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Famine Risk Stalks South Of Sudan's Capital Khartoum: World Food Programme
Areas around the south of the Sudanese capital Khartoum are at high risk of famine, the World Food Programme warned on Tuesday, calling for an immediate international response.
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UN Food Programme To Slash Quarter Of Staff As Funding Falls
The UN World Food Programme will cut staff by 25 to 30 percent as funding for the global aid agency plummets, according to an internal email seen Monday by AFP.
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"We Will Die Of Hunger": Gazans Scramble For Food, Run To Community Kitchens
At the break of dawn, 10-year-old Youssef al-Najjar races barefoot, clutching a battered pot, to a community kitchen in Gaza City, only to find hundreds of others already queueing.
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US Funding Cuts Could Be "Death Sentence" For Millions, Warns UN
The United Nations World Food Programme warned on Monday that the termination of U.S. funding for emergency food assistance in 14 countries "could amount to a death sentence for millions of people facing extreme hunger and starvation."
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Gaza Sees Total Collapse Of Law And Order As 100 Aid Trucks "Violently Looted": UN
The drivers were forced to unload the trucks at gunpoint, aid workers were injured, and vehicles were extensively damaged.
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"Households Waste At Least One Billion Meals A Day", Reveals UN Report
The UN Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report 2024 was released recently. Discover some of the key insights below.
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Over 5 Lakh People In War-Torn Gaza "One Step Away" From Famine, Warns UN
Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, where no humanitarian group has been able to provide aid since January 23, the World Food Programme warned Tuesday, as Israel wages war on Palestinian group Hamas.
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UN Food Agency Suspends Aid To North Gaza After Gunfire, Looting
The UN's food agency said Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries to northern Gaza despite widespread hunger, after a convoy of trucks faced gunfire and looting.
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Gaza Civilians Face "Immediate Possibility Of Starvation" Amid War: UN
The UN's World Food Programme said Thursday that civilians in Gaza faced starvation because food and water had become "practically non-existent".
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"Have Lost Contact With Our Teams In Gaza": UN Food Body
United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain on Saturday said that they lost contact with its teams in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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World Food Programme Warns Of Budget Shortfall In Afghanistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that one billion dollars are required to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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Cabinet Okays Rs 1 Lakh Crore To Create "World's Largest" Grain Storage Capacity
The Centre today approved a Rs 1 lakh crore programme to create the world's largest grain storage capacity in the cooperative sector to reduce crop damages and prevent distress sales by farmers, besides strengthening the country's food security.
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UN Food Body To Suspend Aid To Palestinians Due To "Severe" Fund Shortage
The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.
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3 Children Among 11 Killed In Stampede At Food Distribution Centre In Pak
Thousands of people have gathered at flour distribution centres set up across the country, some as part of a government-backed programme to ease the impact of inflation, which is running above 30%, a 50-year high.
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Famine Risk Stalks South Of Sudan's Capital Khartoum: World Food Programme
Areas around the south of the Sudanese capital Khartoum are at high risk of famine, the World Food Programme warned on Tuesday, calling for an immediate international response.
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UN Food Programme To Slash Quarter Of Staff As Funding Falls
The UN World Food Programme will cut staff by 25 to 30 percent as funding for the global aid agency plummets, according to an internal email seen Monday by AFP.
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"We Will Die Of Hunger": Gazans Scramble For Food, Run To Community Kitchens
At the break of dawn, 10-year-old Youssef al-Najjar races barefoot, clutching a battered pot, to a community kitchen in Gaza City, only to find hundreds of others already queueing.
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US Funding Cuts Could Be "Death Sentence" For Millions, Warns UN
The United Nations World Food Programme warned on Monday that the termination of U.S. funding for emergency food assistance in 14 countries "could amount to a death sentence for millions of people facing extreme hunger and starvation."
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Gaza Sees Total Collapse Of Law And Order As 100 Aid Trucks "Violently Looted": UN
The drivers were forced to unload the trucks at gunpoint, aid workers were injured, and vehicles were extensively damaged.
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"Households Waste At Least One Billion Meals A Day", Reveals UN Report
The UN Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report 2024 was released recently. Discover some of the key insights below.
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Over 5 Lakh People In War-Torn Gaza "One Step Away" From Famine, Warns UN
Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, where no humanitarian group has been able to provide aid since January 23, the World Food Programme warned Tuesday, as Israel wages war on Palestinian group Hamas.
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UN Food Agency Suspends Aid To North Gaza After Gunfire, Looting
The UN's food agency said Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries to northern Gaza despite widespread hunger, after a convoy of trucks faced gunfire and looting.
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Gaza Civilians Face "Immediate Possibility Of Starvation" Amid War: UN
The UN's World Food Programme said Thursday that civilians in Gaza faced starvation because food and water had become "practically non-existent".
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"Have Lost Contact With Our Teams In Gaza": UN Food Body
United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain on Saturday said that they lost contact with its teams in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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World Food Programme Warns Of Budget Shortfall In Afghanistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that one billion dollars are required to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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Cabinet Okays Rs 1 Lakh Crore To Create "World's Largest" Grain Storage Capacity
The Centre today approved a Rs 1 lakh crore programme to create the world's largest grain storage capacity in the cooperative sector to reduce crop damages and prevent distress sales by farmers, besides strengthening the country's food security.
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UN Food Body To Suspend Aid To Palestinians Due To "Severe" Fund Shortage
The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.
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3 Children Among 11 Killed In Stampede At Food Distribution Centre In Pak
Thousands of people have gathered at flour distribution centres set up across the country, some as part of a government-backed programme to ease the impact of inflation, which is running above 30%, a 50-year high.
