UN agencies call for relief as half mln people go hungry in NE Uganda

STORY: UN agencies call for relief as half mln people go hungry in NE Uganda DATELINE: June 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:35 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCUS PRIOR, Deputy Country Director of World Food Program (WFP) Uganda 3. various of Karamoja 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TIM MATEEBA, Senior Nutritionist at Uganda's Ministry of Health 5. various of Karamoja 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARCUS PRIOR, Deputy Country Director of World Food Program (WFP) Uganda 7. various of Karamoja 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ANTONIO QUERIDO, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) country representative in Uganda 9. various of conference STORYLINE: United Nations agencies in Uganda on Wednesday called for relief as more than half a million people go hungry in semi-arid northeastern Uganda also known as Karamoja. The call came after a report, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), issued in Kampala, said the affected population goes without any food