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UN estimates 3.2m Sudanese children under 5 will face acute malnutrition in 2025

UNICEF issued a dire warning on Friday about the humanitarian crisis in conflict-torn Sudan, warning of “acute malnutrition” for young children, Anadolu Agency reports. At a news conference, UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said that UNICEF estimated 3.2 million children under the age of 5 suffered “from acute malnutrition this year. Of these children, over 700,000 will likely suffer from severe acute malnutrition.” Calling the situation in Sudan the “world’s largest child displacement […]

today11 January 2025

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UN: Malnutrition risk for half a million Yemen children

The United Nations (UN) announced on Friday that half a million children in areas controlled by the Yemeni government are at risk of acute malnutrition this year. This came in a joint statement issued by three UN agencies, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), a copy of which was received by Anadolu Agency. "As acute malnutrition continues […]

today27 May 2023

International News

Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen: UN survey

Parts of Yemen are seeing their highest levels of acute malnutrition in children, heightening warnings that the country is approaching a dire food security crisis, a UN report said on Tuesday. Drivers of malnutrition in Yemen worsened in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic, economic decline, floods, escalating conflict and significant underfunding of this year's aid response have compounded an already bleak hunger situation after almost six years of war. "We've […]

today27 October 2020

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