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Gaza residents face imminent risk of starvation, UN warns

Supplies of food and water ‘practically non-existent’ as Gaza plunged into blackouts thanks to fuel shortages. Israel says it has now agreed to let two fuel trucks a day into the territory

The Independent UK

Gaza: first aid deliveries cross into the strip as Israeli troops mass on the border

The population of the Gaza Strip remains cut off from basic supplies like water, food, and electricity since Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, ordered a “complete siege”. No aid has been able to reach Gaza and the first promised convoy has just been delayed further.

The Conversation

NZ joins international call for Gaza aid corridor

The incoming and outgoing New Zealand governments have come together to support aid for Israel and Palestine during the Gaza crisis.

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UN's World Food Programme resumes food aid delivery in Ethiopia

The World Food Programme said Tuesday it had partially resumed distributing food aid in Ethiopia, after halting assistance four months ago over the diversion of supplies.

Radio France Internationale

Refugee photographers fight to raise awareness about plight of Rohingya in Bangladesh

A number of talented photographers who are also residents of the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, in southeastern Bangladesh are using their art to raise awareness about the plight of their people, the Rohingya. They are currently trying to raise awareness about malnutrition in the camps – a…

France 24

UN unable to feed 100,000 Haitians this month amid ‘catastrophic’ conditions

The World Food Programme’s Haiti response is only 16% funded with more than half of the country’s population regularly hungry

The Guardian - US

USAID says it is halting all food aid to Ethiopia amid diversions

Aid agency cites ‘a widespread and coordinated campaign’ to divert aid in Ethiopia, where 20 million people are in need.

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Pakistan, Afghanistan among global food shortage 'hotspots': Report

Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis further worsens. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kissinger at 100: The ‘bloody, dreadful, filthy’ Angolan civil war – in pictures

The Guardian visited Angola in 2001 as the long civil war – aggravated by the interventions of Henry Kissinger – between Unita and the government wound down. The images show how the conflict affected the people and landscape around the city of Kuito in Bie province

The Guardian - UK

World Food Programme to suspend aid to Palestinians due to funding shortage

The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.

Reuters

WFP says $13 million-14 million worth of food looted in Sudan

The World Food Programme (WFP) has estimated that $13 million to $14 million worth of food products destined to people in need in Sudan have been looted since fighting broke out last month, the WFP said on Thursday.

Reuters

US, UN halt food aid to Ethiopia's Tigray over diverted shipments

USAID and the World Food Programme announced on Wednesday they were freezing food aid to the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia "until further notice", after finding shipments were diverted to local markets.

Radio France Internationale

In Chad, pregnant Sudanese refugees give birth without shelter

Thousands of Sudanese displaced by infighting between the army and a powerful paramilitary group are trooping into Chad.

Al Jazeera

Sudan street battles threaten fragile ceasefire as Turkish plane shot

Concerns truce agreement may not hold despite three-day extension as unrest continues

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Aid funding shortfall could push Afghans into famine - WFP

A drop in donor funding could push parts of Afghanistan into famine this year, the World Food Programme said on Monday, adding that up to 9 million Afghans could be left without food aid after it had already had to slash rations.

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