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The World Food Program says a drone attack on a 16-truck U.N. convoy carrying food aid to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur ...
A U.N. relief mission to Sudan’s North Darfur ended in disaster this week when a drone strike reduced every truck in a food convoy to ashes, wiping out desperately needed aid meant for famine-hit ...
Famine was declared in areas of northern Gaza, including Gaza City, as Israeli forces embarked on a major new ground ...
An announcement of famine — as has now happened regarding Gaza — is a complicated decision. Here's what must be considered ...
Almost one in three people in the Gaza Strip are going for days without eating, the UN's food aid programme has warned.
The World Food Programme continues to call for the protection of all civilians and aid workers delivering life-saving assistance. WFP teams accompanying convoys should not have to risk their own lives ...
Kabul residents have told RFE/RL that they are begging for rice and "ready to accept death," as the World Food Program said ...
The U.N. World Food Program is grappling with its worst funding shortage in 60 years and "we are in a desperate situation," Executive Director Cind ...
The United Nations human rights office in June accused Israel of "weaponising" food for civilians, calling it a war crime, ...
U.N. convoys have been repeatedly overwhelmed by looters and desperate crowds in recent days, and witnesses say Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire.
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The World Food Programme has launched a “comprehensive review” of its partnership with Boston Consulting Group ...
Since our report aired Monday, the World Food Programme said they received support from more than 25,000 donors, raising $3.4 million, which will go towards helping the people of southern Madagascar.