Funding shortfalls had already forced WFP to cut rations for refugees to 50% in the Far North, Adamawa, East and North regions of Cameroon and to distribute incomplete food baskets since end 2023.
Cameroon + 2 more
Cameroon + 2 more
Funding shortfalls had already forced WFP to cut rations for refugees to 50% in the Far North, Adamawa, East and North regions of Cameroon and to distribute incomplete food baskets since end 2023.
Many children in the worst affected areas of the country, where around a third of the population is nomadic, are also missing out on school because of road closures brought on by thick snow and ice.
The conflict, coupled with disrupted supply chains, economic decline and hindrances to humanitarian aid, has rendered approximately 37% of the population — 18 million people — severely food insecure.
Mali + 2 more
Mali hosts approximately 66,793 refugees as it faces the needs of more than 354,000 people displaced within its own borders. An influx of 40,000 from Burkina Faso arrived in the last three months alone.
It’s almost as if conflicts have become an accepted part of life. It’s important to remember that hungry children, disease outbreaks, hospitals shutting down … these are not to be normalized, said WHO.
More than 48,000 people have been affected in Gaza, Inhambane, Maputo and Sofala. Strong winds and torrential rains wreaked havoc across the central and southern provinces, causing widespread flooding.
An estimated 362,000 people are internally displaced; about 17,000 people have left Port-au-Prince, leaving behind their livelihoods and facing even more vulnerable situations, says IPC.
While more and more people arrive in overcrowded camps, WFP is struggling to feed those most in need, because funding is lacking. The conflict has displaced nearly one million people since January.
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