Ghana: Korea supports WFP with $5m to cushion drought-affected families in Ghana

 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a US$ 5 million contribution from the Republic of Korea to provide lifesaving food and nutrition assistance to 187,000 people affected by drought in northern Ghana.

This contribution comes amidst soaring food prices, exacerbated by large-scale crop and livestock production losses due to ex­tended weeks of reduced rainfall in northern Ghana.

A joint statement by the Republic of Korea and the WFP said the…