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The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) appealed today for US$266 million to end food ration cuts for over 3 million refugees in East Africa. UNTV CH

In a statement read by UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the outcome of today’s High-Level Pledging Event is disappointing adding that cutting aid to Yemenis is a “death sentence.” UNIFEED

The United Nations together with the governments of Sweden and Switzerland will convene on 1 March a virtual pledging conference for Yemen, which remains the world's largest humanitarian crisis. OCHA

Hunger in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua has increased almost fourfold over the past two years - from 2.2 million people in 2018 to close to 8 million people in 2021 – a result of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 and years of extreme climate events. WFP

South Sudan is facing the highest levels of food insecurity since the country declared independence ten years ago, WITH Hard-to-reach areas in six counties at “risk of famine”, according to the Famine Review Committee’s report released in December 2020. WFP

UN chief António Guterres today reiterated his call on the Government of Israel to “immediately halt all settlement activity, which is a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-State solution, and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace.” UNIFEED

Smartphone technology is helping rice farmers save their harvests in Vietnam, as the International Fund for Agricultural Development warned that without immediate action to help small-scale farmers adapt to climate change the hunger and migration will increase globally. IFAD

The island nation of Madagascar, one of the most impoverished countries in the world, has seen its agricultural season ruined by the worst drought in the decade, the UN humanitarian office said today and appealed for 76 million USD to provide urgent assistance. UNTV CH

World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the three-years-long drought coupled with a sharp recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a third of the population in Southern Madagascar struggling to put food on the table. WFP

In his year-end message, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “2020 has been a year of trials, tragedies and tears,” and made an appeal for making 2021 “a year of healing.” UNIFEED