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UN's food agency WFP closes southern African bureau, Bloomberg News reports

The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), which gets much of its funding from the United States, is closing its southern African bureau, Bloomberg News said on Monday. The decision was communicated to staff around the world in an email on Friday from Global Executive Director Cindy McCain,

Bloomberg on MSN · 2d

UN Food Agency Shuts Southern Africa Hub Amid Trump Aid Cuts

The United Nations’ World Food Programme is closing its southern African bureau that’s been leading a response to the worst drought in the region in four decades as it expects funding from donors such as the US to slump by two fifths.

devdiscourse · 2d

UN World Food Programme Shifts Strategy Amid US Aid Cuts

The United Nations' World Food Programme is closing its southern Africa office due to funding cuts from the Trump administration. To optimize operations, it will consolidate the offices into a regional hub in Nairobi.

Rohingya refugee food aid to be halved from next month

Exclusive: UN plans to halve rations to Rohingya refugees without urgent funding

The United Nations has warned it will have to cut monthly food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 next month, unless it can raise funds to avert a measure that would worsen hunger in the world's largest refugee settlement.

The Daily Star · 12h

WFP halves food ration for Rohingyas

The World Food Programme has cut the monthly food aid for the Rohingyas in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 per person, beginning in April, raising the risk of widespread hunger in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhashan Char.

Daily Journal · 2h

Rohingya refugee food aid to be halved from next month: UN

Rations will be halved for around one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from next month due to a lack of funds, the United Nations food agency has said.

allAfrica.com on MSN23h

Drought and dire hunger loom in Somalia, warns UN food agency WFP

The time to step up is now” for the people of Somalia, where drought threatens 1.7 million young children at risk of ...

Tasnim News Agency53m

UN Warns Gaza Food Supplies Could Run Out in Two Weeks

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said on Wednesday that it has only enough food supplies in Gaza to sustain public ...

National Herald16h

UN food agency says it has less than 2 weeks of supplies left for Gaza

The World Food Programme is hampered by the Israeli blockade that began alongside the decision to continue the ceasefire into ...

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UN halts food help in Sudan camp, warns thousands could starve

The United Nations World Food Programme has temporarily stopped distributing food aid in a famine-struck camp for displaced ...

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