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UN food agency appeals for $46 million to help 2 million Haitians facing severe hunger
The U.N. food agency is appealing for $46 million for the next six months to help about 2 million Haitians in dire need of ...
UN: Haiti faces record hunger, food stocks are dwindling and warehouses sit empty
The World Food Program is facing a crisis of its own in violence-torn Haiti where hunger is raging and humanitarian needs are ...
Humanitarian crisis in Yemen displacement camps worsens after WFP halts food distribution
The humanitarian crisis in displacement camps in Yemen has worsened after the World Food Programme halted food shipments and suspended their distribution, impacting various aspects of life for the ...
World Food Programme Director calls food situation in Gaza 'a catastrophe'
The executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme is urging that more aid be allowed into Gaza as Israel continues its ...
White House NEC Director Kevin Hassett and World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain, Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
White House NEC Kevin Hassett and World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain will be on "This Week" airing on ...
Nearly 80 aid trucks carrying food ransacked in Gaza Saturday, says WFP as famine worsens
Hunger has spread in Gaza, with UN agencies warning of impending famine without a drastic scaling up of aid entering the ...
Four Palestinians die in storming of UN food warehouse a day after gunfire at new Gaza aid site
Hundreds of Palestinians stormed a United Nations food warehouse in Gaza in a desperate attempt to get something to eat.
World Food Programme warns of food scarcity hitting millions as monsoon looms in Myanmar
The World Food Programme (WFP) warns that about one million people in earthquake-hit areas in Myanmar urgently need aid - ...
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44 killed in Israel attacks in Gaza, after food warehouse looted
At least 44 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, rescuers said, a day after a World Food ...
Four Palestinians Dead After Crowd Breaks Into U.N. Warehouse In Search of Food
The deaths come a day after one Palestinian was killed and 48 were injured following gunfire at an aid distribution hub.
UN World Food Programme boss urges for greater access to Gaza amid risk of famine
"Over 500,000 people inside Gaza are catastrophically food insecure", World Food Programme director Cindy McCain told Sky ...