Tag: Malnutrition

The United Nations' relief agencies welcomed a significant development on Friday, August 16, as Sudanese authorities announced plans to open the Adre border crossing from Chad into Sudan.  This move ...

United Nations rights experts have declared in a statement that Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in ...

Malnutrition and starvation have been the order of the day in Gaza for some time now. As the echo of hunger grows louder each day, individuals are resorting to consuming ...

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned of a looming spike in the rate of child deaths due to a worsening food crisis in the Gaza strip. UNICEF ...

The dire situation in the besieged Gaza Strip has not seen any improvement but has rather become even worse, despite being two weeks since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ...

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has urged Military Authorities in Burkina Faso to immediately rescind the decision to suspend all political and civil society ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Aliko Dangote Foundation and Big Win Philanthropy have renewed their commitment to end child stunting and other forms of malnutrition through the Banking on ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$7 million from Japan to alleviate the suffering of vulnerable populations in Burkina Faso. The Government of Japan ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a financing agreement with the Government of Ethiopia for a $31 million grant to support the efforts to end stunting and child malnutrition. ...

The Vice President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Humphrey Ayim Darke has urged the government to pass legislation requiring food processing and beverage firms to fortify their products. ...