Tag: Famine
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Food insecurity: Famine to hit Sudan soon – UN
Sudan is faced with looming food crisis and eventual famine according to report from the United Nations. The United Nations, UN, humanitarians in Sudan on Friday issued a fresh alert about pervasive food insecurity in the country
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12.8 Million Nigerians may suffer hunger as FAO warns famine looms between June, August
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has warned that unless proper actions are taken, millions of Nigerians will suffer from famine between June and August 2021. This is a worse outlook from the estimated 9.2 million currently experiencing food insecurity between March and May this year amid armed conflicts, COVID-19’s effects and climate change.…
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Famine: North East of Nigeria to benefit £276m from G7 action plan
The United Kingdom, UK has brokered first G7 action plan to help save millions of lives from famine and humanitarian crises, including £276 million for North East Nigeria. In a statement issued on Monday by the British High Commission in Abuja, G7 agrees landmark collective action to significantly increase early action, supporting the UN to…
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No rural women, no food, famine certain – Dele Sobowale
By Dele Sobowale “He gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.” Jonathan Swift,…
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Special Report: Looming hunger in Northern Nigeria as bandits, flood truncate farming activities
Activities of bandits and the inevitable flooding in the climax of the raining season is already threatening to push some communities in Northern Nigeria especially, the North-West into famine. While the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) reported in September this year that over a hundred thousands homes and wide areas of crops have been destroyed…
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Real Famine Imminent in 2020 and early 2021, By Dele Sobowale
“0803-577-0940 Good day Uncle Dele. We’re back to the stark realities of one of your forecasts. We’ld embark once more into maize importation. Since the farmers cannot farm again because of Fulani herdsmen, here we are back to the dark ages.,,” The message arrived on September 4, 2020. I kept it till now because…
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Nigeria, three other countries at risk of famine, UN warns
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a risk of famine and widespread food insecurity in Nigeria and three other African countries affected by conflict and the lives of millions of people are in danger. The other countries are Congo, Yemen, and South Sudan. Already about two million tons of rice has…
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Nigeria likely to face famine if Taraba crisis persists – CAN warns
Pastor Isaiah Jirapye, Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Taraba chapter, has said that food crisis was imminent if the Tiv/Jukun communal violence was not checked. Jirapye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Jalingo that the tribes locked in the conflict were predominantly farmers, and regretted that the violence had made…
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We’ll do our bit to ensure famine, poverty is kicked out of Nigeria – World Bank, IMF
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund, IMF on Thursday said it will do everything possible to ensure famine and poverty is kicked out of Nigeria especially the Boko Haram crisis riddled North-East region. The President of World Bank, Jim Yong Kim said this in his opening remarks at the ongoing World Bank/International Monetary Fund…