Food insecurity in Afghanistan is rising sharply, driven by the impact of the economic crisis, decades of conflict, and drought. Men, women, and children queuing for food assistance say that the misery of hunger, today, is even greater than the challenges they endured during the worst days of conflict.
The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fueled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, WFP warns ahead of World Food Day.
Seven earthquakes with magnitudes reaching 6.3 and multiple aftershocks have struck Herat Province in Western Afghanistan within eight days. Dozens of villages are affected, many of them entirely flattened with at least 1,400 people killed and more than 1,800 injured, according to official figures. The majority of victims are women and children.
“Germany stands with the Afghan people, and we continue our engagement to help communities stand on their own feet,” said Katharina Spiess, BMZ’s Head of Division “Crisis management, Reconstruction and Transitional Development Assistance.
From their friendly, humble home in Gaza, 32-year-old Sahar and her family produce some of the most iconic Palestinian goods: coffee, maftoul, doqqa and zaatar. Their kichten is a swirl of herby smells.
Today, their products are quickly snapped up by local residents across the Gaza Strip.
This contribution will allow the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to bring together and extend their complementary initiatives and expertise in implementing the Sahel Resilience Partnership (2023-2027) targeting the most vulnerable and climate-affected people in Bur
The largest island in the Caribbean, Cuba ranks 83rd among 191 countries in the Human Development Report 2021-2022, with its position supported by social protection programmes and universal access to basic services.
Food insecure households are unable to access food in a sufficient manner and have difficulty meeting their basic needs, they must resort to unsustainable consumption strategies and face food shortages, hunger, and malnutrition.
Of the 15.5 million Colombians who are food insecure, 2.1 million are severely food insecure and 13.4 million are moderately food insecure.
Despite progress in collective actions to address food insecurity in the country, the Food Security Assessment among the Colombian Population - carried out in late 2023 - also reveals that half of Colombian households are in a situation of marginal food security and are at risk of sliding into a more severe situation as a result of external shocks.