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Umoja wa Mataifa imesema kwamba Waafghanistan milioni 6 wako hatarini kukabiliwa na njaa, huku majira ya baridi kali yakikaribia na mashirika ya kibinadamu yakiwa na uhaba mkubwa wa fedha
Mwakilishi wa Umoja wa Mataifa Martin Griffiths amesema watu milioni 24 nchini humo wanahitaji msaada wa kibinadamu, na karibu milioni 19 kati yao wanakabiliwa na upungufu mkubwa wa chakula
Amebainisha kuwa watoto milioni 3 wana utapiamlo huku milioni 1 Kati yao wanaokadiriwa kukabiliwa na aina mbaya zaidi ya utapiamlo unaotishia maisha
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The United Nations said Monday that 6 million Afghans are on the brink of famine, with winter around the corner and humanitarian appeals dramatically underfunded.
"Afghanistan's crisis is a humanitarian crisis. It's an economic crisis. It's a climate crisis. It's a hunger crisis. It's a financial crisis," U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told the U.N. Security Council. "But it's not a hopeless crisis."
But he painted a bleak picture.
Griffiths said 24 million people need some kind of humanitarian assistance, and almost 19 million of them face acute hunger. An estimated 3 million children are acutely malnourished.
"They include over 1 million children estimated to be suffering from the most severe, life-threatening form of malnutrition," he said. "Without specialized treatment, they could die."
The U.N. launched its largest appeal ever last year, seeking $4.4 billion to assist Afghans, but faces a shortfall of $3.14 billion as winter approaches. Griffiths said $614 million is urgently needed to repair shelters and provide warm clothes and blankets, as well as another $154 million to pre-position supplies in remote areas that are hard to reach in winter.
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Mwakilishi wa Umoja wa Mataifa Martin Griffiths amesema watu milioni 24 nchini humo wanahitaji msaada wa kibinadamu, na karibu milioni 19 kati yao wanakabiliwa na upungufu mkubwa wa chakula
Amebainisha kuwa watoto milioni 3 wana utapiamlo huku milioni 1 Kati yao wanaokadiriwa kukabiliwa na aina mbaya zaidi ya utapiamlo unaotishia maisha
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The United Nations said Monday that 6 million Afghans are on the brink of famine, with winter around the corner and humanitarian appeals dramatically underfunded.
"Afghanistan's crisis is a humanitarian crisis. It's an economic crisis. It's a climate crisis. It's a hunger crisis. It's a financial crisis," U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told the U.N. Security Council. "But it's not a hopeless crisis."
But he painted a bleak picture.
Griffiths said 24 million people need some kind of humanitarian assistance, and almost 19 million of them face acute hunger. An estimated 3 million children are acutely malnourished.
"They include over 1 million children estimated to be suffering from the most severe, life-threatening form of malnutrition," he said. "Without specialized treatment, they could die."
The U.N. launched its largest appeal ever last year, seeking $4.4 billion to assist Afghans, but faces a shortfall of $3.14 billion as winter approaches. Griffiths said $614 million is urgently needed to repair shelters and provide warm clothes and blankets, as well as another $154 million to pre-position supplies in remote areas that are hard to reach in winter.
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