WFP Expands Emergency Response as Up To 7 Million People Face Hunger Crisis in Northern Ethiopia

WFP Expands Emergency Response as Up To 7 Million People Face Hunger Crisis in Northern Ethiopia

As conflict spills across Northern Ethiopia, forcing 300,000 people from their homes and 1.7 million into hunger in Afar and Amhara provinces, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced an unprecedented funding gap of $US426 million across its operation in Ethiopia and appealed for funds to meet the needs of up to 12 million people this year.
Source: WFP Expands Emergency Response as Up To 7 Million People Face Hunger Crisis in Northern Ethiopia

- gist culled from pulseng