WFP is deeply concerned that the scourge of hunger and malnutrition is on the increase across the developing world, with now over a billion hungry people on the planet. The global economic downturn is exacerbating the impact of the food crisis and increasing food insecurity for the world's most vulnerable people, reversing progress toward the Millennium Development Goals. This threatens human well-being, peace and stability, and puts an entire generation at risk in many countries.

In 2008, the number of people in need

(A) Highlights

(B) Middle East,Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Lebanon

(C) East & Central Africa: (1) Burundi (2) Congo, DR (3) Ethiopia (4) Kenya (5) Rwanda (6) Somalia (7) Sudan (8) Tanzania (9) Uganda

(D) West Africa: (1) Chad (2) Cote d'Ivoire (3) Guinea (4) Liberia (5) Niger

(E) Asia: (1) Afghanistan (2) Sri Lanka (3) Timor Leste

Appeal Target: CHF 7,342,916
Period covered: January -March, 2002
"At a Glance"

Outstanding needs: CHF 6,209,344
Related Appeals: N/A
Appeal coverage: 15.4%

Update: Out of a budget of CHF 7,342,916, only CHF 1,136,411 has been contributed, and more funding is required for the West Africa regional delegation to pursue its planned programs in the Appeal 2002.

Operational Developments:

LIBERIA: Des milliers de déplacés à la suite des combats

Les combats de cette semaine entre les troupes loyales au président Charles Taylor et les forces rebelles à Bong Mine, à environ 80 km au nord-est de la capitale, Monrovia, ont déplacé au moins 20 000 personnes, a annoncé jeudi le Haut Commissariat des Nations unies pour les réfugiés (HCR).

Le gouvernement du Liberia a affirmé