Showing posts with label WFP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WFP. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

UN food agency suspends aid to north Gaza after gunfire, looting

The UN’s food agency said Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries to northern Gaza despite widespread hunger, after a convoy of trucks faced gunfire and looting.

Saturday, May 7, 2022

UN food agency urges immediate re-opening of Ukrainian ports

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday called for the re-opening of the Ukrainian ports in the southern city of Odessa to help local people tackle the global hunger crisis.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

13 million face hunger as Horn of Africa drought worsens: UN - France24

An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of Africa experiences its worst drought in decades, the World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

ISIS assault halts WFP aid drops in Syria's Deir al-Zor

The World Food Program said Tuesday it has suspended aid drops to the besieged Syrian city of Deir al-Zor because of heavy fighting after a fierce assault by ISIS.

Saturday, August 6, 2016

UN cranes deliver supplies across Jordan - Syrian border

The World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have been using huge cranes to deliver food, and hygiene kits from the Jordan to displaced persons in Syria -- over a "berm" that separates the two countries, a UN spokesman told reporters here Friday.

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US Democratic congresswoman : There is no difference between 'moderate' rebels and al-Qaeda or the ISIS

United States Congresswoman and Democratic Party member Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday revealed that she held a meeting with Syrian Presiden...