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28 Apr 16
A $2bn and rising funding gap threatens to hamper the global response to the El Niño weather pattern, the United Nations warned ahead of an appeal meeting earlier this week.
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26 Apr 16
The European Commission has proposed an additional €414m to alleviate food crises sparked across the globe by a strong El Niño.
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4 Apr 16
The African Development Bank has announced a $549m package to respond to severe drought across eastern and southern Africa.
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16 Mar 16
Zimbabwe is facing its worst malnutrition rates in 15 years with the number of hungry families doubling in the last eight months, UNICEF has warned, calling for $21m of funds to respond.
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10 Mar 16
Zimbabwe needs to “act now” to counter economic difficulties, with fiscal belt-tightening and reengagement with the international financial community key priorities, the International Monetary Fund...
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7 Mar 16
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has called for $13m by the end of March to support more than 600,000 people affected by severe drought in Ethiopia.
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26 Feb 16
A meeting of the Southern African Development Committee that concludes today marks a “litmus test” in whether the region will cope with an increasingly dire food crisis, Oxfam has said.
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17 Feb 16
The UK is to send food packages and medical supplies to Malawi, where drought exacerbated by El Niño has caused the country’s worst food crisis in a decade.
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12 Feb 16
New analysis has revealed the high human and economic cost of 2015’s 346 natural disasters, which affected more than 98 million people and caused $66.5bn worth of economic damage.
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10 Feb 16
Zimbabwe’s government has appealed to local businesses and charities for $1.5bn in aid to feed more than a quarter of its population who are going hungry due to severe drought.
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1 Feb 16
USAID has announced almost $100m in additional food assistance for drought-stricken communities in Ethiopia, who are still suffering from the impact of a powerful El Niño.
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26 Jan 16
The United Nations has warned that the health consequences of El Niño are likely to continue throughout 2016 and urged governments to invest now in preparedness to prevent unnecessary deaths,...
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21 Jan 16
At least $41m is needed to help half of the population of the Central African Republic – amounting to 2.5 million people – who are facing hunger, the World Food Programme has warned.
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21 Jan 16
The European Commission has announced €77m in funding for the Horn of Africa, with aid reaching Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
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18 Jan 16
The United Nations has warned of deteriorating conditions in Haitian refugee camps, where nearly 60,000 people still live six years after a devastating earthquake rocked the country.
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15 Jan 16
The Asian Development Bank is to work with Papua New Guinea to help the country integrate climate risks and resilience into its development.
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21 Dec 15
The United States Agency for International Development has announced $88m in humanitarian aid for Ethiopia to help alleviate the country’s massive food crisis.
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11 Dec 15
UK international development minister Nick Hurd has called for a global response to the increasingly desperate situation in Ethiopia.
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7 Dec 15
The World Health Organisation is looking to step up its health support in Ethiopia in response to health risks following droughts caused by this year’s El Niño weather phenomenon.
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3 Dec 15
The European Commission has announced a €125m aid package for countries affected by the climate phenomenon El Niño.
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1 Dec 15
The global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to surpass the symbolic milestone of 1°C above the pre-industrial era, according to the World Meteorological Organisation.
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30 Nov 15
The UK is to give the World Food Programme’s operations in Sudan a £17.5m boost, it was announced today.
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24 Nov 15
Sweden’s much-needed contribution to the World Food Programme has enabled food distribution to more than 1.5 million people vulnerable to the drought-driven food crisis in Ethiopia.
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16 Nov 15
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released $17m to help those affected by the worst drought to hit Ethiopia in decades.
28 Apr 16A $2bn and rising funding gap threatens to hamper the global response to the El Niño weather pattern, the United Nations warned ahead of an appeal meeting earlier this week.
10 Mar 16Zimbabwe needs to “act now” to counter economic difficulties, with fiscal belt-tightening and reengagement with the international financial community key priorities, the International Monetary Fund...
12 Feb 16New analysis has revealed the high human and economic cost of 2015’s 346 natural disasters, which affected more than 98 million people and caused $66.5bn worth of economic damage.
21 Jan 16At least $41m is needed to help half of the population of the Central African Republic – amounting to 2.5 million people – who are facing hunger, the World Food Programme has warned.
21 Jan 16The European Commission has announced €77m in funding for the Horn of Africa, with aid reaching Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
18 Jan 16The United Nations has warned of deteriorating conditions in Haitian refugee camps, where nearly 60,000 people still live six years after a devastating earthquake rocked the country.
15 Jan 16The Asian Development Bank is to work with Papua New Guinea to help the country integrate climate risks and resilience into its development.
