Malnutrition mounts in eastern and southern Africa as El Nino takes hold - UNICEF
Feb 18, 2016, at 02:00 pm
New York, Feb 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Across eastern and southern Africa, millions of children are at risk from malnutrition, hunger, water shortages and disease, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today, citing two years of erratic rain and drought combined with one of the most powerful El Niño events in the past 50 years.
Haiti: UN agency says weather and drought to blame as food insecurity doubles
Feb 10, 2016, at 03:20 pm
New York, Feb 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Haiti's third consecutive year of drought, exacerbated by the global El Nino weather phenomenon, has driven people deeper into poverty and hunger, and doubled the severely food-insecure population, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday
UN efforts to counter El Niño-exacerbated drought in southern Africa
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:52 pm
New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With 14 million people facing hunger in southern Africa as the El Niño weather pattern, the worst in over three decades, exacerbates drought, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that it faces critical funding challenges in scaling up food and cash-based aid.
Millions of children's lives at stake as El Niño strengthens: UNICEF report
Nov 11, 2015, at 02:26 pm
New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As a result of a strengthening El Niño, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is warning that an estimated 11 million children are at risk from hunger, disease and lack of water in eastern and southern Africa alone, as the weather phenomenon has left droughts and floods in its wake throughout parts of Asia, the Pacific and Latin America.
Somalia: UN boosts El Niño preparedness and relief, urges more funding
Oct 13, 2015, at 02:19 pm
New York, Oct 13 (IBNS): Efforts have been ramped up recently to mitigate the impact of floods and draughts in Somalia driven by the El Niño phenomenon between now and December, which may worsen the food security and humanitarian situations, the United Nations has said, while stressing the urgent need for more financial support to continue its relief work in the country.
Central America faces major crop losses due to El Nino: UN agency
Sep 15, 2015, at 02:54 pm
New York, Sept 15 (IBNS): This year's cereal outputs in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua have been severely reduced because of the dry weather associated with the El Nino weather phenomenon, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.