On a hot Wednesday afternoon, Atoumata Nimaga smilingly welcomes women – babies tied securely on their backs –arriving at a local health centre in the central Malian village of Dotembougou.
Not so long ago, the mother of three, who is in her twenties, faced hunger so severe that it put her then unborn child at risk.
14 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity, and an estimated 3.2 million children under the age of five expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year.
Japan’s contribution comes in as the conflict in Sudan enters its tenth month and continues to spread across the country, resulting in record levels of hunger and displacement. This support will enable WFP to provide emergency food rations to over 55,000 of the most food-insecure people for 12 months.
“The situation in Sudan is already catastrophic and continues to worsen by t
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Sudan is sliding into catastrophe, with famine conditions recorded in the Zamzam camp for displaced people near the conflict-riven town of El Fasher in North Darfur.
