Mozambique
April 22, 2025
Two back-to-back massive cyclones in 2019 devastated the country. Now COVID-19 threatens to wreak more havoc.
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Location: Africa
Namibia
April 22, 2025
The impact of climate change, coupled with COVID-19, has increased the scale of deprivation, food insecurity and malnutrition among vulnerable rural and urban communities in Namibia.
Niger
April 22, 2025
Niger is a landlocked and food-deficit Sahel country. Gender disparities persist and continue to strongly challenge the country’s development.
Nigeria
April 22, 2025
Boko Haram has displaced an estimated 1.78 million within the country’s borders—80 percent are women and children.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
April 22, 2025
Today, the DRC is one of the world’s largest hunger crises and counts Africa’s highest number of internally displaced people. Hunger and conflict are fueling each other.
Djibouti
April 22, 2025
Djibouti is the hungriest country in the Horn of Africa – nearly half of the population lives in extreme poverty. But WFP is there, working to eradicate hunger for all.
Egypt
April 22, 2025
In the midst of positive economic growth, this regional powerhouse is facing a set of long-standing development challenges: poverty, food insecurity, malnutrition, spatial and social disparity, and gender-based inequality – with climate shocks on top of it all.
Eswatini
April 22, 2025
Formerly known as Swaziland, this land-locked country struggles with a high rate of poverty and HIV, in addition to food insecurity.
Ethiopia
April 22, 2025
Ethiopia has long experienced conflict and famine, but recent violence in Tigray is creating extreme hunger & restricting humanitarian aid.
Gambia
April 22, 2025
Gambia is facing rising hunger, poverty and malnutrition. Major crises such as the Ebola outbreak and climate-related drought and floods have all taken their toll on the country’s economy.
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