The UN鈥檚 World Food Programme warned Wednesday that 鈥榮taggering鈥� cuts to its funding risked pushing up to 13.7 million people currently receiving food aid into 鈥榚mergency鈥� levels of hunger 鈥� one step before famine.
World Food Programme acting executive director Carl Skau reaffirmed its commitment to mobilising food aid for 1.3 million Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh, saying the crisis remains one of the Rome-based UN agency鈥檚 top agenda.
Japan has allocated $3.4 million to The United Nations World Food Programme to support lifesaving assistance for Rohingyas and vulnerable host communities in Bangladesh...
The World Food Programme warned Tuesday that the aid Israel is allowing to enter Gaza remains a 鈥榙rop in the ocean鈥�, days after famine was formally declared in the war-torn Palestinian territory.
AS ISRAELI forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the Gaza Strip, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential aid, the World Food Programme on April 25 reported that all its food stocks for families in Gaza were exhausted and it had served its last hot meals. At least 25 bakeries distributing bread also closed on March...
The UN鈥檚 World Food Programme on Friday warned it has depleted all its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza, where the entry of humanitarian aid has been blocked by Israel since March 2.
The United States has ended emergency food aid for 14 countries, endangering the lives of millions of hungry or starving people, a United Nations agency said on Monday...
Distraught Myanmar relief camp dwellers received final handouts from the World Food Programme on Wednesday as the UN agency begins halting aid to a million people in the country because funding has dried up...
The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food聽 aid because of 鈥榗ritical funding shortfalls鈥�, it said on Friday.
THE United Nations鈥� sudden and drastic reduction in monthly food aid, by 52 per cent, could be devastating for more than a million of the Rohingyas now sheltered in Bangladesh. The World Food Programme on March 5 announced that it would reduce its allocation for food for the Rohingyas in Bangladesh from $12.5 to $6 per person beginning on April 1 and cited...
The United Nations World Food Programme and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief called for urgent enhancements to combat climate change in Bangladesh.
A six-day training on climate risk insurance concluded at Dhaka University on Sunday.
The European Union supported the World Food Programme鈥檚 lifesaving and life-changing efforts in Bangladesh with generous funding over the past two years 鈥� totaling EUR 24 million.
United Nations World Food Programme would be able to reach nearly 76,000 Rohingyas in Bangladesh and provide them with a full ration of US$12.50 for two months as Republic of Korea has stepped up its support to the WFP with a new contribution of US$2 million, says a press release...
The World Food Programme has called on the warring parties in Sudan鈥檚 conflict to grant full access to the agency as the countries faces the imminent threat of famine...
The United Nations World Food Programme on Tuesday began its second phase of flood response for communities hardest-hit by the August floods.
The United Nations World Food Programme has launched its response to the severe flooding emergency in Bangladesh...
The World Food Programme has activated anticipatory action measures as water levels in the Jamuna River approach critical levels.
The United Nations World Food Programme is providing emergency assistance to communities affected by the severe flooding in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts in northeast Bangladesh...
The World Food Programme said Friday it had brought desperately-needed supplies into war-ravaged Sudan鈥檚 Darfur region for the first time in months, but...
