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South Carolina ex-Gov. Beasley to step down as UN food chief

Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley has announced he will step down from his role as executive director of the U.N. World Food Program

The Independent UK

WFP to Double Efforts to Secure Syrians’ Needs

World Food Program (WFP) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Corinne Fleischer revealed on Thursday the program’s plans to double efforts to secure the Syrians' needs. Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad discussed with Fleischer, and the accompanying delegation, developments related to food security in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WFP to Allocate $5.4 Bln for Lebanon over 3 Years, Caretaker PM Says

The World Food Program has agreed to allocate $5.4 billion for aid to Lebanon over the next three years, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday, following a meeting with the agency's country director. Mikati said the aid would be split, with half going to Lebanese and the…

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Fixing insecurity in the food trade

Between rising hunger and the prospect of still more supply shortages, dark clouds are hovering over the global food system. Not only has the war in Ukraine limited access to, and raised prices for, food, and fertiliser, but extreme weather events are disrupting production, and economic downturns have diminished people's…

Bangkok Post

3 Mln Children in Sudan Suffer from Malnutrition

International organizations said that about three million children in Sudan are acutely malnourished, of which 650,000 suffer from severe acute malnutrition and need care. These children are mainly in Darfur and Kordofan states in western Sudan and the Red Sea region, east of the country. These areas have witnessed armed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New report: A record 4.7 million Haitians face acute hunger

A new analysis says a record 4.7 million people in Haiti are facing acute hunger, including 19,000 in catastrophic famine conditions for the first time, all in a slum controlled by gangs in the capital of Port-Au-Prince

The Independent UK

In Haiti, factories close, school feedings are on hold and hunger is about to get worse

The armed men arrived at the two-story factory in Haiti’s rural Artibonite Valley, wielding AK-47s, followed by a hungry mob of hundreds.

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Hurricanes risk aggravating migration, hunger crises in Latin America and Caribbean, UN fears

Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, which displaced thousands of people across the Caribbean as they battered several islands, risked plunging an already struggling region into a deeper food crisis and could trigger further migration, the regional director for the United Nations World Food Program for Latin America and the Caribbean said…

Miami Herald

'Knocking on famine's door': UN food chief wants action now

The U.N. food chief is warning that the world is facing “a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm" when it comes to hunger

The Independent UK

Aid for Flood Victims Arrives in Hard-Hit Pakistani Province

Two more US military planes loaded with tons of aid for Pakistanis affected by flooding from deadly monsoon rains landed Sunday in southern Sindh province, one of the worst-affected regions in the impoverished country. Saif Ullah, spokesman for the country's Civil Aviation Authority, said each plane was loaded with about…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Food Aid Vessel Leaves Ukraine for Yemen, WFP Says

The second shipment of humanitarian food aid since Russia's invasion left Ukraine for Yemen on Tuesday, the World Food Program said in a statement. The MV Karteria left from the Black Sea port of Yuzhny and will stop in Türkiye for the grains to be milled into flour, the UN…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN chief urges Ethiopia and Tigray leaders to halt fighting

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging Ethiopia’s prime minister and the leader of its restive Tigray region leader to immediately halt the latest hostilities

The Independent UK

UN: US Buying Big Ukraine Grain Shipment for Hungry Regions

The United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment of food aid from ports no longer blockaded by war, the World Food Program chief has told The Associated Press. The final destinations for the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: US buying big Ukraine grain shipment for hungry regions

The head of the World Food program says the United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment to hungry areas of the world

The Independent UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

WFP Warns 22 Million Face Starvation in Horn of Africa

The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to 22 million, the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) said Friday. Years of insufficient rainfall across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia have caused the worst drought in 40 years and conditions akin to famine in…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: How schools can help save the world

As schools reopen around the country, they could take a page out of the “greatest generation’s” lesson plan — and help save the world.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon-Bound Ship Brings Hope, Not Solution to Food Crisis

A ship bringing corn to Lebanon’s northern port of Tripoli normally would not cause a stir. But it's getting attention because of where it came from: Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa. The Razoni, loaded with more than 26,000 tons of corn for chicken feed, is emerging from the edges…

The Independent UK

Lebanon-bound ship brings hope, not solution to food crisis

A ship bringing tons of corn for chicken feed to Lebanon’s northern port of Tripoli normally would not cause a stir

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In Kabul, a new ritual: Hungry women wait for bread outside bakeries

Since the Taliban came to power, food insecurity has risen. Women in blue burqas sit in front of the city's upscale bakeries, silently waiting for charitable passersby to purchase bread for them.

WEKU

Record number of people worldwide are moving toward starvation, U.N. warns

The spike in food, fuel and fertilizer prices sparked by the war in Ukraine is threatening to push countries around the world into famine, a U.N. official warns.

The Conversation

Helping Afghanistan after earthquake will be hard: 3 questions answered

Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in more than two decades took place on June 22, 2022, killing more than 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,600. The disaster struck a remote mountainous region and came at a time when millions of Afghans are experiencing severe poverty and hunger. Since the Taliban, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

Axios

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

Biden wanted to replace Republican David Beasley at the UN.

The Independent UK

'We don't have food': African leaders meet as crises grow

African leaders have gathered for a summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent, which is also facing increased violent extremism, climate change challenges and a run of military coups

The Independent UK

World Food Program chief presses billionaires 'to step up'

The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program is telling billionaires it’s “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises because of Russia’s war in Ukraine

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