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The announcement was made at the Seoul Sangam Stadium in Korea ahead of a friendly match between Son’s football club Tottenham Hotspur and the K-League All Stars.

As the world marks the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, the current global energy crisis is another wakeup call for clean and durable energy solutions that are also key to building food security. That message is all the more powerful today, as the war in Ukraine sends food and fuel prices soaring and contributes to an unprecedented rise in global hunger. That's why over the

Soaring global food insecurity is putting 750,000 people, in five countries, at immediate risk of ‘starvation or death’ at IPC5 – ‘catastrophe’ on the global standard for measuring food security, according to a new UN report.  Among these, 401,000 people are in Ethiopia's Tigray region, with the remainder in Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.

As a land-locked, mountainous country, the Kyrgyz Republic's economy is exposed to various risks. These include dependence on imported staple foods and fuel, labour migration, and climate-related hazards such as drought, floods and mudflows.  

Led by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the two-day high-level conference is entitled, “Investing in homegrown school meals to strengthen human capital, women's economic empowerment and contribute to economic development”.

The war in Ukraine continues to displace people, damage infrastructure, disrupt supply chains and hold back the country’s economy.

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The immense scale of the damage is becoming clearer, but the situation is likely to deteriorate, and the number of people affected is expected to increase as heavy rains are forecast to continue. Assessing the extent of the damage and needs remains a huge challenge.

The first WFP-run United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) helicopter arrived in Beira on Wednesday to support rescue and relief operations and another is due to arrive. WFP satellite imaging suggests that some 1.7 million were in the path of the cyclone and WFP is working with the government and partners to scale up its operations to reach 600, 000 people with immediate food assistance.&n

PORT-AU-PRINCE - The United Nations World Food Programme has announced it is scaling up its operation to provide emergency food assistance to 700,000 people. To reach them and deliver common humanitarian services, WFP is appealing for US$62 million. For WFP, investing in sustainable solutions is key to addressing the root causes of food insecurity in Haiti.