Sunday, February 5, 2023
  • REPORT A STORY
  • PRIVACY
  • CONTACT US
BROAD NEWS — WITHIN NIGERIA
  • HOME
  • FEATURES
  • BROAD NEWS
    • National
    • Metro
    • Politics
    • Entertainment
    • Sports
    • Economy
    • Education
    • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Foreign
    • Health
    • Law
    • Lifestyle
    • Opinions
    • Religion
    • Security
    • Technology
    • World
  • NEWS PICKS
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • GIST
  • MORE
    • VIDEOS
    • ARTICLES
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • FEATURES
  • BROAD NEWS
    • National
    • Metro
    • Politics
    • Entertainment
    • Sports
    • Economy
    • Education
    • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Foreign
    • Health
    • Law
    • Lifestyle
    • Opinions
    • Religion
    • Security
    • Technology
    • World
  • NEWS PICKS
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • GIST
  • MORE
    • VIDEOS
    • ARTICLES
No Result
View All Result
BROAD NEWS — WITHIN NIGERIA
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • FEATURES
  • BROAD NEWS
  • NEWS PICKS
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • GIST
  • MORE

TRENDING IN 7-DAYS

Edo Govt. begins treatment of vulnerable persons via telemedicine

June 4, 2022

Businessman demands N250,000 from ex-wife in exchange for divorce

August 3, 2022

Ondo traditional rulers congratulate Jimoh Ibrahim over Cambridge PhD degree

August 3, 2022

RMRDC woos pharmaceutical, food manufacturers on bee extracts

May 19, 2022

2023 census e-portal now opened – NPC Commissioner

November 1, 2022
  JUST IN
Japan’s justice minister resigns after death penalty quip November 11, 2022
Quinquagenarian docked for alleged wilful damage, land grabbing November 11, 2022
Mitigating impact of emerging biosecurity threats November 11, 2022
2 public servants docked over alleged failure to produce suspect November 11, 2022
Company donates 40 WPS licenses for ABU’s smart classrooms November 11, 2022
Security men docked for alleged theft of generator in Lagos November 11, 2022
Ebonyi’s Gov. Umahi plans to produce 10,000 young multimillionaires using agriculture November 11, 2022
Blatter says Iran should be barred from Qatar World Cup November 11, 2022
FG, LASG promise joint action on Eko Bridge, others November 11, 2022
Quacks are taking over our profession in Ogun, Medical Doctors seek intervention November 11, 2022
PDP to lodge formal complaint to police over attacks on its campaign trails November 11, 2022
2023: South-South Committee promises massive votes for Tinubu November 11, 2022
Presidency commends Saudi Humanitarian support to Nigerian conjoined twins November 11, 2022
APC chairman optimistic of Tinubu’s victory in 2023 Elections November 11, 2022
2023 Elections: Former Information Minister tasks editors on agenda setting November 11, 2022
North-West is indebted to Tinubu, says APC contact committee November 11, 2022
Naira depreciates slightly against dollar, exchanges at 446.10 November 11, 2022
Minister mourns Nigeria Ports Consultative chairman, Folarin November 11, 2022
COP27: Activist calls on oil coys to clean up oil spills in Niger Delta November 11, 2022
Musk begins survey on changes in content quality on Twitter November 10, 2022
Next
Prev

MOST READ TODAY

Metro

Gov. Masari didn’t order arrest, detention of any journalist – Aide

January 4, 2022

German NGO builds 2nd Noma Treatment Centre

2023 Census: NPC organises Rivers State Stakeholders Summit

UN needs $68m to help CAR address food insecurity

in Foreign
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Caleb IjiomabyCaleb Ijioma
July 6, 2022
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said the organisation would need 68.4 million dollars to address food insecurity in Central African Republic (CAR) because of sharp increase in essential goods.

According to WFP, a sharp increase in essential goods in CAR linked to war in Ukraine will likely have a devastating impact on the already dire humanitarian situation in coming weeks.

WFP spokesperson Tomson Phiri said some 2.2 million people were already acutely food insecure in the CAR.

Phiri said the global food, fuel and fertiliser crises sparked by the Russian invasion of its neighbour on Feb. 24, will put basic food commodities and staples “out of the reach of many people.

READ ALSO

Japan’s justice minister resigns after death penalty quip

Musk begins survey on changes in content quality on Twitter

German business leaders optimistic about future cooperation with China

Tehran rebukes Germany’s criticism of Iran’s protest crackdown

“The figure may not shock you out of your seats, but when you look at the population size, that’s nearly half the population of the Central African Republic,” he told journalists in Geneva.

To help, the UN agency needs 68.4 million dollars urgently.

“Without immediate funding, food and nutrition insecurity will only increase for millions of people.”

According to him, a sharp increase in commodity prices is only weeks away.

“We expect a 30 per cent increase in rice, a 67 per cent increase for the price of wheat flour and a staggering 70 per cent increase in the price of vegetable oil.”

To put CAR’s food insecurity crisis into context, the country is on a par with Yemen, South Sudan and Afghanistan, in terms of its proportion of acutely food insecure people.

In June, the senior UN official in the country, Valentine Rugwabiza, told the Security Council that horrific attacks against civilians had risen, while efforts to chart a peaceful future for the country had lapsed into a state of “de facto lethargy”.

The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Central African Republic was referring to CAR’s adoption of its Joint Road Map for Peace in October 2021, which represented an attempt to implement a 2019 peace agreement, known as the Khartoum Accord, signed between the Government and 14 non-State armed groups.

Structural factors have also contributed to a “progressive deterioration” of livelihoods and food security, such as high demographic growth, widespread poverty, unemployment and the degradation of natural resources.

Although the country often sees fuel shortages between May and July that correspond to the beginning of the rainy season, this year, CAR started running dry this year in mid-March.

The impact on the UN agency’s relief efforts and local populations will likely be dramatic and lead to “an early hunger gap.’’

“At the back of our minds as well, is the impact that fuel – which is out of reach – high transport costs, is having on our own operations.

“Now, because we are struggling as well as an agency, what that means is that our teams on the ground are making last-ditch efforts to preposition food into deficit areas.

“Now, prepositioning is when we move food in advance of the lean season and the rainy season which cuts access to nearly half the country,” Phiri added.

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Got News Tip? Send Us Story !
Follow Us on Google News

MOST READ TODAY

No Content Available

Faster Updates

Get News Via Whatsapp
Get News Via Telegram
Follow Us on Google News
Got News Tip? Send Us Story !

LATEST UPDATES

Japan’s justice minister resigns after death penalty quip

November 11, 2022

Quinquagenarian docked for alleged wilful damage, land grabbing

November 11, 2022

Mitigating impact of emerging biosecurity threats

November 11, 2022

2 public servants docked over alleged failure to produce suspect

November 11, 2022

Company donates 40 WPS licenses for ABU’s smart classrooms

November 11, 2022

Security men docked for alleged theft of generator in Lagos

November 11, 2022

Ebonyi’s Gov. Umahi plans to produce 10,000 young multimillionaires using agriculture

November 11, 2022

Blatter says Iran should be barred from Qatar World Cup

November 11, 2022

FG, LASG promise joint action on Eko Bridge, others

November 11, 2022

Quacks are taking over our profession in Ogun, Medical Doctors seek intervention

November 11, 2022
Load More

Discussion about this post

ADVERTISEMENT

LATEST NEWS

Japan’s justice minister resigns after death penalty quip

3 months ago

Quinquagenarian docked for alleged wilful damage, land grabbing

3 months ago

Mitigating impact of emerging biosecurity threats

3 months ago

2 public servants docked over alleged failure to produce suspect

3 months ago

Company donates 40 WPS licenses for ABU’s smart classrooms

3 months ago

Security men docked for alleged theft of generator in Lagos

3 months ago

Ebonyi’s Gov. Umahi plans to produce 10,000 young multimillionaires using agriculture

3 months ago

Blatter says Iran should be barred from Qatar World Cup

3 months ago

FG, LASG promise joint action on Eko Bridge, others

3 months ago

Quacks are taking over our profession in Ogun, Medical Doctors seek intervention

3 months ago
PDP logo

PDP to lodge formal complaint to police over attacks on its campaign trails

3 months ago

2023: South-South Committee promises massive votes for Tinubu

3 months ago

Presidency commends Saudi Humanitarian support to Nigerian conjoined twins

3 months ago

APC chairman optimistic of Tinubu’s victory in 2023 Elections

3 months ago

2023 Elections: Former Information Minister tasks editors on agenda setting

3 months ago

North-West is indebted to Tinubu, says APC contact committee

3 months ago
Load More
BROAD NEWS — WITHIN NIGERIA

WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD.

NEWS, MULTI MEDIA

WITHIN NIGERIA is an online news media that focuses on authoritative reports, investigations and major headlines that springs from National issues, Politics, Metro, Entertainment; and Articles.

Follow us on social media:

CORPORATE LINKS

  • About
  • Contacts
  • Report a story
  • Advertisement
  • Content Policy
  • Private Policy
  • Terms
 
  • Fact-Checking Policy
  • Ethics Policy
  • Corrections Policy
  • REPORT A STORY
  • PRIVACY
  • CONTACT US

© 2022 WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD. designed by WebAndName

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • FEATURES
  • BROAD NEWS
    • National
    • Metro
    • Politics
    • Entertainment
    • Sports
    • Economy
    • Education
    • Business
    • Agriculture
    • Environment
    • Foreign
    • Health
    • Law
    • Lifestyle
    • Opinions
    • Religion
    • Security
    • Technology
    • World
  • NEWS PICKS
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • GIST
  • MORE
    • VIDEOS
    • ARTICLES

© 2022 WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD. designed by WebAndName

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In