KAMPALA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will in 2023 implement a progressive shift to needs-based targeting of general food assistance for refugees in Uganda, following an endorsement of the approach at the Comprehensive Refugee Respons…
Day: January 26, 2023
Africa emerges from holiday travel season with low number of COVID-19 cases
Brazzaville, 26 January 2023 – Africa is emerging from the New Year travel season without a significant upsurge in COVID-19 for the first time since the start of the pandemic.A total of 20 552 new cases were recorded in the first three weeks of January…
West and Central Africa: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (17 – 23 January 2023)
CAMEROONCIVILIANS FORCED TO FLEE THEIR VILLAGES DUE TO VIOLENCEBetween 21 December 2022 and 4 January 2023, more than 4,800 people were forced to flee their villages in Menchum, Momo, Ndian and Manyu divisions in the North-West and South-West regions, …
West and Central Africa: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (17 – 23 January 2023)
CAMEROONCIVILIANS FORCED TO FLEE THEIR VILLAGES DUE TO VIOLENCEBetween 21 December 2022 and 4 January 2023, more than 4,800 people were forced to flee their villages in Menchum, Momo, Ndian and Manyu divisions in the North-West and South-West regions, …
WFP welcomes major donation of €65.5 million from the European Union in Eastern and Southern Africa to address the unprecedented global food crisis in eleven countries
NAIROBI / JOHANNESBURG –?An essential and timely contribution of €65.5 million from the European Union, received through its Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), has been immediately put to work by WFP to address the unprecedented needs caused by the gl…
WFP welcomes major donation of €65.5 million from the European Union in Eastern and Southern Africa to address the unprecedented global food crisis in eleven countries
NAIROBI / JOHANNESBURG –?An essential and timely contribution of €65.5 million from the European Union, received through its Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), has been immediately put to work by WFP to address the unprecedented needs caused by the gl…