Food aid in Somalia could halt within weeks due to funding shortages, WFP warns - Reuters
Food aid in Somalia could halt within weeks due to funding shortages, WFP warns Reuters
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"The situation is deteriorating at an alarming rate. Families have lost everything, and many are already being pushed to the brink. Without immediate emergency food support, conditions will worsen quickly."
— Ross Smith , Executive
"The situation is deteriorating at an alarming rate."
— Ross Smith , Executive
"Without immediate emergency food support, conditions will worsen quickly."
— Ross Smith , Executive
"If our already reduced assistance ends, the humanitarian, security, and economic consequences will be devastating."
— Ross Smith , Executive
"The situation is deteriorating at an alarming rate."
— Ross Smith , Executive
"Without immediate emergency food support, conditions will worsen quickly."
— Ross Smith , Executive
"If our already reduced assistance ends, the humanitarian, security, and economic consequences will be devastating, with the effects felt far beyond Somalia's borders."
— Ross Smith , Executive
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The UN World Food Programme warns that its life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Somalia could cease by April unless new funding is secured, affecting millions facing worsening hunger.
The WFP warns that Somalia is facing one of the most complex hunger crises in recent years, with 4.4 million people experiencing crisis-level food insecurity due to failed rainy seasons, conflict, and declining humanitarian funding.
The UN World Food Programme warns that its life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Somalia could cease by April unless new funding is secured, affecting millions facing worsening hunger.
The WFP warns that Somalia faces a rapidly deteriorating hunger crisis that could escalate into famine without urgent funding, with 4.4 million people in severe hunger amid failed rains and mass displacement.
The UN World Food Programme warns that its life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Somalia could cease by April unless new funding is secured, affecting millions facing worsening hunger.
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