World Aug 31 WFP director Cindy McCain on the humanitarian crisis, starvation in Sudan By William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn, Janine AlHadidi
World Apr 08 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 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 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 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. Continue reading
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… Continue watching
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 8:25 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… Continue watching