Acute food insecurity soars driven by conflicts, extreme weather events, rising food prices

FAO Director-General calls for increased investments in agriculture and resilient agrifood systems to prevent famine in the run-up to the World Food Day

Rising conflict, weather extremes, and economic instability aggravated by the lingering impacts of COVID-19 and the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are among the key drivers

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises, driven by conflict, climate shocks, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic

FAO and WFP say further scaling up of assistance urgently needed as new report highlights widespread food insecurity

The annual ECOWAS Regional Animal Health Network meeting brings together scientists and policy-makers to collaborate on effective animal health interventions

The eruption of Nyiragongo volcano in Goma worsened the food insecurity of populations already affected by the upsurge in violence, climatic hazards and epidemics, generating high chronic needs.

The security context in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains of concern, causing repeated population displacements.

The 2021 Global Report on Food Crises showed that the number of people facing hunger is on the rise.

Over 27 million Congolese – one in three people - now critically hungry