World Food Programme
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Facing severe funding shortage for Yemen’s aid programs: WFP
Sanaa: The World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an alarming warning that it is facing a major funding crisis threatening its vital food assistance programs in war-ravaged Yemen. Due to a massive…
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Over 6M people in crisis-hit Sri Lanka ‘food insecure’: World Food Programme
United Nations: Over six million people or over 28 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population are “food insecure” and this situation is likely to deteriorate as the crisis unfolds in the island…
- Middle East
Yemen looks for fresh funding, wheat supplies amidst escalating food crisis
Yemen is looking for new wheat sources, but will require assistance to pay for increasingly expensive imports, informed an official and a major importer, as the World Food Programme warned of food…
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Russia used cluster weapons in Ukraine at least 24 times: UN
Geneva: UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that credible reports indicate that Russian armed forces have used cluster munitions in populated areas of Ukraine on at least 24 occasions since…