UN food agency WFP hails Peace Nobel as call to action against hunger
Oslo, Norway/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations’ World Food Programme, which has coordinated medical logistics during the coronavirus pandemic, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in what its boss said was a call to action that no one should go hungry with the wealth in the world today. The head of the awards committee called […]
UN food chief urges Bezos, other billionaires to step up to help world’s starving
United NationsReuters UN food chief David Beasley called on the world’s billionaires on Thursday to step up to help save some 30 million people he said are at risk of dying if they don’t receive help from the World Food Programme. Globally some 270 million people were headed toward the brink of starvation and WFP […]