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Starvation, hunger-related deaths a reality amid food crisis

Published on: October 5, 2021
07:46

United Nations, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) With some of the world's worst food crises in recent years impacting tens of millions of people, there is an urgent need for specifically targeted funding for emergency livelihoods assistance and to build resilience, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Madagascar is prone to the first famine due to climate change

Published on: August 31, 2021
02:15

Antananarivo, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Madagascar is going through its worst drought in the last 40 years and is prone to suffer a famine of catastrophic proportions, according to the report of a specialized UN agency circulated here on Monday.

Madagascar driven to first famine due to climate change

Published on: August 30, 2021
12:10

Antananarivo, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Madagascar is going through its worst drought in the last 40 years and heads for suffering a famine of catastrophic proportions, according to the report today of a specialized UN agency.

WFP delivers food to over 1 million people in Tigray

Published on: August 11, 2021
07:26

United Nations, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) delivered food to over a million people in the north-west and parts of southern Tigray in June and July under the second round of distributions, despite numerous challenges.

Refugees threatened with hunger due to Covid-19

Published on: June 26, 2021
14:02

United Nations, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Millions of refugees are threatened by hunger given the Covid-19 pandemic´s impact on aid budgets and emergency operations, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) warned.

Covid-19 deaths in Africa decrease, but famine is a threat

Published on: April 13, 2021
11:47

Nairobi, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Africa on Monday reported 262 deaths due to causes related to Covid-19, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Tuesday, the same average figure reported over the weekend, an arithmetical coincidence.

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