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Cholera outbreak impacts war-torn Tawila displacement camp

World Aug 31

WFP director Cindy McCain on the humanitarian crisis, starvation in Sudan

By William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn, Janine AlHadidi

World Apr 08

Press briefing by Tammy Bruce at the State Department in Washington
WATCH: State Department says funding to some life-saving UN food programs was cut by mistake

“There were a few programs that were cut in other countries that were not meant to be cut, that have been rolled back and put into place,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters.

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

World May 21

A food aid truck sits abandoned near the entrance to the Kerem Shalom border crossing, as military operations continue in ...
UN suspends food distribution in Rafah after supplies are depleted

The warning came as Israel seeks to contain the international fallout from a request at the world’s top war crimes court for arrest warrants targeting both Israeli and Hamas leaders.

By Samy Magdy, Lee Keath, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

World Jul 29

Workers ferry food for beneficiaries of the World Food Program at a distribution center, in Sanaa
Funding crisis cuts off food aid to millions as acute hunger surges worldwide, UN says

The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting…

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

World Jul 05

A farmer Boniface Mutize gestures during an interview with Reuters at his soya beans farm in Domboshava, a village in the province of Mashonaland East outside Harare, Zimbabwe, March 21,2022. Picture taken March 21, 2022. Photo by Philimon Bulawayo/REUTERS
UN says millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years

The United Nations food agency says millions of hungry people in West Africa are left without aid because it is struggling with limited funding to respond to the region's worst hunger crisis in 10 years.

By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press

Apr 10

UN food agency says $800 million urgently needed for Afghanistan

By Associated Press

The U.N. food agency says it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghans, with the country at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century.

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Aug 22

Watch 7:17
South Sudan faces growing food crisis as millions go hungry

By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster

Record-breaking drought continues to scorch wide swaths of sub-Saharan Africa, from Somalia in the east to Niger in the west. Humanitarian groups say tens of millions are hungry and conditions are being made even worse by the consequences of Russia’s…

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Jun 28

World Food Program urges nations not to forget Afghanistan as the nation recovers from quake

By Associated Press

Villagers in the remote southeast region of country that was hit by the 6 magnitude quake see destruction everywhere, with thousands of homes destroyed and at least 1,150 killed, according to authorities.

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Jan 24

Afghanistan is in a humanitarian crisis. Here’s how you can help

By Hannah Grabenstein

Millions of Afghans are in crisis. Here are some ways to help.

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Jul 21

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How the pandemic is making a global food crisis worse

As the coronavirus pandemic tears across the globe, the toll exacted in lives lost and ruined grows by the day. But for those already in need, especially the hungry and the starving, COVID-19 is accelerating their nightmares. David Beasley, executive…

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