The COVID-19 pandemic has impoverished an extra 130 million people worldwide, a drama that compels nations to act faster or fail to achieve zero-hunger by 2030, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's second-in-command Maurizio Martina told Adnkronos in an interview.
The UN World Food Programme on Tuesday appealed for 35 million dollars for Madagascar, where drought and a COVID-19 induced recession have doubled the number of hungry in recent months and malnutrition is escalating.
Up to five million people in Yemen don't know where their next meal is coming from and famine is menacing some areas of the war-ravaged country, the United Nations warned on Monday.
When fighting drives large numbers of people from their homes, their land, and their jobs, they are more likely to go hungry, the United Nations World Food Programme tweeted on Friday.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation on Thursday unveiled a global alliance to boost efforts to beat hunger and ensure sustainable agri-food systems amid the COVID-19 pandemic - an initiative that was proposed by Italy.
As the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization marked its 75th anniversary on Friday, the COVID-19 pandemic has made its mission to end hunger and nourish the world even more crucial, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said.
The UN World Food Programme on Friday thanked the Norwegian Nobel committee for this year's peace prize, saying the award was "a powerful reminder to the world that peace and zero hunger go hand-in-hand".
The head of the United Nations World Food Programme on Monday warned that war-torn Yemen, where millions are sliding towards starvation, is on the brink of disaster.
Millions of lives could be lost unless nations offer more help to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic are stoking one of the world’s worst hunger crises, the United Nations World Food Programme warned on Friday.
Twenty-seven countries are facing COVID-19-driven food crises, as the pandemic's knock-on effects aggravate pre-existing causes of hunger, according to new research by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizationand World Food Programme.
Millions of refugees across Africa face hunger and malnourishment due to severe funding shortages, conflict and disasters as well as the economic impact of the COVID19 pandemic, the United Nations warned on Thursday.
An unprecedented 9.3 million Syrians don't know where their next meal is coming from and millions are being driven deeper into poverty as the prices of basic foods have spiralled to record levels, the United Nations World Food Programme said Friday in a statement.
