UN says Somalia faces a 'dire hunger emergency' but aid has been cut over lack of funding

UN says Somalia faces a 'dire hunger emergency' but aid has been cut over lack of funding

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Somalia's "dire hunger emergency" is spiraling upward with one-third of the population expected to face crisis or worse levels of food needs, but the U.N. has been forced to drastically cut food assistance because of a lack of funding, the head of the World Food Program said Thursday.

UN says Somalia faces a `dire hunger emergency' but aid has been cut over lack of funding

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia’s “dire hunger emergency” is spiraling upward with one-third of the population expected to face crisis or worse levels of food needs, but the U.N. has […]

UN says Somali faces a `dire hunger emergency' but aid has been cut to millions over lack of funding

Somalia’s “dire hunger emergency” is spiraling upward with one-third of the population expected to face crisis or worse levels of food needs. But Cindy McCain, head of the World Food

UN says Somalia faces a `dire hunger emergency' but aid has been cut over lack of funding

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia’s “dire hunger emergency” is spiraling upward with one-third of the population expected to face crisis or worse levels of food needs, but the U.N. has been forced to drastically cut food assistance because of a lack of funding, the head of the World Food Program said Thursday. Cindy McCain told the U.N. Security Council the latest food security data show that over 6.6 million Somalis desperately need assistance incl…

UN says Somalia faces a `dire hunger emergency' but aid has been cut over lack of funding

FILE - Nunay Mohamed, 25, who fled the drought-stricken Lower Shabelle area, holds her one-year old malnourished child at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on June 30, 2022. Two U.N. agencies are warning 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 four countries join Afghanistan,…

UN says Somalia faces a `dire hunger emergency' but aid has been cut over lack of funding

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia’s “dire hunger emergency” is spiraling upward with one-third of the population expected to face crisis or worse levels of food needs, but the U.N. has been forced to drastically cut food assistance because of a lack of funding, the head of the World Food Program said Thursday. Cindy McCain told the U.N. Security Council the latest food security data show that over 6.6 million Somalis desperately need assistance incl…