Tag: World Food Programme
UN sounds alarm over rising hunger crisis in eastern DR Congo
The number of people facing emergency levels of hunger in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has nearly…
Hamas returns another Israeli captiveâs body as Gaza suffers aid shortages
Hamas has returned another body of a deceased captive to Israel as Palestinians across the Gaza Strip brace…
Palestinians suffer from hunger in Gaza despite truce
Aid agencies are in âa race against timeâ to get food and other humanitarian supplies into the Gaza…
Yemenâs Houthis say arrested UN staff will be tried over Israeli links
Yemenâs Houthi-run government will put dozens of detained United Nations staff on trial, alleging that they have spied…
Marco Rubio said US aid cuts were to slash bureaucracy. So why are more refugee children going hungry?
On the floor of their tiny makeshift home in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, her mother Fatima Begum…
UN faces roadblocks in delivering aid to famine-hit areas of north Gaza
By Olivia Le PoidevinGENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. said on Friday aid convoys were struggling to reach famine-hit areas…
On World Food Day, Israel continues to restrict aid into Gaza
Despite a ceasefire deal with Israel, Palestinians across the devastated Gaza Strip continue to go hungry as food…
UNICEF urges full flow of aid into Gaza, warns child deaths could spike
By Olivia Le PoidevinGENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. children's charity UNICEF called on Friday for all crossings for food…
A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this womanâs baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died
Weeds cover the grave of Yagana Usmanâs baby â a painful reminder of the months that have passed…
Africa feeding 20 million more children with school meals, WFP says
By Tim CocksJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Governments in sub-Saharan Africa have provided school meals to roughly 20 million extra children…
Aid to famine-struck Gaza still ‘drop in the ocean’: WFP
The World Food Programme warned Tuesday that the aid Israel is allowing to enter Gaza remains a "drop…
Drone attack destroys UN aid convoy in Sudanâs famine-hit Darfur region
A drone attack has hit a convoy of 16 trucks carrying desperately needed food to Sudanâs famine-hit North…