The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says it is working tirelessly to expand food and nutrition assistance to millions more people across war-torn Sudan.The agency, in a release, said it is seeking to triple the number of people it supports to 7 million,
WFP said it has enough food pre-positioned along the borders to feed over a million for three months. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in US foreign funding.
The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, since Sunday. UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said 2,800 people have been injured, as M23 rebels - backed by Rwanda - captured the capital of North Kivu province.
The United Nations has warned that humanitarian needs in Gaza remain 'immense' despite an increased flow of aid into the Palestinian territory, following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Humanitarians continue to respond to needs in Syria as security and logistical conditions permit, the UN said on Tuesday. UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported that the cross-border operation from Türkiye into the northwest is running without impediments.
Trucks transporting life-saving wheat flour, ready-to-eat food parcels to those in dire need, says World Food Programme - Anadolu Ajansı
WFP said in a statement that it has enough food pre-positioned along the borders — and on its way to Gaza — to feed over a million people for three months.
Violent weather exacerbated by climate change fueled hunger and food insecurity across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new United Nations report.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said it was providing aid to displaced Palestinians who were returning home in various parts of Gaza following the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.Footage filmed by the WFP shows widespread destruction in Rafah,
United Nations (UN) agencies warn of worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis in eastern Democratic Republic (DR) Congo
The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “not just a regional concern but a global responsibility,” a UN spokesperson has said. Matthew Saltmarsh, global spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR),