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FILE: A picture taken on 18 March 2019 shows villagers receiving food handouts during search and rescue operations in the wake of devastating floods and mudslides caused when Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in Chimanimani. Picture: AFP

Food aid

Record 45m people need urgent food aid in southern Africa : UN

By AFP

'This hunger crisis is on a scale we've not seen before and the evidence shows it's going to get worse,' World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Lola...

  • FILE: Distribution of food parcels in Zimbabwe after Hurricane Idai struck the area. AFP

    Drought drives 7 million Zimbabweans onto food aid

    Earlier this year, aid agencies said around 5.3 million people would need food aid between now and April, when the next harvest is due.

    529 days ago
  • FILE: A Yemeni mother holds her malnourished child as they wait for treatments in a medical centre in the village of Al Mutaynah, in the Tuhayta province, western Yemen, in November 2018. Picture: AFP.

    UN finalises accord with Yemen rebels to resume food aid

    The UN had suspended deliveries of food aid to rebel-held areas on 20 June following accusations of "diversion of food" meant for Yemeni civilians.

    625 days ago
  • Zimbabwean villagers working a farm. Picture: @WFP_Zimbabwe/Twitter

    Zim villagers appeal for food aid following erratic rainfall, crop failures

    Authorities say although some 9,400 families were already receiving aid the figure has since grown to 16,800.

    705 days ago
  • FILE: The Nigerian flag flies in Lagos. Picture: AFP.

    Nigeria says half of government food aid never reached victims of Boko Haram

    Some 1.5 million people are on the brink of famine in the northeast, where the jihadist group has killed more than 20,000 people and forced 2.7 million to flee.

    1402 days ago
  • A convoy of aid vehicles drive in Syria’s Idlib province as they head to the government-controlled towns of Fuaa and Kafraya to deliver aid on 11 January. 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Killings, kidnappings and burnout: The occupational hazards of aid work

    The year 2013 was the worst for aid workers with 460 killed, kidnapped or seriously wounded.

    1804 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Asad

    UN aid for 1 million Syrians

    The United Nations plans to distribute aid to 1 million Syrians

    3281 days ago
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