Aid agencies report looting, suspend operations in Sudanese state
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Two international aid organisations say that their facilities have been looted and they have suspended operations in an area of Sudan where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces recently advanced in its war with the army. The halting of operations by the UN World Food Programme and medical charity MSF in El […]
War pushes Sudan towards “catastrophic” famine-like conditions
Cairo, EgyptReuters Families in Sudan’s conflict zones could experience famine-like hunger by next summer, the United Nations has warned, while some in the war-ravaged capital are surviving on a single, meagre daily meal. Some 30 million people, almost two thirds of the population, are in need of assistance in Sudan according to the UN, double […]
Syrians to lose WFP food assistance in January
Amman, JordanReuters Food assistance across Syria will end in January due to a funding crunch that had already curtailed its aid program in the war devastated country, the World Food Programme said on Monday. The organisation said a record level of humanitarian needs globally meant its donors are unable to provide the same level of […]
Ukraine could fail to meet future wheat demand if attacks continue, UN agency warns
United NationsReuters The United Nations World Food Programme warned on Tuesday that Ukraine’s wheat production may be unable to meet domestic and export demand in the years to come if Black Sea export routes remain blocked and attacks on food infrastructure continue. Wheat grain is loaded into the cargo vessel Mezhdurechensk before its departure for […]
Afghanistan earthquakes a “disaster on top of a disaster” – World Food Programme
Karachi, Pakistan Reuters The World Food Programme on Wednesday called the recent Afghanistan earthquakes a ‘disaster on top of a disaster,’ urging the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the war-torn nation. Limited aid makes relief work difficult after earthquakes and aftershocks since Saturday rattled the religiously conservative nation. The tremors killed at least […]
WFP resumes food distribution to refugees in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters The UN World Food Programme has resumed distribution of food to roughly 900,000 refugees across Ethiopia after revamping safeguards and controls, following reports of large-scale theft of its donations, it said in a statement. The WFP suspended food distributions in all of Ethiopia in June, a day after the United States announced […]
EU temporarily holds back food aid in Somalia after UN records widespread theft
United Nations/Nairobi, Kenya/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters on Monday, after a UN investigation found widespread theft and misuse of aid, which had been meant to avert a famine. The European Commission gave more than $US7 million in […]
Postcards: Haiti hospital cares for kids amid gang violence, hunger and scarce aid
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Sudan conflict: Fighting leaves farmers struggling to get crops planted
SARAH EL SAFTY, KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR, of Reuters, report…
Coca price crash contributing to Colombia food insecurity – UN
Bogota, Colombia Reuters A crash in the price of coca, the chief ingredient in cocaine, is contributing to food insecurity in Colombia and causing displacement, as people leave areas that depend on the illicit crop, according to an internal United Nations presentation seen by Reuters. Historically coca crops have provided better incomes than legal alternatives […]