Archive for February 26th, 2025

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26/02/2025

Somalia: Drought, Conflict and High Food Prices Risk Pushing 4.4 Million People into Hunger

Human Wrongs Watch

By the UN Food and Agriculture Organoization (FAO)*

Mogadishu, 26 February 2025  –  New data from Somalia shows that 4.4 million people could face hunger by April 2025, driven by worsening drought conditions, conflict and high food prices.

©FAO/ARETE/Ismail Taxta

A farmer walks around his drought-stricken farm at Guricade village in Beletweyne, Hirshabelle state, Somalia, in 2022. ©FAO/ARETE/Ismail Taxta

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26/02/2025

Haiti: Over 6,000 People Forced to Flee Gang Violence in a Month; Entire Families Killed in Their Homes

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — More than 6,000 people in Haiti have been forced from their homes by gang violence in almost a month, hampering aid efforts by humanitarian agencies, the United Nations warned on .

A family displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (file)
© UNOCHA/Giles Clarke | A family displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (file)
 
Since the end of January, a wave of extreme brutality has led to widespread loss of life and the displacement of over 6,000 people in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
 
“We are deeply alarmed and appalled by the unacceptable and inhumane intensity of violence in Haiti,” the Haiti Humanitarian Country Team, which is made up of UN agencies, national and international NGOs and donors, said in a statement.

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