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Displaced Palestinians flee from one area to another within Gaza City, amid an Israeli military operation

World Aug 29

WFP’s Cindy McCain describes dire conditions after visit to famine-gripped Gaza

By William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn, Janine AlHadidi

Nation Apr 25

World Food Progamme starts to distribute supplies to residents after cyclone Chido in Pemba
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‘Food is not political,’ WFP head says as U.S. cuts aid and Israel blocks help to Gaza

The World Food Programme says it has delivered the last of its food in Gaza and warned the kitchens it has been supporting would run out of food in days. Nick Schifrin spoke with Executive Director Cindy McCain who says…

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi

World Jun 10

World Food Programme distributes food aid to displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis
As UN pauses Gaza aid distribution from pier, U.S. plans to stockpile it on secure beach

The U.S. military said Monday that it plans to stockpile aid shipments on a secure beach in Gaza during a U.N. pause on distributing food from the American-built pier after one of the deadliest days of the Israel-Hamas war.

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Edith M. Lederer, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

World Feb 09

A women’s group in the village of Lawaye Hayi Himo, Niger, grows millet and peanuts. They use an irrigation technique of digging holes and lining them with compost to collect rainwater. Photo courtesy of CARE Niger
UN declares ‘The Year of Millets’ to address global food insecurity

With concerns about war, drought and the environment raising new worries about food supplies, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization has christened 2023 as the "Year of Millets" — grains that have been cultivated in all corners of the globe…

By Farai Mutsaka, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

World Oct 07

Maria Ressa, the CEO of online news platform Rappler, speaks to the media after posting bail at a Manila Regional Trial Co...
WATCH: Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee stressed that an independent press is vital in promoting peace.

By Kiko Rosario, Frank Jordans, Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

Aug 31

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UN says Taliban cooperating with aid workers, allowing food distribution operations

As America leaves Afghanistan, there remains the possibility of a humanitarian disaster. Feeding millions of people is a top priority of the United Nations' World Food Program, whose executive director, David Beasley, negotiated with Taliban leaders in Qatar last week…

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Oct 09

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Leader of Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Programme on global starvation crisis

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to the United Nations’ World Food Programme for its efforts to fight global hunger, especially during the pandemic, which has brought millions more people to the brink of starvation. The organization’s executive director,…

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Jun 29

Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs

By Issa Mohammed, Associated Press

The U.N. children's agency warned about last week that millions of children in war-torn Yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation as the coronavirus sweeps across the Arab world's poorest country.

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Nov 15

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Yemen’s war must end to address starvation, UN food aid chief says

In Yemen, 10,000 are estimated to have been killed in the war that's been raging for three and a half years. But millions are suffering from an acute hunger crisis and the United Nations warns that Yemen is on the…

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Jun 04

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U.S. Navy Ships to Leave Myanmar Without Delivering Aid

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Four U.S. Navy ships will leave the Myanmar coast Thursday, after failing to receive permission from the Burmese government to unload aid supplies for survivors of Cyclone Nargis, including much-needed helicopters to transport food and other aid.

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