World Jun 22 Pope Leo XIV says wars are 'fed' faster than people as aid money dries up By Giada Zampano, Associated Press
World May 04 Watch 3:26 News Wrap: Senior UN official warns famine in northern Gaza is moving south In our news wrap Saturday, the head of the UN’s World Food Program said there is “full-blown famine” in northern Gaza and it is spreading south, tensions remain high on college campuses across the U.S. amid anti-war protests, new drone…
World May 04 Northern Gaza is now in 'full-blown famine,' according to senior UN official A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine" after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory. By Ellen Knickmeyer, Russ Bynum, Associated Press
World Mar 06 Watch 9:08 How Sudan's civil war has created a massive hunger crisis The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday discussed the brutal conflict in Sudan that has killed 14,000 people and displaced 8 million others. This as the World Food Program says what began as a power struggle in Africa's third-largest country may… By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Ethan Dodd
Politics Dec 21 'It doesn't get any worse:' UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are starving because of war World Food Program chief economist Arif Husain said "it is a situation where pretty much everybody in Gaza is hungry."… By Najib Jobain, Jack Jeffery, Colleen Barry, Associated Press
Jan 17 Famine in Somalia slowed but not averted by donor support, World Food Program chief says By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Program says support from donors like the United States and Germany have allowed it to postpone — though not entirely avert — famine in Somalia. Continue reading
Nov 01 Ships carrying grain sail from Ukraine despite Russia suspending deal By Courtney Bonnell, Associated Press Ships loaded with grain are still departing Ukraine despite Russia suspending its participation in a U.N.-brokered deal that ensures safe wartime passage of critical food supplies. Continue reading
Aug 30 1st ship carrying grain from Ukraine reaches Djibouti By Cara Anna, Associated Press The first ship carrying grain from Ukraine for people in the hungriest parts of the world has docked at the Horn of Africa port of Djibouti as areas of East Africa are badly affected by deadly drought and conflict. Continue reading
Mar 18 U.N. food agency official alarmed by Afghanistan food, fuel prices By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Afghanistan has been sinking deeper into poverty and economic crisis since the Taliban takeover and as many as 95 percent of the country's 38 million people don't have enough to eat or money to buy the food. Continue reading
Jul 27 U.N. says its food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia's Tigray By Associated Press The head of the U.N. World Food Program says the agency will "run out of food" in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region on Friday, while hundreds of thousands of people there face the world's worst famine crisis in a decade. Continue reading