Almost 300m people at risk of death through starvation – report
Aid cuts, conflict, climate and economic shocks contribute to sixth consecutive rise in numbers facing ‘high levels of food insecurity’ Acute food insecurity continues to...
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Trump’s aid cuts blamed as food rations stopped for a million refugees in Uganda
UN World Food Programme says $50m is urgently needed amid fears that Uganda may now begin forced repatriations Food rations for a million people in...
‘I love my country but nobody is safe’: the plight of Cameroon’s exiles, trapped in Nigeria
English-speaking minority refugees caught up in clashes between the military and separatists are stranded in neighbouring country Amid the sound of children excitedly practising a...
‘Shame’ on world leaders for neglect of displaced civilians in DRC, says aid chief
US and Europe criticised by head of Norwegian Refugee Council for ‘neglect’ of people living ‘subhuman’ existence World leaders should be ashamed of their neglect...
US evangelical groups urge Trump to spare HIV/Aids program from aid cuts
Christian organizations helped create Pepfar, credited with preventing 25m early deaths, particularly in Africa Christian evangelical organizations instrumental in creating the US program that has...
World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Decision made after attempts to raise more funds had been unsuccessful, agency tells authorities Food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been slashed in...
Refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma camp clash with police after food supplies cut
Teargas fired during protest at reduced rations after US aid freeze wipes out half of World Food Programme budget Thousands of refugees clashed with police...
World Food Programme to close office in southern Africa after Trump aid cuts
UN food agency received half its budget from US last year and is accelerating merger plan as a result of funding cuts The UN’s World...
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warns Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been...
What Trump’s assault on USAid means for the world – podcast
What will the world look like without US foreign assistance? Nesrine Malik reports “My community, living here in the refugee camp, is already vulnerable,” Sahat...
