown number of civilians dead or injured. WFP depends on […]
International Day of the girl is an opportunity for the global community to celebrate achievements that have been made towards gender equality and empowerment of the girl child. Girls are making headlines and contributing to the leadership discourse in spaces that were historically male dominated. The 2022 theme, Our Time Is Now, Our Rights Our […]
Many countries in Africa are facing the worst food crisis in decades. The consequences are greatest for women and children, with many mothers currently fighting to protect their kids from malnutrition. In Nigeria, one of the IFRC’s 12 priority countries in our hunger crisis response, the Nigerian Red Cross and IFRC are using creative ways […]
As the United Nations General Assembly gets underway today amid an unprecedented global hunger crisis, cash offers one vehicle to reach the world’s most vulnerable people in ways that can lift communities and economies. While skyrocketing food prices have fallen recently, they still remain high, with the war in Ukraine driving up the cost of […]
Rome, 12 September 2022. To harness the development benefits of using mobile channels to send and receive remittances, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) announced today its first grant to a digital payments company, MFS Africa, to promote the use of mobile remittances in marginal rural areas in five African countries: Ghana, Kenya, […]
Mogadishu, 12 September 2022 –More than half of children aged under five in Somalia are facing acute malnutrition with one in six suffering from the most deadly form as time to fend off famine starts to run out, Save the Children said today following the release of new hunger figures. New IPC figures said the […]
DAKAR, 15 September 2022 – More than 150,000 people, of which about half are children, have been severely affected by floods in Niger and Nigeria in recent weeks, Save the Children said today. The torrential rain is expected to continue in southern Niger and northern Nigeria until end of September, which could lead to further […]
Climate change is deepening hunger in 10 of the world’s worst climate hotspots: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Guatemala, Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, Somalia and Zimbabwe. These countries – which had the highest number of UN appeals driven by extreme weather events – have repeatedly been battered by extreme weather over the last two decades. Today, […]