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Cyclone Kenneth made landfall late Thursday in Cabo Delgado province, packing wind gusts of up to 220 kilometres per hour
South Africa faces an impending food security crisis if there isn’t urgent action to correct unsustainable practices
Drought in Southern Africa now affects approximately half of Zimbabwe’s population in rural areas.
Africa is lagging behind in tackling hunger with reports showing that over 25% of Africa’s population suffer from acute undernourishment.
Around a million poor Zimbabweans face hunger after the UN World Food Programme announced it was cutting food rations due to a cash crunch.
The UN hopes to get permission from the Syrian government to send more aid workers to help at least 1-million people in need of urgent assistance.
The UN World Food Programme has warned Zimbabwe is months away from a food shortage, which could see over a million people unable to feed themselves.
The WFP’s first delivery of aid to Somalia was delayed due to bureaucratic hurdles in Kenya — slowing relief efforts for millions hit by drought.
A suicide bomber attacked an office of the UN World Food Programme in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing five people and wounding several.
Zimbabwe’s agricultural production is estimated to have risen significantly, but many people still face problems finding basic foods, the UN says.
Gunmen on Monday abducted three foreigners and a Somali working for the UN in southern Somalia, the latest in a string of kidnappings in the nation.
The UN will end food distribution in Somalia unless armed groups there stop attacking UN staff, the World Food Programme said on Thursday.
Tens of thousands of Kenyans have chosen to live in camps and rely on humanitarian aid rather than return home.
