US EditionUN Agencies Warn of Starvation Risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali, Call for Urgent Aid
- Two UN agencies have warned of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods.
- The report calls for urgent attention to save lives and jobs and has identified 22 "hotspots" at risk of acute food insecurity.
- The severity of hunger is worse than ever and action is needed to help people adapt to a changing climate and prevent famine.
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UN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali, call for urgent aid
Two UN agencies warned Monday of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods.
“This is due to severe restrictions on the movement of people and goods” as well as “the recent outbreak of conflict in Sudan,” explain the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme.
UN Agencies Warn of Starvation Risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali, Call for Urgent Aid
The four countries join Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen at the highest alert levels, with communities that are already facing or projected to face starvation or otherwise risk a slide ''towards catastrophic conditions'
UN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali, call for urgent aid
ROME (AP) — Two U.N. agencies warned Monday of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods.
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