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Food aid for 1.4 million people in Chad to ‘grind to a halt’ soon, WFP says. Food aid is due to stop in January in a country taking in hundreds of thousands of refugees from Sudan’s war.
Food assistance to 1.4 million refugees in Chad who fled the conflict in parts of the Sahel could end because of limited funding, ... WFP’s country director in Chad.
Chad is facing a dire food crisis that is reaching breaking point in the east of the northern African country, and a new threat of cholera looms, says the local UN Humanitarian Coordinator, François ...
Chad, WFP warn of 'catastrophic' food insecurity amid influx of Sudan refugees. Chad has called for the world to step up and help feed the country and its increasing refugee population, including ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United Nations food agency has warned that it might end food assistance to 1.4 million refugees in Chad who fled the conflict in parts of the Sahel because of limited ...
Food aid for hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees in Chad, some of whom are close to starvation, will be suspended next month without more funding, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on ...
The country is also battling rebels and Islamist insurgents, and caught in the middle are civilians fleeing conflict inside Chad and throughout the region, and many are suffering from a food ...
In one refugee settlement in Chad, estimates are that 97% of the Sudanese residents are women and children. Here's how four women there are mourning the loss of a partner and struggling to get by.
Others who have fled to Chad described food prices spiking three-fold and stocks dwindling in the market. There were no vegetables, just grains and nuts. Awatif Adam came to Chad in October.
With 856 deaths per 100,000 live births, Chad has one of the highest maternal mortality rates, a phenomenon aggravated by the high number of early pregnancies (164.5 births per 1,000 adolescent girls ...
The United Nations food agency has warned that it might end food assistance to 1.4 million refugees in Chad who fled the conflict in parts of the Sahel because ... WFP’s country director in Chad.