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Pakistan highlights progress on child rights at UN Review
18 Jan 2026 08:44 GMT
… periodic reports under the UN Convention on the Rights … of Children, before the UN Committee on the Rights of … Programme to address child malnutrition, free legal aid for vulnerable children, … constructive engagement with the UN and continued advancement of …
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Malnutrition Affects Five Million Women and Children in Afghanistan; Taliban Present Lower Figures Than the United Nations
17 Jan 2026 20:27 GMT
While the World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that the number of women and children suffering from malnutrition in Afghanistan is five million, the Taliban consider this figure to be around three million.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on …
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FOOD SHORTAGE WARNING: UN Warns Nigeria Faces Worst Hunger In Decades As Aid Cuts Hit Northeast
17 Jan 2026 14:15 GMT
The United Nations World Food Programme on Friday … nearly a decade, as aid cuts deepen malnutrition across the region.
In … Northeast region projected to suffer malnutrition this year.
World Food Programme …
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UN warns of triple crisis in Afghanistan: drought, migrant return and funding shortfalls
17 Jan 2026 12:22 GMT
The United Nations has raised an urgent … shortage of resources and aid.
The UN official also expressed concern … described the country’s growing malnutrition crisis as “heartbreaking.” He … and children could face severe malnutrition, with nearly four million …
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Nigeria among worst as W’Africa hunger deepens – UN
17 Jan 2026 12:11 GMT
… action are mobilised.
The UN agency said the worsening … The statement read, “The United Nations World Food Programme warns that … also expected to suffer from malnutrition in 2026.
“Four countries … European countries cut foreign aid budgets, partly to redirect …
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Nigeria Faces Worst Hunger In Decade As Aid Cuts Hit Northeast, UN Warns
17 Jan 2026 11:37 GMT
… a decade, as aid cuts deepen malnutrition across the region.
… Northeast region projected to suffer malnutrition this year, the WFP … 2025 has deepened hunger and malnutrition across the region,” Sarah … David Beasley said that the UN agency was “deeply humbled” …
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World Food Programme Says Aid Cuts Push Millions In West And Central Africa Deep
17 Jan 2026 07:06 GMT
… United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) affirmed on Friday that aid … crisis levels of hunger.
Malnutrition levels deteriorate
In Nigeria, … children. Since then, malnutrition levels in several northern … ” to “critical.”
The UN agency will only be able …
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Tadgh McNally: There is no reason for letting aid expire, other than plain cruelty
17 Jan 2026 01:10 GMT
… for the same reasons.”
Aid workers speak of having … border crossing.
One humanitarian aid worker, speaking at … the humanitarian aid worker from the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation, … high and acute malnutrition.
António Guterres, the UN secretary general, …
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UN: North-East faces worst hunger in a decade as aid cuts hit region
16 Jan 2026 21:33 GMT
… nearly a decade.
The United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) … the WFP, aid reductions are worsening malnutrition across the region … across the region.
Aid reductions from major donors … the gap in international aid is pushing already vulnerable …
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Aid cuts push millions in West and Central Africa deeper into hunger
16 Jan 2026 21:34 GMT
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) … face crisis levels of hunger.
Malnutrition levels deteriorate
In Nigeria, funding … “serious” to “critical.”
The UN agency will only be able … nutrition, capacity building and seasonal aid to help families manage extreme …