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Growing food insecurity in West Africa, Sahel must not be ignored: UN huma
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 8 (ANI): Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel, must not be ignored by the international community, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
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Food insecurity increases Pakistan's woes
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad, [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Pakistan has failed to lift itself out of poverty with the Global Hunger Index (GHI) ranking it 92nd out of 116 nations and with a score of 24.7. The country's level of hunger is categorised as 'serious'.
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Droughts in East Africa require immediate actions to avert famine
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Severe droughts across the Horn of Africa leading to high level of food insecurity among population require immediate actions to mitigate further deterioration, joint statement by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Food and
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Food insecurity hits thousands military families in US: report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): As many as 160,000 active-duty U.S. military servicemen have trouble feeding their families, Xinhua reported citing a report of a US-based news agency.
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UN warns food insecurity to worsen in Somalia by May 2022
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Food insecurity is likely to worsen significantly through May 2022 in Somalia, with many households experiencing widening food consumption gaps and erosion of their coping capacity, the United Nations relief agency warned on Sunday.
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55 per cent of Afghan population face food insecurity: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 7 (ANI): Nearly 55 per cent of the Afghan population are estimated to be in a crisis or experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity between now and March of next year, a UN agency report has revealed.
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22.8 million Afghan people will face acute hunger: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI): More than half the population of Afghanistan - a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, a UN aid organisation said on Monday.
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Research: Increased food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic linked to wor
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], September 24 (ANI): According to a nationwide survey in Canada conducted during the first wave, the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns might have worsened worries over food insecurity among many Canadians and negatively impacted their mental health.
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16.4 pc households in Pakistan experience food insecurity: Govt survey
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): A survey conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has revealed that around 16.4 per cent of households in the country have reported that they are experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity.
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Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high: UN report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels/Rome, May 6 (ANI): The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) has found.
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UN warns famine will soar in Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, 17 more countries in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], March 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Acute food insecurity will likely deteriorate over the next couple of months in 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, and African countries, the World Food Program (WFP) said in a new report on Tuesday.
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12.4 million people in Syria face food insecurity in 2021
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Food Program (WFP) said in a press release on Thursday that an additional 4.5 million Syrians have become food insecure over the past year, bringing the total number of people on the brink of hunger to a record 12.4 million.
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