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As Sudan's war marks two years, WFP warns famine is spreading
The World Food Program (WFP) says decreasing global funding resources are further complicating the dire hunger situation in ...
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WFP calls for end to restrictions on aid access in Sudan to help alleviate deepening famine
The World Food Programme called on all parties involved in the Sudan conflict to end restrictions on aid access and facilitate help to the only nation experiencing famine.
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US restores urgent food aid, except in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest countries
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has reversed new cutoffs in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained ...
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Trump administration says it cut funding to some lifesaving UN food programs by mistake
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other administration officials had pledged to spare emergency food programs and other life ...
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UN warns US aid cuts threaten millions of Afghans with famine
Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food ...
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Dozens of USAID contracts were canceled last weekend. Here’s what happened
The rationale was to address "mismanagement, fraud, and misaligned priorities." Former USAID official Jeremy Konyndyk said ...
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In Ethiopia, the margins between starvation and survival narrow as food aid becomes scarce
PBS NewsHour special correspondent Willem Marx and videographer Edward Kiernan traveled across Ethiopia to understand the ...
Sudan faces the world’s worst humanitarian crisis as second anniversary of war nears, UN says
A nearly two-year-old war has engulfed Sudan in the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and led the African country to become ...
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World Food Program USA Accepts Bitcoin and Dogecoin Donations After Funding Cuts
World Food Program USA is accepting donations in more than 80 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and ...
Trump administration intends to modify some UN food agency awards, State Dept says
President Donald Trump's administration wants the U.N. World Food Programme to modify operations backed by the U.S. in six ...
The US ends lifesaving food aid for millions. The World Food Program calls it a 'death sentence'
The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in ...
USAID reverses course and restores some humanitarian aid contracts after WFP warning of possible deadly consequences
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) reversed course Tuesday and restored several of the World Food ...