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Defense minister acknowledges Israel killed Hamas leader
1 day, 13 hours ago

Defense minister acknowledges Israel killed Hamas leader

Politico  

“We will strike strategic infrastructure and cut off the head of the leadership,” he said. “Just like we did to Haniyeh, Sinwar and Nasrallah in Tehran, Gaza and Lebanon, we will do in Hodeida and Sanaa,” he said, referring to Hamas and Hezbollah leaders killed in previous Israeli attacks. Also Monday, the U.N. food agency reported that 23 trucks in …

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UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa
4 days, 1 hour ago

UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa with that number set to rise to 52 million by the middle of next year, the United Nations food agency said Friday. According to a new report released Friday, the World Food Program said 3.4 million people are currently facing “emergency …

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Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says
1 week, 4 days ago

Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on whirlwind visits to hotspots in the Middle East and Sudan to assess dire humanitarian situations and escalating demands for food from millions of people trapped or fleeing conflicts. Now, Skau said, “it’s a triple crisis, and the needs are going to be massive.” While …

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Jordan airdrops aid to northern Gaza for the first time in five months
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Jordan airdrops aid to northern Gaza for the first time in five months

Firstpost  

Jordan has been air-dropping aid and sending convoys westward overland to the Palestinians in Gaza throughout the war that erupted in October 2023 between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that has been ruling the enclave. Jordanian military planes dropped aid into northern Gaza on Tuesday for the first time in five months to address the worsening humanitarian crisis, according …

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Acute food insecurity to hit most people in South Sudan next year, says UN
1 month ago

Acute food insecurity to hit most people in South Sudan next year, says UN

Al Jazeera  

Almost 7.7 million people will be classified as acutely food insecure in the world’s youngest nation as it grapples with floods and war. Almost 60 percent of South Sudan’s population will be acutely food insecure next year, with more than two million children at risk of malnutrition, warns data from a United Nations-backed review. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase …

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India's Humanitarian Aid to Palestine: A Much-Needed Gesture
2 months ago

India's Humanitarian Aid to Palestine: A Much-Needed Gesture

Live Mint  

India sends humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people through UNRWA. The first tranche of assistance comprising 30 tons of medicine and food items has departed today. The consignment includes a wide range of essential medicines and surgical supplies, dental products, general medical items and high-energy biscuits.

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UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations
3 months, 1 week ago

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations

The Independent  

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UN food agency intensifies calls for Gaza cease-fire after staff come under fire
3 months, 1 week ago

UN food agency intensifies calls for Gaza cease-fire after staff come under fire

The Independent  

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War and climate change are overwhelming Somalia
3 months, 2 weeks ago

War and climate change are overwhelming Somalia

Hindustan Times  

AS THE SUN beats down on the dusty yellow soil and a cluster of tin shacks near the city of Galkayo, in central Somalia, mothers point to their children, looking on shyly. “If anyone doesn’t believe in climate change, this is clear testimony that it is happening,” says El-Khidir Daloum, the WFP’s country director for Somalia. “The Somali people didn’t …

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Biden pushed Gaza pier over warnings it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden pushed Gaza pier over warnings it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says

The Independent  

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World Food Programme halts movement in Gaza after repeated gunfire strikes aid vehicle
3 months, 3 weeks ago

World Food Programme halts movement in Gaza after repeated gunfire strikes aid vehicle

CNN  

CNN — The World Food Programme is freezing employee movement in Gaza after one of its vehicles was targeted with repeated gunfire just meters from an Israeli checkpoint, according to a statement by the humanitarian agency. The World Food Programme is the UN’s main food relief agency, and a key pillar of the humanitarian aid network in besieged Gaza, distributing …

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Biden pushed Gaza pier over warning it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden pushed Gaza pier over warning it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says

NPR  

Biden pushed Gaza pier over warning it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says toggle caption Leo Correa/AP WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year even as some staffers for the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull …

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Aid trucks enter civil war-torn Darfur as Sudan army eases restrictions
4 months ago

Aid trucks enter civil war-torn Darfur as Sudan army eases restrictions

Al Jazeera  

The World Food Programme says a convoy of humanitarian aid has entered the Sudanese region of Darfur, offering temporary respite after Sudan’s forces sealed sections of the border with Chad to aid deliveries in February. “More than a dozen aid trucks – including some from the WFP and the International Organization for Migration – have now crossed into Darfur from …

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Hunger grips Yemen even more. The UN says more than half of households aren’t eating enough
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Hunger grips Yemen even more. The UN says more than half of households aren’t eating enough

Associated Press  

CAIRO — More than half of households in Yemen are not eating enough due to poor economic conditions and a months-long pause in food assistance to millions of people in the rebel-held north, the United Nations food agency said Monday. The World Food Program update said “severe food deprivation” has reached the highest it’s ever seen in parts of northern …

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Darfur sees an increase in much needed food aid, but it’s still not enough to avert famine, UN says
6 months ago

Darfur sees an increase in much needed food aid, but it’s still not enough to avert famine, UN says

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Families in Sudan’s embattled western Darfur region have finally received an emergency increase in food aid that is much needed to help avert looming famine, the U.N. food agency said Thursday. The World Food Program said in an update that five convoys carrying 5,000 tons of food aid have crossed from neighboring Chad into Darfur since the beginning …

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Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed
6 months ago

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed

Hindustan Times  

CAIRO — South Darfur saw a slight increase in critical aid when the U.N.'s World Food Program delivered life-saving food and nutrition to some families across the violence-riddled western Sudanese state, the organization said. Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed The WFP mission in Sudan said Tuesday that more than …

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Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed
6 months ago

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed

Associated Press  

CAIRO — South Darfur saw a slight increase in critical aid when the U.N.'s World Food Program delivered life-saving food and nutrition to some families across the violence-riddled western Sudanese state, the organization said. The WFP mission in Sudan said Tuesday that more than 50,000 people in hunger hotspots across South Darfur are receiving much-needed food assistance in collaboration with …

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Starving to death is as scary as the war for Sudanese refugees in Chad
6 months ago

Starving to death is as scary as the war for Sudanese refugees in Chad

Al Jazeera  

The looming famine in Sudan is pushing thousands of civilians from Darfur to flee to Chad, say refugees and aid groups. About 756,000 people are facing “catastrophic levels of hunger” with an additional 25.6 million people facing acute food shortages, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the United Nations’ hunger-level scale. However, a lack of funding has forced …

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UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people” after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war there. Saturday saw both an Israeli military assault that freed four …

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First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says
7 months ago

First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that it has handed out in Gaza in recent days a “limited number” of high-energy biscuits that arrived from a U.S.-built pier, the first aid from the new humanitarian sea route to get into the hands of Palestinians in grave need. The U.S. Agency for International Development told The Associated Press …

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U.N. Halts All Food Distribution In Rafah Due To Lack Of Supplies
7 months ago

U.N. Halts All Food Distribution In Rafah Due To Lack Of Supplies

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CAIRO — The United Nations suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Tuesday due to a lack of supplies and an untenable security situation caused by Israel’s expanding military operation. It said more than 650 trucks are waiting on the Gaza side of Kerem Shalom to be retrieved, blaming “lack of logistical capabilities …

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UN food agency fears an escalation on the Lebanese-Israeli border can cripple aid efforts in Lebanon
7 months, 2 weeks ago

UN food agency fears an escalation on the Lebanese-Israeli border can cripple aid efforts in Lebanon

Associated Press  

DEKWANEH, Lebanon — If the monthslong conflict playing out on the Lebanese-Israeli border continues to escalate, the United Nations food agency won’t be ready for the spike in nutritional needs across crisis-hit Lebanon, its deputy executive director said Wednesday. “So far we’ve been able to manage based on the existing resources we have,” UN World Food Program’s Carl Skau, who …

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The UN says there’s ‘full-blown famine’ in northern Gaza. What does that mean?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The UN says there’s ‘full-blown famine’ in northern Gaza. What does that mean?

Associated Press  

TEL AVIV, Israel — The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas. A WFP spokesman later told The Associated Press that one of the three benchmarks for a formal famine declaration has already been met in northern Gaza and another is nearly …

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The UN says there's 'full-blown famine' in northern Gaza. What does that mean?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The UN says there's 'full-blown famine' in northern Gaza. What does that mean?

The Independent  

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