WFP has a team of spokespeople all over the world who are on stand-by 24 hours a day to answer media inquiries.
Around the Lake Chad Basin in three days – meet the people uprooted by Boko Haram.
Surrounded by countries torn by armed conflict, Chad has become host to more than 344,000 refugees, most from Sudan, the Central African Republic (CAR) and, more recently, Nigeria. The volume of refugees has become a
Year after year, feeding their growing families is a struggle for smallholder farmers of eastern Chad, a region subject to drought and erosion. But a project improving water management has changed the prospects of a
The Lake Chad Basin is grappling with a complex humanitarian emergency affecting some 17 million people in the most affected areas across north-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon’s Far North, western Chad and south-east Niger. Continued violence has forced 2.3 million people to flee their homes.
The Lake Chad Basin is grappling with a complex humanitarian emergency affecting some 17 million people in the most affected areas across north-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon’s Far North, western Chad and south-east Niger. The combined impact of deepening insecurity, rapid population growth and severe vulnerability resulting from the effects of climate change, environmental degradation, poverty and underinvestment in social services is translating into record numbers of people in need of emergency relief. Continued violence has forced 2.3 million people to flee their homes. The UN needs US$1.5 billion in order to respond with food, medicine, shelter, water and other essential needs.
WFP has a team of spokespeople all over the world who are on stand-by 24 hours a day to answer media inquiries.