Tag:World Food Programme (WFP)

Climate Change

Kenya, UN, WFP ink deal to boost climate action

Kenya, World Food Programme (WFP) and UN food-assistance branch, on Thursday, September 9, 2021 signed a partnership agreement to jointly implement the government-financing locally-led...

Michael Simire - September 10, 2021

Human Welfare

WFP, FAO identify 23 countries as ‘highest alert’ hunger hotspots

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) say in the next four months, conflict, COVID-19 and the climate crisis...

Michael Simire - July 31, 2021

Health

WHO, WFP inaugurate innovative project on emergency health facilities

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a new project to improve emergency response to health crises. In a...

Michael Simire - July 20, 2021

Human Welfare

WFP welcomes $5.3m from U.S. for refugee food assistance in Rwanda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday, June 24, 2021 received $5.3 million from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) to provide...

Michael Simire - June 24, 2021

Human Welfare

UN World Food Programme sounds alarm amid Madagascar hunger crisis

The head of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 warned of the starvation in Madagascar as he exhorted the...

Michael Simire - June 23, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

UN food agency signals alarm as drought threatens Madagascar

More than 1 million people are facing malnourishment in southern Madagascar as the country suffers its worst drought in 40 years, according to the...

Michael Simire - May 7, 2021

Human Welfare

Africa not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030 – FAO

Africa is not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030, Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Regional Representative for Africa, Abebe Haile-Gabriel, told a...

Michael Simire - March 3, 2021

Human Welfare