‘Second disaster’: Fears of disease, hunger in Mozambique
5 years, 9 months ago

‘Second disaster’: Fears of disease, hunger in Mozambique

Al Jazeera  

Survivors of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique are facing hunger and disease, say UN officials amid an urgent call for aid. Cyclone-ravaged Mozambique faces a “second disaster” from cholera and other diseases, officials have warned, as the United Nations launched an urgent aid appeal for an estimated 1.8 million people affected by storm winds and flash floods. “We fear that whole villages have been washed away in places we have yet to reach,” he said, raising the spectre of hunger, saying the storm had inundated Mozambique’s breadbasket on the eve of harvest. “At least I had a home before the cyclone, life was a little normal even though I didn’t have much,” Humberto Jose, a resident of the hard-hit city of Beira told Al Jazeera. ‘Long, long journey’ The World Health Organization said it was expecting a “spike” in malaria cases in Mozambique as the disease-carrying mosquitoes breed in standing water.

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Africa floods wreak havoc on crops, deepen food crisis
3 months ago

Africa floods wreak havoc on crops, deepen food crisis

China Daily  

Houses are submerged in Adankolo, Kogi state, Nigeria, on Saturday. HARUNA YAHAYA/AFP Widespread flooding across West and Central Africa has plunged nearly 6.6 million people in 16 countries into crisis, exacerbating an already dire food insecurity situation in the region, where several nations have declared a food security and nutrition emergency. Margot van der Velden, WFP's regional director for Western …

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations
4 months ago

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations

The Independent  

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Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan

Associated Press  

CAIRO — International experts portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan in a report Thursday warning that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between rival generals. The report said that 8.5 million people are facing extreme food shortages after 14 months of conflict in Sudan and that hunger has spread to the capital Khartoum …

From Zambia to Afghanistan, WFP warns El Nino’s extreme weather is causing a surge in hunger
7 months, 3 weeks ago

From Zambia to Afghanistan, WFP warns El Nino’s extreme weather is causing a surge in hunger

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Extreme weather attributed to the El Nino phenomenon is causing a surge in hunger in several countries, including Zambia and Afghanistan, the UN’s World Food Programme said Wednesday, and called on donors for much-needed help. The WFP said executive director Cindy McCain had traveled to Zambia and seen how “severe drought has wiped out harvests …

UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north
10 months, 1 week ago

UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The United Nations’ refugee chief raised a new alert Thursday over 780,000 displaced people in Mozambique, the vast majority of them because of a seven-year insurgency by a jihadi group that has thrown the north of the country into turmoil. Filippo Grandi, the U.N.'s high commissioner for refugees, was on a visit to Mozambique’s northern …

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years
1 year, 6 months ago

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in …

Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years, U.N. says
1 year, 6 months ago

Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years, U.N. says

LA Times  

The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in September,” said Margot …

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming
1 year, 8 months ago

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming

China Daily  

Men sit in a shade as they take care of their goats in the Dadaab refugee camp, one of Africa's largest refugee camps in Kenya, on March 23, 2023. According to the global report on food crises launched on Wednesday by the Food Security Information Network - an initiative mandated with the strengthening of food and nutrition security information system …

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming
1 year, 8 months ago

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming

China Daily  

Men sit in a shade as they take care of their goats in the Dadaab refugee camp, one of Africa's largest refugee camps in Kenya, on March 23, 2023. According to the global report on food crises launched on Wednesday by the Food Security Information Network - an initiative mandated with the strengthening of food and nutrition security information system …

Malawi and Mozambique devastated by floods as Cyclone Freddy kills 300
1 year, 9 months ago

Malawi and Mozambique devastated by floods as Cyclone Freddy kills 300

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Devastated communities and relief workers in Malawi and Mozambique are tackling the aftermath of Cyclone …

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation
2 years ago

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation

The Independent  

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Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know
2 years, 4 months ago

Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know

Al Jazeera  

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing food shortages due to the worst drought in 40 years and rising global food costs. Millions of people are facing food insecurity, as scientists and aid groups warned that Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia could be experiencing their worst drought in 40 years this October-December with drier-than-average conditions predicted. Last month, …

East Africa bloc says 50 million face acute food insecurity
2 years, 5 months ago

East Africa bloc says 50 million face acute food insecurity

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — More than 50 million people across the East African region are expected to face acute food insecurity this year, a regional bloc said Friday, warning that some 300,000 in Somalia and South Sudan are projected to be under full-blown famine conditions. In addition to immediate humanitarian aid, the international community must sustain investment in global agriculture and …

WFP: 20 million risk starvation as Horn of Africa drought worsens
2 years, 8 months ago

WFP: 20 million risk starvation as Horn of Africa drought worsens

Al Jazeera  

Extreme drought has left the Horn of Africa on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, aid workers say. Twenty million people are at risk of starvation this year as delayed rains worsen an already brutal drought in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, the United Nations has warned. As long-awaited rains fail to materialise nearly a month into the current rainy season, …

UN food agency: 45 million people on the edge of famine
3 years, 2 months ago

UN food agency: 45 million people on the edge of famine

Al Jazeera  

The UN agency says global hunger spiked by three million within a year, with conflict, climate change and COVID main driving factors. The United Nations food agency has said that the number of people on the edge of famine across 43 countries had risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world. The jump from 42 million people …

Madagascar on the brink of first climate-induced famine, UN warns
3 years, 4 months ago

Madagascar on the brink of first climate-induced famine, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

A four-year drought has pushed at least 30,000 people in southern Madagascar to level five of famine, the UN warned. The country has long been prone to droughts and floods, but this time around, a roughly four-year spell of drought has pushed at least 30,000 people to level five of famine – the highest internationally recognised level of food insecurity, …

UN warns hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots
3 years, 5 months ago

UN warns hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots

The Hindu  

Hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots in the next three months with the highest alerts for “catastrophic” situations in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, southern Madagascar, Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria, two U.N. agencies warned on Friday. The Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Food Program said in a new report on “Hunger Hotspots” between August and …

‘Nothing left’: A catastrophe in Madagascar’s famine-hit south
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Nothing left’: A catastrophe in Madagascar’s famine-hit south

Al Jazeera  

More than one million people need emergency food and nutrition assistance, with 14,000 already in ‘catastrophic conditions’. “There’s nothing left here where we’ve been digging,” says Rahovatae, a mother of nine, a spade in her hand in the small wood outside the village. ‘Horror film’ World Food Programme chief David Beasley has compared the plight of the starving in Madagascar …

Hunger spreading as Mozambique crisis reaches tipping point
3 years, 9 months ago

Hunger spreading as Mozambique crisis reaches tipping point

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of people shelter in displacement camps with limited food supplies across Cabo Delgado in wake of attack on Palma town. Halima Adhu Jose is still struggling to get over the horror she experienced two weeks ago when she escaped Palma, a town in Mozambique’s far northern Cabo Delgado province. “I don’t know how long we can continue to live …

Inconsolable tears as ‘huge’ crisis unfolding in Mozambique
3 years, 9 months ago

Inconsolable tears as ‘huge’ crisis unfolding in Mozambique

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of displaced people stream into Pemba and other parts of northern Mozambique after attack on town of Palma. As the fighters rampaged through Palma, those not killed fled their homes, quickly filling the ranks of the region’s internally displaced who have left ghost towns behind. The majority of those fleeing Palma – home to an estimated 110,000 people, including …

In multiple countries, alarm over hunger crisis rings louder
4 years, 1 month ago

In multiple countries, alarm over hunger crisis rings louder

Associated Press  

ABS, Yemen — The twin baby boys lay on a bed of woven palm leaves in a remote camp for displaced people in Yemen’s north, their collar bones and ribs visible. The United Nations humanitarian office this week released $100 million in emergency funding to seven countries most at risk of famine — Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Congo, …

WFP fights hunger in food-deprived places, crises, war zones
4 years, 3 months ago

WFP fights hunger in food-deprived places, crises, war zones

The Independent  

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Extremist violence causes food shortages in north Mozambique
4 years, 3 months ago

Extremist violence causes food shortages in north Mozambique

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — The escalating extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique has displaced 310,000 people, creating an urgent humanitarian crisis, the World Food Program said Tuesday. “We are deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado where conflict and violence have left people without access to food and livelihoods,” Antonella D’Aprile, the World Food Program’s representative for Mozambique, said Tuesday. …

UN launches new Zimbabwe appeal as millions face food crisis
5 years, 5 months ago

UN launches new Zimbabwe appeal as millions face food crisis

Deccan Chronicle  

Harare: The UN food agency, on Tuesday, launched a $331-million appeal for aid donations to feed millions of people in crisis-hit Zimbabwe, which is reeling from a drought and the high cost of food. A former regional breadbasket, Zimbabwe's economy has been on a downturn for over a decade with perennial food shortages, a foreign currency crunch, scarcity of basic …

Mozambique seeks $3.2 billion to recover from cyclones
5 years, 7 months ago

Mozambique seeks $3.2 billion to recover from cyclones

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — Mozambique says it needs $3.2 billion to recover from a pair of powerful tropical cyclones that ripped into the southern African nation earlier this year and left hundreds dead, raising alarm about the effects of climate change on coastal nations. The storms wiped out crops on the eve of harvest in one of the world’s least developed countries, …

160,000 at risk in Mozambique after 2nd cyclone in 6 weeks
5 years, 8 months ago

160,000 at risk in Mozambique after 2nd cyclone in 6 weeks

Associated Press  

PEMBA, Mozambique — A second disaster unfolded on Sunday in northern Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Kenneth as raging flood waters killed one person and began to cut off the region’s main city from the outside world. “It’s an awful sense of deja vu,” said Nicholas Finney, response team leader with the aid group Save the Children. “We will …

Cyclone Idai’s death toll now above 1,000 in southern Africa
5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai’s death toll now above 1,000 in southern Africa

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — The death toll from the cyclone that ripped into southern Africa last month is now above 1,000, while the number of cholera cases among survivors has risen above 4,000. The United Nations has described Cyclone Idai, which hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi nearly a month ago, as “one of the deadliest storms on record in the southern …

After cyclone and cholera, Mozambique now battles hunger
5 years, 9 months ago

After cyclone and cholera, Mozambique now battles hunger

Associated Press  

BOPIRA, Mozambique — Mozambique’s first disaster was a cyclone. Such a “second harvest” normally accounts for just 10 percent of annual food production, the United Nations’ World Food Program said. That season will start “atypically early in August” and continue into early 2020, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network said over the weekend, adding that local seed prices could rise. …

Mozambique: Rescued cyclone victims fear for those left behind
5 years, 9 months ago

Mozambique: Rescued cyclone victims fear for those left behind

Al Jazeera  

Beira, Mozambique– They waited for rescue for days, clinging on to trees and rooftops, after a powerful cyclone tore through Mozambique and triggered flash floods in what the UN has called “one of the worst weather-related catastrophes in the history of Africa”. That makes me very sad.” Cyclone Idai, which also hit Zimbabwe and Malawi, killed more than 700 people …

Mozambique floods cover more ground than NYC, Chicago, D.C., and Boston — combined
5 years, 9 months ago

Mozambique floods cover more ground than NYC, Chicago, D.C., and Boston — combined

Salon  

Post-flood satellite images of Mozambique show that Cyclone Idai submerged about 835 square miles of homes and fields — an area larger than New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Boston combined. Aid workers in Mozambique describe the floodwaters as “inland oceans extending for miles and miles.” Idai’s official death toll in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi reached 761 on Monday, …

Mozambique: Rescued cyclone victims fear for those left behind
5 years, 9 months ago

Mozambique: Rescued cyclone victims fear for those left behind

Al Jazeera  

Beira, Mozambique– They waited for rescue for days, clinging on to trees and rooftops, after a powerful cyclone tore through Mozambique and triggered flash floods in what the UN has called “one of the worst weather-related catastrophes in the history of Africa”. That makes me very sad.” Cyclone Idai, which also hit Zimbabwe and Malawi, killed more than 700 people …

Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique: Relief teams scramble to get relief supplies to victims; 400 people killed in storm
5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique: Relief teams scramble to get relief supplies to victims; 400 people killed in storm

Firstpost  

A week after Tropical Cyclone Idai lashed Mozambique with winds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour, the rescue effort rose up a gear but the situation was often chaotic. Beira: Aid workers faced disarray and a clamour for help Friday as they headed out across central Mozambique, battling to help tens of thousands of people battered by one of southern …

300 dead, 35,000 at risk as Cyclone Idai rages through Mozambique, Zimbabwe; UN labels it 'one of the worst storms in decades'
5 years, 9 months ago

300 dead, 35,000 at risk as Cyclone Idai rages through Mozambique, Zimbabwe; UN labels it 'one of the worst storms in decades'

Firstpost  

The UN said that one of the worst storms to hit southern Africa in decades had also unleashed a humanitarian crisis in Malawi, affecting nearly a million people and forcing more than 80,000 from their homes. “We already have more than 200 dead, and nearly 350,000 people are at risk,” Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced, while the government in Zimbabwe …

Cyclone’s huge floods leave hundreds dead in southern Africa
5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone’s huge floods leave hundreds dead in southern Africa

Associated Press  

CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe — Aid workers rushed to rescue victims clinging to trees and crammed on rooftops Tuesday after a cyclone unleashed devastating floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. “This is the worst humanitarian crisis in Mozambique’s recent history,” said Jamie LeSueur, head of response efforts for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. “I lost so much …

The Latest: UN allocates $20 million to aid cyclone victims
5 years, 9 months ago

The Latest: UN allocates $20 million to aid cyclone victims

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — The latest on tropical cyclone : 12:10 a.m. Wednesday The United Nations has allocated $20 million from its emergency response fund for the humanitarian response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. ___ 11:05 p.m. Mozambique’s president says more than 200 people are confirmed dead in his country alone after a tropical cyclone roared ashore in the …

AP Explains: Why southern African cyclone is so shattering
5 years, 9 months ago

AP Explains: Why southern African cyclone is so shattering

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are at risk after a cyclone ripped into central Mozambique and heavy rains continue to fall. A massive storm surge when Cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozambique over the weekend created what one World Food Program staffer calls “inland oceans extending for miles and miles in all directions.” The city …

Cyclone Idai latest: Mozambique city submerged after disaster hits
5 years, 9 months ago

Cyclone Idai latest: Mozambique city submerged after disaster hits

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Cyclone Idai brought devastation to the major coastal city …

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