Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that it has secured 10.7 million U.S. dollars to help roll back famine in South Sudan and to assist hungry people in Horn of Africa countries hit by drought. WFP Regional Director for East and Central Africa, Valerie Guarnieri …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Tamil Nadu Centre for Public Interest Litigation Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 03/05/2017 regarding awareness pertaining to Minimum Support Price (MSP) and establishment of mandis within an acceptable radius of the holdings and for opening of …
The Ministry of Health has warned of the presence of acute malnutrition in different parts of the country. The ministry on Friday warned that malnutrition was not peculiar to Northern Nigeria, saying Delta State alone has about 40,000 proven cases of acute malnutrition. Speaking at a two-day media dialogue on …
As food stocks dwindle, people at risk of famine in north of country climbs to 1.5m The UN’s World Food Programme blames a funding shortfall for the deepening crisis, which comes at a crucial time. Seasonal rains due to begin this month are likely to make food deliveries impossible in …
As many as 65 per cent of beneficiaries across the three union territories like Chandigarh, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Puducherry now prefer direct benefit transfer (DBT) over public distribution system (PDS), according to a new report. According to a report titled ‘Process Monitoring of Direct Benefit Transfer in the PDS …
ADDIS ABABA - The number of people in need of food aid in Ethiopia's drought-hit regions has surged to 7.7 million, some 2 million more than estimated earlier this year, state media reported on Friday. The National Disaster Risk Management Commission said in January that failed rains would put 5.6 …
Major political events in the US and Europe have preoccupied western media over the past year. Chief among these has been Donald Trump’s rise to US president and his continuing efforts to establish a credible domestic and foreign policy agenda. Before that, the inability of the European Union to agree …
Parliament — Parliament yesterday adopted a motion tabled by lawmakers from famine-stricken districts to urge government to declare a state of emergency in the most affected districts over prolonged famine. The motion by lawmakers from Lango sub-region as well as Teso and Karamoja flanked by Monica Amoding (NRM-Kumi) is premised …
Drought and famine seem to be fuelling a resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia, the United States' top military chief in Africa has said. Half a dozen pirate attacks have been reported in the region over the last month, after falling to zero in recent years, said US …
Malawi has tightened its border controls to stop profiteers smuggling much-needed maize out of the country in search of higher prices. Months of drought had left more than a third of the population reliant on food aid, and the government last month invoked the Special Crops Act, which bans the …
JUBA South Sudan (Xinhua) -- The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday appealed for more funding to save a million people on the brink of famine affecting more than 100,000 people. UNMISS Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) Eugene Owusu told journalist in the capital Juba …
ABUJA (Reuters) - The United Nations' World Food Programme could in a few weeks run out of funding to feed millions living on the brink of famine in Nigeria, four people familiar with the matter said, intensifying one of the world's largest humanitarian crises. In the northeast, 4.7 million people, …
Millions of people in Nigeria’s northeast risks starvation after the United Nations’ World Food Programme warned it could in a few weeks run out of funding to run aid programs. More than 4.7 million in the northeast, many of them refugees from the conflict hit regions by Boko Haram, needs …
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a $3.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide desperately needed food assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced people in Northeast Nigeria. The funding allows WFP to deliver food to more than 160,000 people in Borno and …
HARARE Zimbabwe (Xinhua) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Zimbabwean government on Monday jointly launched a 253 million U.S. dollars five-year plan to build resilience, end hunger and boost nutrition in Zimbabwe. The country strategic plan, running from 2017-2021, will see the WFP moving away from …
Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro has called for urgent international action for the close to 13 million people in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa at the risk of starvation. Ethuro accused the developed countries of neglecting the victims of the biting famine even after making commitments that their countries …
Githongo — Turning maize to silage makes sense for dairy farmers and cattle - but could it lead to food shortages? Dressed in a green hat and black mud boots, Gilbert Gitonga is busy tending his 3-acre (1.2-hectare) farm in Kenya's Meru County. Moving among rows of maize plants, he …
Somaliland authorities say famine looms in the breakaway republic as the government suspends development programs due to a crippling drought that has killed dozens of people and most of the livestock in eastern regions. Speaking to VOA in Hargeisa, Somaliland Vice President Abdirahman Abdullahi Seylici says drought conditions look set …
Climate disasters, poverty, a fragile economic environment, low agricultural output and HIV and AIDS are the major causes of hunger in Zimbabwe HARARE, April 3 (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday pledged $253 million to fund a five-year plan to end hunger in Zimbabwe, which …
UNITED NATIONS New York (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1.4 million children are at the risk of starvation in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen with famine looming, said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Tuesday, calling for 255 million U.S. dollars to help relieve the situation. UNICEF warned that the risk …
