McCain takes up the vital role at a time when the unprecedented global food crisis is pushing millions of people deeper into hunger, with a particular impact on the lives of women and girls.
“Hunger puts more people- particularly women and children - at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse,” said McCain and stressed that "Seeking food or humanitarian assistance should never be a choice to sacr
“This is a significant initiative in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to achieve nutritional security in the state, which is focused on food security.
In Chad, the Executive Director witnessed firsthand how conflict, climate shocks, and high food and fuel costs are pushing millions into acute hunger and malnutrition. Chad hosts the largest refugee population of any country in West and Central Africa and is also gripped by its own rising food insecurity.
“The global community faces a decision point,” said McCain.
Thousands of people have crossed into South Sudan as they flee ongoing conflict in Sudan. WFP is on the ground and supporting the new arrivals, but this additional response is putting pressure on an already severely underfunded operation.
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Read new IPC report on Sudan hereVIEW LATEST NEWS RELEASES | Last updates 27 June, 20 JuneClashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) around Singa in Sennar state mark an alarming spread of the conflict east towards Port Sudan.
Recently there has been progress in getting urgently needed food and nutrition assistance through Chad’s re-opened Adre border crossing, which is enabling WFP to provide the people of Sudan with the regular support they urgently need. WFP has assisted around 8.4 million people in Sudan since the war began 500 days ago in April 2023. Latest operational updates from WFP’s operations in Sud
Dorati Ndagisa’s loss is achingly familiar in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where fighting has uprooted millions of people, feeding Africa’s biggest hunger crisis.
Chased by armed groups from her farm in DRC’s troubled eastern Nord Kivu province, she and her five children are now destitute.
