The World food Programme, WFP, and its partners, are bringing food assistance to more than 10 million people in eight countries in the Sahel region of West Africa. WFP says some progress has been made in providing assistance to over half of their targeted number between January and June of this year. The agency plans [...]
More than 10,000 Iraqis have returned home from Syria over the past week. They, along with Syrians, are fleeing the violence that has been escalating in Syria for more than a year. In addition to those returning home, thousands of additional Iraqi refugees have had to relocate from the Damascus suburb of Seida Zeinab [...]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday launched an appeal for $177 million to address the needs of migrants and those internally displaced by conflict or disasters. This includes "third-country nationals," or people caught in these situations while outside their homelands. For example, IOM spokesman Jumbe Omari Jumbe estimates there are more than 125,000 [...]
Scientists, researchers and policy makers from around the world are meeting this week in Vienna, Austria, to address how soil management can boost food security. The conference has been organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which together with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) researches best soil management practices. Kizito Kwena, a researcher [...]
More than one million people in Senegal are believed to be food insecure, the World Food Programme (WFP) reports. WFP recently launched its latest round of cash vouchers in the Casamance region with distribution to 1,000 heads of families. The aim is to reach nearly 900,000 people. Spokesperson Elizabeth Byrs says in Casamance, some people's [...]
A UN human rights team is being dispatched to Côte d'Ivoire on Tuesday to investigate the recent deadly attack on a relocation camp for internally displaced people. At least seven people were killed and 67 injured in the incident, which took place in Nahibly last Friday. The camp was completely burned to the ground, causing [...]
Insecurity in Syria has caused 10,000 Iraqi refugees to return home within the past week, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). UNHCR says approximately 80,000 Iraqi refugees are registered in Syria and since May about 13,000 have left the country. Spokesperson Melissa Fleming reports that although many of these refugees fear for their safety [...]
Scientists, researchers and policy makers from more than 80 countries are meeting this week in Vienna, Austria, to address the importance of soil management in enhancing food security. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) together with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) operates a section which uses nuclear and other techniques to conduct research on [...]
