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WFP: One Third of Sudanese Facing Acute Food Insecurity

More than a third of Sudan's population is currently facing acute food insecurity, the World Food Program said on Thursday, with inadequate funds to cope. The UN agency said that number, 15 million people, was up seven percentage points from last year, or about 3 million people.

Asharq Al-Awsat

South Sudan: WFP to suspend some food assistance due to funding gaps

In tonight's edition: A desperate lack of funding has forced the World Food Programme to suspend some food aid in South Sudan just as the country needs it most. We speak to the WFP's acting country director, Adeyinka Badejo. Also, survivors of one of the most brutal extremist attacks in…

France 24

World Food Programme suspends some food aid in South Sudan as funds dry up

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it had suspended some food aid in South Sudan due to a funding shortage - heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people.

Reuters

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Millions at risk in South Sudan as Ukraine war forces slashing of aid

Drastic cuts to World Food Programme assistance will leave people ‘looking death in the face’ unless global donors offer support

The Guardian - UK

Sweet as a nut: Hondurans fight drought and poverty with cashews

A female-led community group in the dry south of the country are diversifying crops to adapt to the climate crisis. Now they are reaping the bounty

The Guardian - UK

WTO should allow food exports from public stock to help countries in need: Goyal

"For India, a response to the pandemic would not be complete without a TRIPS (Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver," the Union Mininster said.

The Hindu

WTO should allow food exports from public stock to help countries in need: Piyush Goyal

GENEVA: India on Monday strongly suggested the WTO to permit exports of food grains from public stocks for international food aid and for humanitarian purposes, especially on government-to-government basis, as the UN's World Food Programme was not able to ramp up its supplies to help needy nations.

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Senators derailed Biden from dumping head of Nobel-winning World Food Program

Biden wanted to replace Republican David Beasley at the UN.

Axios

Ukraine war hits Africa's most vulnerable as aid costs spike

A small charity broke ground this year on a clinic in northern Burkina Faso to care for thousands of women and children who have fled Islamist insurgents wreaking havoc along the fringes of the Sahara.

Reuters

‘You hear bullets, you run’: Congolese refugees stream over Uganda’s border

As thousands flee the latest fighting in DRC to join 1.5m already in Uganda, the UN’s food aid agency is stretched as never before

The Guardian - UK

‘It's time to step up’: UN pleas with billionaires amid food insecurity rise

THE head of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) told billionaires it is “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises with…

The National (Scotland)

India supplies another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Meanwhile, Japan has also announced its decision to provide $1.5 million through the World Food Programme for essential food rations

The Hindu

UN cutting refugee rations in Africa's Sahel amid 'alarming' food insecurity

Food rations for refugees and displaced people are being cut by up to half in parts of the Sahel due to a massive funding shortfall with millions set to go hungry as prices rise and climate shocks hit yields, U.N. agencies said on Friday.

Reuters

Ragan to Asharq Al-Awsat: Yemen Needs $2 Billion Annually to Secure Food

United Nations World Food Program Representative in Yemen Richard Ragan confirmed that the recent UN-sponsored truce in Yemen had brought hope to Yemenis and eased the movement of humanitarian organizations and the distribution of aid. Ragan hoped the ceasefire would be permanent. In exclusive statements to Asharq Al-Awsat, Ragan described…

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Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Zimbabwean security guard Edwin Dapi was already struggling to provide for his wife and four children before a conflict 11,000 km (6,800 miles) away in Ukraine sent global prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertilizer soaring.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Assad Signs Iranian Credit Line to Supply Syria with Energy

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad signed an Iranian credit line during a surprise visit to Tehran on Sunday, Syrian local media reported. The official Syrian News Agency (SANA) said that Assad had signed a “new phase” of the credit line, which included supplying Syria with energy and other basic materials to…

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In Ukraine's wheat fields, farmers have formed a quiet resistance against Vladimir Putin's occupation

As Vladimir Putin's army invaded, photos and videos of broken-down Russian tanks being stolen by farmers on tractors has delighted many Ukrainians. It's just one of the ways local farmers are fighting back against Russia's invasion.

The Independent UK

Syrians in desperate need of aid hit hard by Ukraine fallout

Fallout from the 2-month-old war in Ukraine is worsening long-term humanitarian crises elsewhere, including in Syria

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How the Russia-Ukraine war, COVID and climate change are fuelling a growing global food crisis

There are warnings that catastrophe is looming and 44 million people are on the verge of famine as the war in Ukraine fuels already record-high food prices.

The Hindu

UN agency in talks with India on wheat procurement amid Ukraine war

World Food Programme report talks of a three-dimensional crisis — food, energy and finance

Reuters

Malnourished kids crowd hospital as Ethiopia hit by worst drought in 40 years

Malnourished children are flooding into the paediatric ward of the main hospital in Ethiopia's Gode city as the worst drought for 40 years has forced many families to leave their homes to search for aid.

The Conversation

War in Ukraine is pushing global acute hunger to the highest level in this century

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a terrible humanitarian crisis in eastern Europe. It also is worsening conditions for other countries, many of them thousands of miles away.

Al Jazeera

Six months since coup, Sudan promises to keep up democracy fight

A brutal military crackdown has upended countless lives, but has not broken the spirit of the pro-democracy movement.

The Guardian - UK

‘My children cry with hunger’: refugees denied UN aid rations at Malawi camp

Hundreds at Dzaleka camp told they are no longer eligible for food supplies from the World Food Programme

Reuters

Aid groups push to feed Yemen's hungry millions during Ramadan ceasefire

A two-month ceasefire has given aid groups a chance to step up aid to Yemen's hungry millions, but malnutrition ravaging children is projected to worsen if fighting returns or humanitarian funding does not pick up.

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