UN food agency announces further refugee ration cuts, in quest for #ZeroHunger

Jun 21, 2022, at 08:02 pm

New York: The UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Monday that it will have no choice but to make further food ration cuts soon for refugees.

‘Three-country crisis’ across central Sahel puts whole generation at risk, warns UN food agency

Nov 20, 2019, at 09:38 am

New York/IBNS: Violent attacks by extremists “almost every day” in the Sahel nations of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have displaced nearly one million people and caused emergency levels of malnutrition, UN humanitarians have said.

As monsoon rains pound Rohingya refugee camps, UN food relief agency steps up aid

Jul 13, 2019, at 08:33 am

New York, July 13 (IBNS): Since 4 July, heavy monsoon rains and wind have pounded the refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, with deaths, displacement and major damage following in their wake, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri province

Jul 03, 2019, at 10:05 am

New York, July 3 (IBNS): Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world’s second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen.

South Sudanese facing famine in all but name, warns UN food agency

Jun 15, 2019, at 06:58 am

New York, June 15 (IBNS): Record numbers in South Sudan – some seven million people – face acute food shortages, while more than 20,000 are close to famine, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday.

UN food agency appeals for access to key storage facility amid fight for Hudaydah

Nov 14, 2018, at 09:32 am

New York, Nov 14 (IBNS): UN humanitarian agency the World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for access to a key storage facility in the port of Hudaydah, which is now under the control of a Saudi-led military coalition that supports the internationally recognized Government.

Yemen: ‘Time is running out’ to head off devastating famine, warns UN food agency chief

Sep 20, 2018, at 08:39 am

New York, Sept 20 (IBNS): As conflict continues to rage in Yemen, leading to widespread economic hardship and a rampant inflation, the World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over soaring food prices that are affecting millions of Yemenis.