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World Food Programme closes southern Africa office

Reuters on MSN · 3d

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,

Arise News · 2d

UN World Food Programme To Close Southern Africa Bureau Amid US Aid Cuts

WFP is closing its Southern Africa bureau due to US aid cuts, impacting food assistance amid a severe regional drought.

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.

UN slashes food rations for Rohingya refugees

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.

Gulf Today · 5h

UN slashes food rations for Rohingya refugees due to US aid cuts

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

The Independent on MSN · 8h

UN slashes food rations for Rohingya refugees to just $6 a month

Now, the $6 monthly voucher means Rohingya refugees will receive about 24 Bangladesh taka (£0.15) daily. An egg costs 13-14 taka and a banana costs 10-12 taka, Mr Rahman said, adding that it will cause severe nutritional deficiency among refugees.

allAfrica.com on MSN1d

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 ...

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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 ...

UN Food Agency Says It Has 2 Weeks of Food Left in Gaza Amid Israeli Blockade

The UN’s food agency has warned that it will run out of supplies to help feed Palestinians in Gaza in just two weeks if ...

National Herald1d

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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