With the flow of food and other assistance slowed to a trickle, a UN report citing the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said 25 people have now died from malnutrition and dehydration, most of them children.
Israel to allow flour shipments for Gaza through key port: US
Three UN agencies -- the World Food Program (WFP), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) -- pushed for the opening of Ashdod in a joint statement on Monday. The use of Ashdod, located some 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of the Gaza border, is "critically needed by aid agencies,"...Suspect identified in UN personnel’s killing in Yemen, says official
DUBAI, UAE - Authorities in Yemen have identified a suspect in the killing of a World Food Program official in the southern Taez province, a security official has told AFP. Moayad Hameidi, the head of the UN food agency's office in Taez, was killed in a shooting on Friday in the...
World Food Program warns funding gaps threaten Yemen food aid
In order to reinstate full food rations for millions in Yemen, the WFP has said that it requires more than double the money raised for all United Nations agencies in Yemen this year. The UN was able to raise only $1.2 billion for all its agencies in Yemen at a...First UN team since quake crosses into rebel-held Syria
The first UN delegation to visit rebel-held northwestern Syria since last week's earthquake crossed over from Turkey, AFP reported, as anger simmers at the world body's slow response. Over 35,000 people were killed when the quake devastated swathes of Syria and neighboring Turkey on February 6, at least 3,600 of...
WFP calls for action to avoid another year of record hunger
UAE Minister of Climate Change and the Environment Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri said that the crises facing the world today put the health and lives of millions of people at stake without distinguishing between developed and developing countries.UN ship with grain for Africa leaves Ukraine: ministry
The MV Brave Commander left the Black Sea port of Pivdennyi and will sail to Djibouti "for delivery to Ethiopia", the infrastructure ministry said on Telegram. The ship is carrying 23,000 tons of wheat. It is the first ship chartered by the UN World Food Program (WFP) to leave Ukraine...UN urges WTO to not restrict food export for humanitarian purposes
The United Nations on Monday begged world trade ministers meeting at the WTO not to impose export restrictions on food for humanitarian purposes, amid a food security crisis. The UN's human rights chief Michelle Bachelet and its trade and development head Rebeca Grynspan said Russia's war in Ukraine was increasing the...Agencies urge urgent food insecurity action
Major international organizations issued an appeal on Wednesday for urgent measures to deal with rising food insecurity in poor countries.
UN food agency warns of global hunger due to Ukraine war
The United Nations’ World Food Programme warned Friday about a looming food crisis in Ukraine in conflict areas, while disruptions in production and exports could lead to food insecurity globally. “In a year when the world is already facing an unprecedented level of hunger, it’s just tragic to see hunger...
Covid-19, conflict and costs pushing Syria beyond limits: WFP
World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley has warned that more people in Syria are in the grips of hunger than at any time in the country’s decade-long conflict. He blamed a deadly combination fighting, climate change, Covid-19, and rising food and fuel costs for the problems.Qatar to give $10m per month to Gaza families in aid
Each of about 100,000 needy families in the governorates of the Gaza Strip would receive $100 per month in cash.
Two out of three in Syria are food-insecure, says WFP
Germany has donated €109 million ($128.73 million) to “support 4.8 million Syrians to access lifesaving food and over 600,000 children to have nutritious food through an emergency school feeding program.”
WFP needs $1.9 billion in 2021 to prevent famine in Yemen
The World Food Program has it needs at least $1.9 billion this year alone to prevent famine in Yemen
UN agencies concerned over looming famine in northern Ethiopia
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF call for urgent action to address the acute food insecurity in northern Ethiopia
Food insecurity looms in Middle East, Africa: WFP
WFP data say 41 million people faced hunger in 20201 Half a million food insecurity cases living in conditions akin to 'starvation' in the Middle East and Africa The World Food Programme (WFP) has reported that half a million food insecurity cases are living in conditions we56akin to “starvation” in...
