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World Food Programme plans to suspend aid to over 2 lakh Palestinians
Gaza: The World Food Programme (WFP) is planning to suspend food aid to over 200,00 Palestinians from next month due to a shortage of funds, the group’s senior official for the Palestinian…
- World
WFP calls for urgent funding for drought-hit people in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for urgent funding to avoid a major humanitarian crisis in drought-affected areas of Ethiopia. The WFP, in its latest Ethiopia Drought Response…
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6.3M Lankan facing acute food insecurity; situation likely to worsen: FAO & WFP warn
Colombo: Nearly 6.3 million people in crisis-hit Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation may worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support are not provided,…
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13 million people facing hunger across Horn of Africa: WFP
Geneva: The World Food Program (WFP) has warned that an estimated 13 million people are facing hunger across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, as the Horn of Africa grappled with severe drought caused by…
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UN warns famine will soar in Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, 17 more countries in next months
New York: Acute food insecurity will likely deteriorate over the next couple of months in 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, and African countries, the World Food Program (WFP) said in…
- Middle East
12.4 million people in Syria face food insecurity in 2021
New York: The World Food Program (WFP) said in a press release on Thursday that an additional 4.5 million Syrians have become food insecure over the past year, bringing the total number…
