UN halts some programs in Afghanistan after ban on women aid workers
United NationsReuters The United Nations said on Wednesday that some “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women aid workers. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, the heads of UN agencies and several aid groups […]
Millions more hungry in 2017 amid famine, conflict, and numbers rising, says report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Conflicts and climate disasters, particularly drought, drove the number of people facing crisis levels of hunger up by about 15 per cent last year and the situation is getting worse, a report said on Thursday. Last year 124 million people in 51 countries faced crisis levels of hunger compared to 108 million people in […]