Pope Leo XIV to World Food Program: Fighting Hunger Helps Stop ‘Forced Migration’
Pope Leo XIV addressed the importance of fighting hunger during a visit to the Roman headquarters of the World Food Program.
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WFP’s McCain: Israel Isn’t Prioritizing Feeding People, Can’t Say Same About Hamas Even Though They’ve Stolen Aid
During an interview with PBS’s “Firing Line” released on Friday, World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain said that she “can’t comment” on whether Hamas has the best interests of Palestinian civilians even though they have intercepted aid before, but
Iran-Backed Houthi Insurgents Refuse to Release Captive U.N. Employees
The foreign ministry of the Iran-backed Houthi insurgency said on Wednesday that it has no intention of releasing at least 19 United Nations staffers who were detained in raids on Sunday. The Houthis claimed the U.N. personnel were spying for hostile powers, including the United States and Israel.
Houthis Raid U.N. Office, Attack Oil Tanker After Israeli Airstrike Eliminated Senior Leadership
Iran-backed Houthi insurgents in Yemen raided U.N. offices on Sunday, taking at least 11 U.N. employees prisoner, then launched a missile at an Israeli-owned oil tanker in the Red Sea on Monday. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had killed much of the Houthis’ senior leadership, including their “prime minister” Ahmed al-Rahawi, in an airstrike on Thursday.
U.N. Fail: Thousands of Palestinians Storm Aid Warehouse in Gaza, Killing at Least 4
The World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations agency, confirmed on Wednesday that “hordes” of Palestinians stormed one of its warehouses in Central Gaza, storming it for food and leaving at least four dead.
Israel Pushes Back on Cindy McCain: 847 WFP Trucks, Not ‘Two,’ Entered Gaza in November
Israel disputed allegations Monday by Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and the director of the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP), claiming only two of its aid trucks entered Gaza in November.
Report: World Food Program’s Ethiopian Leaders Resign over Missing Food
The international aid news outlet the New Humanitarian reported on Monday that the top World Food Program (WFP) officials in Ethiopia resigned last week following an investigation into the disappearance of critical food aid in that country, believed to later resurface on the black market.
Ukraine Sends Free Wheat to War-Torn Ethiopia
The Cabinet Ministry of Ukraine announced recently that it would reimburse the government of Ethiopia, and neighboring Somalia, for about $11.4 million worth of wheat, Mogadishu’s Shabelle Media reported on Tuesday.
Global Food Crisis: EU Border Force Bracing for ‘Waves’ of Mass Migration as Global South Goes Hungry
Europe’s border force is reported as bracing itself for more “waves” of mass migration, as the developing world goes hungry as a result of the war in Ukraine.
Global Food Crisis: Ukrainian Farmers Fearing ‘Hell’ Harvest Amid Ongoing Invasion
Ukrainian farmers are reportedly preparing for a “hell” harvest season, with physical and financial dangers looking to prevent them from reaping, transporting and selling their crops.
‘Worse Than the Arab Spring’ – UN Warns 49 Million Face Famine, Food Insecurity
The current state of global food insecurity and famine is worse than the conditions that preceded the Arab Spring, the UN has warned.
Global Food Crisis: ‘Perfect Storm’ of World Hunger Thanks to the Ukraine Crisis and COVID Could Starve Millions
Millions are at risk of starvation thanks to COVID and the ongoing war in Ukraine, both of which have helped create a “perfect storm” of a global food crisis.
W.H.O.’s Tedros Says Ethiopia Still Starving Tigray Minority After ‘Truce’ Declared
No food from international aid groups has entered northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region since Addis Ababa and Tigrayan separatists announced a truce — specifically to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray — in their civil war on March 25, World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
UN Director Warns Europe of ‘Hell on Earth’ Migrant Crisis Amid Global Food Shortage
A senior UN official has warned that Europe must either pay for more food aid abroad or face a “Hell on Earth” migrant crisis.
U.N.: South Sudan Braces for ‘Worst Food Crisis Ever’
South Sudan is set to endure its “worst hunger crisis to date” in the coming months, Voice of America (VOA) quoted World Food Program (WFP) representative Marwa Awad as saying on Friday.
Afghanistan: One Million Children Suffer from Malnourishment
Approximately one million children in Afghanistan currently suffer from malnutrition, the country’s Ministry of Public Health said Monday, Tolo News reported.
U.N.: Afghanistan May Deplete Its Food Supply ‘This Month’
Foodstuffs supplied to Afghanistan by the United Nations (U.N.) World Food Programme may run out by the end of September, Ramiz Alakbarov, a U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Afghanistan, warned Wednesday.
Potentially Lethal U.N. ‘Super Cereal’ Blamed for Making Dozens of Ugandans Sick
The World Food Program (WFP) for the second time this year stopped distributing a so-called “nutritious porridge” known as “Super Cereal” across Uganda pending an investigation into food poisoning concerns, the Daily Monitor learned this week.
U.N. Official: Iran-Allied Houthis Block 8,000 Tons of Food from Entering Yemen
Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen have blocked an estimated 8,000-ton food shipment slated to feed about 100,000 families in the war-torn nation where millions are teetering on the brink of starvation, the World Food Program (WFP) revealed this week.
U.N.: Food Aid for Starving Yemenis ‘at Risk of Rotting’ Due to Ongoing Conflict
Iran-allied Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen are preventing aid workers from accessing aid for millions of Yemenis, putting the food “at risk of rotting” while an estimated 20 million people in the country find themselves on the brink of starvation, the United Nations warned Monday.
