A New UN Report Details Food Crises Around the World Joanne Lu April 10, 2019Every year for the last three years, persistent conflict, climate shocks and economic instability have driven more than 100 million people around the world into crisis-levels acute hunger or worse. Last year, that number was 113 million people in 53 countries...
PODCAST: World Food Program Chief David Beasley Discusses Food Crises in the Sahel and North Korea Mark Leon Goldberg June 7, 2018 My guest today, David Beasley is the executive director of the World Food Program. We caught up not long after he visited both the Sahel region of western Africa and from North Korea, where the World Food Program is actively engaged.We kick o...
Food Ration Cuts Are Becoming the Norm as Aid Agencies Struggle to Keep Up Kimberly Curtis March 8, 2018Facing a massive funding shortfall, the World Food Program in January cut rations for Congolese refugees in Rwanda by 25%. Protests against those cuts turned deadly on February 27th when Rwandan police fired into a crowd, killing 11 refugees. This incident ...
Map of the Day: The Places Where the UN Warns of Major risks to Food Security in the Next Three Months Mark Leon Goldberg January 5, 2018Today's map comes from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. It is part of the FAO's early warning system that seeks to forecast where food insecurity will be most acute in the coming months. This map forecasts expected emergencies in the first quarter o...
“If we don’t receive the funds we need immediately, 600,000 people will be on the brink of starvation” Mark Leon Goldberg October 30, 2017The head of the World Food Program issued a dire warning on Monday: if donors do not step up, hundreds of thousands of people in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will fave starvation. "Right now, we are in crisis-emergency mode," said ...
Here is how the UN is fighting Hunger in Somalia Mark Leon Goldberg November 7, 2016How the international community saves lives in conflict prone countries or insecure places is becoming increasingly relevant and important to global affairs. With more people displaced around the world than at any time since World War Two there is an urgen...
The Crisis in South Sudan is Sending 2,000 Refugees to Uganda. Every Day Karen Coates October 12, 2016Over the past three months, an average of more than 2,000 South Sudanese a day have crossed into Uganda, seeking safety from bloodshed at home. Aid groups and government agencies are scrambling to shelter and feed everyone. The influx has not abated since figh...
Cautious Optimism, Syria Edition Mark Leon Goldberg March 1, 2016It's been four days since the cessation of hostilities went into effect in Syria. For a conflict that has only consistently and relentlessly intensified for the past five years, there has now been the longest period of sustained de-escalation around the countr...
El Nino and Hunger in Africa Mark Leon Goldberg November 11, 2015One of the most important global stories going into the New Year will be the effect of El Nino on food supplies in the Horn of Africa and in Southern Africa.So far, this looming threat has not garnered too much media attention. But among aid professionals...
