Nutrition and Food Security

 
NEWS
RWANDA: WFP in US $35 million agreement with Kigali
LIBERIA: Survey shows acute malnutrition in 30 percent of children
Hundreds of thousands face severe hunger in the east, WFP says
Eliminating hunger in a world of plenty
BURUNDI: WFP finds major food insecurity in Kayanza province
CHAD: WFP appeals for aid to feed refugees from CAR
HORN OF AFRICA: Number of famine victims set to rise
ZIMBABWE: Assistance for drought-hit Matabeleland livestock farmers
NAMIBIA: WFP gets permission to import maize
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UN warns of possible famine in north
 
Country Cause Numbers at risk
Angola Conflict
1,800,000
Cape Verde
28,000
Central African Republic Conflict
10,000
Congo Conflict
347,000
Congo Democratic Republic Conflict
14,000,000
Cote d'Ivoire Conflict
26,000
Eritrea Drought
1,000,000
Ethiopia Drought
14,000,000
Guinea Conflict
148,000
Kenya Drought
0
Lesotho Drought
650,000
Liberia Conflict
182,000
Malawi Drought
3,300,000
Mali Drought
74,000
Mauritania Drought
420,000
Mozambique Drought
590,000
Senegal Drought
26,000
Sudan Conflict
2,900,000
Swaziland Drought
270,000
Uganda Conflict
1,000,000
United Republic of Tanzania Refugees
529,000
West Africa Conflict
791,000
Western Sahel Drought
590,000
Zambia Drought
2,900,000
Zimbabwe Drought
6,700,000

More than 38 million are at risk in a massive hunger crisis gripping the African continent.

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