World Apr 07 Trump administration terminates some USAID contracts providing lifesaving food aid By Ellen Knickmeyer, Samy Magdy, Associated Press
World Mar 21 Watch 6:10 World Food Programme director discusses how to address growing global hunger The causes of global hunger are many and well-known: conflict, climate and in too many cases, cruelty. But it is the job of the United Nations World Food Programme to push through those barriers to feed hundreds of millions in… By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn
World May 27 African leaders gather for summit to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent African leaders have gathered for a summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent, which is also facing increased violent extremism, climate change challenges and a run of military coups. Leaders on Friday called for… By Sam Mednick, Associated Press
World Oct 09 World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize The Rome-based United Nations agency has long specialized in getting assistance to some of the world’s most dangerous and precarious places and provided assistance to almost 100 million people in 88 countries last year. By Associated Press
World Apr 10 Watch 7:14 In Mozambique, Yemen and Venezuela crises, access for aid is hard to come by Mozambique’s official death toll from a deadly cyclone in March has topped 1,000. In the storm’s aftermath, survivors face lack of power, food and supplies, plus deadly outbreaks of diseases like cholera and malaria. Amna Nawaz talks to David Beasley,…
Dec 02 Watch 6:54 Why is the UN World Food Program turning off aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch World Food Programme faces ‘highly unusual’ quadruple food emergency World Food Programme faces quadruple food emergency… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Rice Production Makes a Comeback in War-ravaged Cambodia Amid rising food prices and supply shortages, Cambodia has managed to increase its food production by turning the war-ravaged country's former "killing fields" into rice fields. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the transformation. Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch G8 Leaders Urged to Turn Attention to Food Crisis Ahead of the Group of Eight summit in Japan next week, World Bank President Robert Zoellick is calling on world leaders to renew their focus on the global food crisis what efforts to address food shortages as commodities' values escalate. Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Zimbabwe’s Government Defies International Pressure on Run-off Vote Zimbabwe's ambassador to the United Nations, Boniface Chidyausiku, explains his country's plan to host a run-off presidential election Friday, despite the U.N. Security Council's declaration that a fair election is not possible during the present political crisis. Continue watching