On behalf of more than 1,900 humanitarian partners worldwide, the United Nations launched its global appeal for 2024. More than 180 million people need life-saving assistance and protection.
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On behalf of more than 1,900 humanitarian partners worldwide, the United Nations launched its global appeal for 2024. More than 180 million people need life-saving assistance and protection.
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A 25% rise in food insecurity increases the risk of conflict by 36%, while a 25% increase in the number of people without access to clean water increases the likelihood of conflict by 18%, says IEP.
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The 18 hotspots comprise 22 countries and territories that will see worsening food insecurity between November and April. Burkina Faso, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan and Palestine are of highest concern.
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For the first time, Burkina Faso tops the list. Redirection of aid and attention towards Ukraine has increased neglect of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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The number of movements in which people fled in search of safety and shelter - sometimes more than once - was also unprecedented in 2022, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
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In 2022, 258 million people across 58 countries and territories faced acute food insecurity at crisis or worse levels (IPC/CH Phase 3-5), up from 193 million in 53 countries and territories in 2021.
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The countries on this list all have something in common – despite contributing little to greenhouse gas emissions, they are especially vulnerable to the effects of global warming.
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A new report from Action Against Hunger found that countries experiencing the worst hunger crises received less targeted hunger funding than countries with lower rates of food insecurity.
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With only a third of funding needs met for last year's appeal, the major countries of asylum in the region - DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda - were among UNHCR's most under-funded operations.
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The newly announced record $250 million allocation from CERF will help people in 19 countries including eight countries that are home to more than 20 million people just one step away from famine.
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Without a massively scaled up humanitarian response that has at its core time-sensitive and life-saving agricultural assistance, the situation will likely worsen in many countries in the coming months.
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Families facing the worst global hunger crisis in decades are resorting to desperate means to survive, drinking from cattle troughs, eating putrid meat, and fighting off wild animals for food.
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Ahead of G7 summit, UNICEF is seeking $1.2 billion to meet urgent needs of eight million under-fives at risk of death from severe wasting unless they receive immediate therapeutic food and care.
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The NRC report notes that the worsening effects of climate change threaten to be a significant compounding factor across many fragile and conflict-affected states.
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The amount of money needed for UN humanitarian appeals involving extreme weather events is now eight times higher than 20 years ago — and donors are failing to keep up, reveals a new Oxfam brief.
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Afghanistan and Somalia are new entries. These all have people facing IPC phase 5 – or at risk of deterioration towards catastrophic conditions, with 750,000 people facing starvation and death.
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The 2021 neglected displacement crises list analyses 41 displacement crises based on three criteria: lack of funding, lack of media attention, and lack of international political and diplomatic initiatives.
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Global food price rises, low harvests, climate change and conflict mean concerted action is needed by African Heads of State meeting this week in Equatorial Guinea to build long-term resilience.
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These countries all had parts of populations identified or projected to experience starvation and death (Catastrophe, IPC Phase 5), requiring the most urgent attention, according to FAO and WFP.
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This number is a significant increase from 235 million people a year ago. The UN and partner organizations aim to assist 183 million people across 63 countries, which will require $41 billion.