Tag: Global poverty

In photos: Faces of poverty in Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan

#INCwalktofightpoverty According to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, an estimated 63 percent of the population in Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan is experiencing severe food scarcity. The situation is particularly bad in Aweil West and Aweil South counties, where the exhaustion of household food stocks and growing dependence on financially inaccessible markets have left the population facing Emergency levels of food insecurity. Albert Gonzalez Farran / AFP © Agence France-Presse

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In photo: Congolese women wait for food ration in DRC, Central Africa

#INCwalktofightpoverty A Congolese woman looks on, while people wait for their ration of food to be handed out at a food distribution on October 25, 2017, in Kasala, in the restive region of Kasai, central Democratic Republic of Congo. Conflict in the Kasai Provinces between the local militia, Kamwina Nsapu, and Government troops have displaced 1.4 million people since August 2016. As three crop cycles have been missed and displacement continues, severe malnutrition is becoming […]

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In photo: Republic of Congo faces severe malnutrition

#INCwalktofightpoverty A malnourished child gets measured in a clinic treating cases of severe malnourishment on October 26, 2017, in Tshikapa in the restive region of Kasai, central Democratic Republic of Congo. Conflict in the Kasai Provinces between the local militia, Kamwina Nsapu, and Government troops have displaced 1.4 million people since August 2016. As three crop cycles have been missed and displacement continues, severe malnutrition is becoming a present issue. / AFP PHOTO / JOHN […]

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