Arif Husain
@WFPChiefEcon
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Chief Economist and Director of Analysis, Planning and Performance at the United Nations World Food Programme. Tweets are my own.
Rome, Italy
Joined November 2015
WOW!!!.
BREAKING NEWS: .The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP). #NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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Thank you @MelissaFleming for helping me shed the light on human suffering! Our indifference does indeed kill more people than bullets. @wfp @wfpmedia @wfpvam @WFP_MENA.
My @WFP colleague Arif Husain spent the past decade raising his voice for those struggling to get enough to eat. On Awake At Night, he reflects on how conflict, climate change & economics conspire to breed hunger & offers hope from a surprising source.
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RT @antonioguterres: Famine in the northern part of Gaza is imminent. 1.1 million people in Gaza are facing catastrophic hunger - the high….
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It is agonizingly painful to see such tragedy unfold right in front of our eyes. How can we explain all this to our kids? .
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RT @antonioguterres: In north Gaza, 1 in 6 children under 2 years old is acutely malnourished. An immediate humanitarian ceasefire is the….
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RT @WFPChief: We’ve had to make the impossible choice to pause aid distributions in Northern Gaza. There’s an incredible level of desperati….
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Thank you @SenSanders for giving me the opportunity to candidly discuss the current food security situation in Gaza and its consequences. @WFP @WFP_Media @WFP_MENA.
I am LIVE NOW with @WFPChiefEcon Arif Husain to discuss the horrific hunger crisis in Gaza. Children are at risk of starving. We must act now.
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RT @IChotiner: New Interview: I talked to Arif Husain, the chief economist of the World Food Programme, about the food crisis in Gaza, why….
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Thank you @IChotiner @NewYorker for letting me explain the terrible hunger situation in Gaza. @WFP_MENA @WFP #gaza.
New Interview: I talked to Arif Husain, the chief economist of the World Food Programme, about the food crisis in Gaza, why it may get worse, and what it means for Gaza’s children.
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RT @WFP: What is happening in #Gaza is unprecedented. Arif Husain, @WFPChiefEcon, breaks down what the latest food security assessment me….
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RT @WFP_Canada: Today @WFPChiefEcon spoke with @aartipole from @cbc about WFP's sustained calls for a #ceasefire, & what it means for ~2.2M….
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