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...
Category : Food poverty
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...
‘I have lost everything’: southern Africa battles hunger amid historic drought
Crops have failed in several countries, with 27m people at risk of hunger according to World Food Programme Emmanuel Himoonga paced his dry field, picking...
Almost two dozen countries at high risk of acute hunger, UN report reveals
Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Palestine and Haiti rated at level of highest concern in latest six-monthly analysis Acute food insecurity is expected to worsen in...
Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows
The African country accounted for two-thirds of the additional 13.5m people needing urgent help as displacement drove food insecurity globally Sudan had the world’s largest...
Covid pandemic made poorest countries even worse off, World Bank warns
Poverty reduction drive all but halted across many nations as Bank calls for more money to tackle a ‘great reversal’ Larry Elliott: At last G20...
Kenya to launch biggest school meals programme in Africa
Starting in Nairobi, the initiative aims to provide daily lunches for 4 million primary school children and to ‘eliminate the shame of hunger’ The largest...
