U.N. suspends food aid to Ethiopia over diversion of supplies, a day after U.S. does the same
1 year, 6 months ago

U.N. suspends food aid to Ethiopia over diversion of supplies, a day after U.S. does the same

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations World Food Program said Friday that it is temporarily suspending food aid to Ethiopia because its supplies are being diverted, an announcement that came a day after the United States Agency for International Development said it was doing the same. “Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable, and we welcome the government of Ethiopia’s commitment to investigate and hold accountable those responsible,” WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain said. The suspensions brought worries that malnutrition could rise in Africa’s second most populous country, USAID, WFP and the Ethiopian government have not said who is responsible for the food diversion, which the U.S. has described as “widespread and coordinated.” However, an internal memo prepared by a group of foreign donor representatives and seen by the AP this week pointed at government involvement. In a joint statement with USAID on Thursday, the Ethiopian foreign ministry spoke of “deeply concerning revelations” and said it was investigating with the U.S. “so that the perpetrators of such diversion are held to account.” The nationwide food aid suspensions follow USAID and WFP saying last month they had suspended food deliveries to Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region while they investigated reports of food aid theft there.

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Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?

The Independent  

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

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations

The Independent  

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UN and US say food is on its way to a famine-stricken camp in Sudan
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN and US say food is on its way to a famine-stricken camp in Sudan

The Independent  

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US warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere
5 months ago

US warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The newly confirmed famine at one of the sprawling camps for war-displaced people in Sudan’s Darfur region is growing uncontrolled as the country’s combatants block aid, and it threatens to grow bigger and deadlier than the world’s last major famine 13 years ago, U.S. officials warned on Friday. The U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.N. World Food …

Darfur sees an increase in much needed food aid, but it’s still not enough to avert famine, UN says
6 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed
6 months, 2 weeks 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 …

UN food agency pauses its aid work at U.S. pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback
6 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Hindu  

The director of the U.N. World Food Program on Sunday said 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 hostages …

UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback
6 months, 4 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 …

Two million Kenyans in need of food assistance: report
8 months, 1 week ago

Two million Kenyans in need of food assistance: report

China Daily  

Residents gather at the scene of a search and rescue after heavy flash floods wiped out several homes following heavy rains in Kamuchiri Village of Mai Mahiu, Nakuru county, Kenya on April 30. NAIROBI -- About two million people in Kenya are in need of food assistance, a situation exacerbated by the ongoing heavy rains that have led to the …

Two million Kenyans in need of food assistance: report
8 months, 1 week ago

Two million Kenyans in need of food assistance: report

China Daily  

Residents gather at the scene of a search and rescue after heavy flash floods wiped out several homes following heavy rains in Kamuchiri Village of Mai Mahiu, Nakuru county, Kenya on April 30. NAIROBI -- About two million people in Kenya are in need of food assistance, a situation exacerbated by the ongoing heavy rains that have led to the …

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
9 months ago

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger

The Independent  

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First UN food aid in months arrives in Sudan’s Darfur as famine looms
9 months ago

First UN food aid in months arrives in Sudan’s Darfur as famine looms

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations has begun distributing food in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region for the first time in months amid warnings of impending famine caused by a yearlong war and lack of access to food aid. The UN’s World Food Programme said two aid convoys crossed the border from Chad in late March, carrying food and nutrition assistance for about 250,000 …

Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children

LA Times  

Ethiopian women gather at a community meeting in Mai Mekden, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on Feb. 26. The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia’s Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister’s recent death in childbirth. Another …

Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children

Associated Press  

NEBAR HADNET, Ethiopia — The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia’s Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister’s recent death in childbirth. Another with 1-year-old twins said she needed sachets of baby food to keep “my babies alive.” Tigray …

World Food Program says its ramping up aid to reach 3 million Ethiopians. Millions more are in need
11 months ago

World Food Program says its ramping up aid to reach 3 million Ethiopians. Millions more are in need

Associated Press  

The U.N.’s World Food Program says it aims to reach up to 3 million Ethiopians affected by climate change and conflict in the coming weeks, half the number it supported in the East African country before the agency introduced a lengthy aid suspension last year. WFP said it “is now working at pace to deliver food assistance to up to …

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan
11 months ago

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. World Food Program said that some 18 million people across Sudan currently face acute hunger, with the most desperate trapped behind the …

People ‘dying of starvation’ in Sudan, UN food agency says
11 months, 1 week ago

People ‘dying of starvation’ in Sudan, UN food agency says

Al Jazeera  

The World Food Programme has called on Sudan’s warring sides to provide immediate security guarantees to deliver aid. The United Nations food agency says it is receiving reports of people dying of starvation in Sudan and the number of hungry people has doubled over the past year as the ongoing war cuts civilians off from aid. “The situation in Sudan …

Nearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation recently. Millions more need food aid
11 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation recently. Millions more need food aid

New Indian Express  

KAMPALA, Uganda: Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions in recent months, the national ombudsman said Tuesday, a rare admission of hunger-related deaths by a federal body. Only a small fraction of needy people in Tigray are receiving food aid, according to an aid memo seen by The Associated Press, more than one month …

Nearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation recently. Millions more need food aid
11 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation recently. Millions more need food aid

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions in recent months, the national ombudsman said Tuesday, a rare admission of hunger-related deaths by a federal body. The memo urges humanitarian groups to “immediately scale up” their operations, warning that “failure to take swift action now will result in severe food insecurity and …

Millions urgently need food in Ethiopia's Tigray region despite the resumption of aid deliveries
11 months, 1 week ago

Millions urgently need food in Ethiopia's Tigray region despite the resumption of aid deliveries

The Independent  

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WFP temporarily halts food aid in parts of Sudan as fighting spreads
1 year ago

WFP temporarily halts food aid in parts of Sudan as fighting spreads

Al Jazeera  

UN food agency has been regularly providing assistance to more than 800,000 people in al-Jazirah state. The United Nations food agency has temporarily suspended food assistance in some parts of Sudan’s al-Jazirah state where it was supporting more than 800,000 people, as fighting spreads south and east of the country’s capital, Khartoum. This includes thousands of displaced people who have …

UN cuts global aid appeal to $46 billion to help 180 million in 2024 as it faces funding crisis
1 year ago

UN cuts global aid appeal to $46 billion to help 180 million in 2024 as it faces funding crisis

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is targeting fewer people and seeking less money in its 2024 global humanitarian appeal launched on Monday as it grapples with a severe funding crisis. U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told the launch that the U.N. has cut its appeal to $46 billion, to help 180 million people with food and other essential aid …

UN cuts global aid appeal to $46 billion to help 180 million in 2024 as it faces funding crisis
1 year ago

UN cuts global aid appeal to $46 billion to help 180 million in 2024 as it faces funding crisis

The Independent  

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The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions
1 year, 1 month ago

The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions

The Independent  

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The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions
1 year, 1 month ago

The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The U.N. World Food Program said Monday it will end in January its main assistance program across war-torn Syria, where over 12 million people lack regular access to sufficient food. In November, it and the U.N. refugee agency said they will reduce the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon receiving cash assistance by a third next year. WFP …

UN warns food aid for 1.4 million refugees in Chad could end over limited funding
1 year, 1 month ago

UN warns food aid for 1.4 million refugees in Chad could end over limited funding

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Food assistance to 1.4 million refugees in Chad who fled the conflict in parts of the Sahel could end because of limited funding, the United Nations food agency warned Tuesday. The WFP said that malnutrition is a major concern, with nine in 10 new arrivals reporting “poor or borderline food consumption.” Honnorat said the WFP urgently needs …

US will resume food aid to millions across Ethiopia after monthslong pause over massive corruption
1 year, 1 month ago

US will resume food aid to millions across Ethiopia after monthslong pause over massive corruption

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The lead U.S. development agency plans to restart food aid deliveries for millions of people across Ethiopia in December, five months after it took the extraordinary step of halting its nationwide program over a massive corruption scheme by local officials. These anti-theft measures will be tested for one year, USAID spokesperson Jessica Jennings said, adding that …

U.S. resumes food aid deliveries to Ethiopia after halt over ‘widespread’ theft
1 year, 3 months ago

U.S. resumes food aid deliveries to Ethiopia after halt over ‘widespread’ theft

LA Times  

An Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of wheat to be allocated to each waiting family after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it is resuming food deliveries to hundreds of thousands of …

Researchers have verified 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the cease-fire there
1 year, 3 months ago

Researchers have verified 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the cease-fire there

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Researchers say they have verified 1,329 deaths from hunger in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since a cease-fire ended a two-year conflict there in November. Tigray in total has 88 subdistricts and 643 displacement camps, so the number of hunger deaths across the region is almost certainly far higher. The study’s findings are described in a document seen …

Researchers verify 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since cease-fire
1 year, 3 months ago

Researchers verify 1,329 hunger deaths in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since cease-fire

LA Times  

A woman scoops up wheat from a relief agency to be allocated to waiting families in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. Researchers say they have verified 1,329 deaths from hunger in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since a cease-fire ended a two-year conflict there in November. Tigray has 88 subdistricts and 643 displacement camps, so the number of hunger deaths …

UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase
1 year, 3 months ago

UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase

Associated Press  

ROME — The World Food Program warned Tuesday that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people, with each 1% cut in aid risking to push 400,000 people toward starvation. The agency said the more than 60% funding shortfall this year was the highest in WFP’s 60-year history …

UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall
1 year, 4 months ago

UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The U.N. food agency said Tuesday it must drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan this month due to a massive funding shortfall. The action means that 10 million people will be cut off from the agency’s support this year in the country, the World Food Programme said in a statement. The new cuts …

The World Food Program slowly resumes food aid to Ethiopia after months of suspension and criticism
1 year, 5 months ago

The World Food Program slowly resumes food aid to Ethiopia after months of suspension and criticism

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations World Food Program is slowly resuming food aid to Ethiopia nearly five months after taking the extraordinary measure of suspending aid to millions of people after the discovery of a massive scheme to steal donated grain. In a written response Monday evening to questions, the WFP told The Associated Press that the agency has …

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

The Independent  

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UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years
1 year, 6 months ago

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in …

Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years, U.N. says
1 year, 6 months ago

Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years, U.N. says

LA Times  

The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in September,” said Margot …

US says it’s horrified by conditions in Ethiopia after theft leads to food aid pause and deaths
1 year, 6 months ago

US says it’s horrified by conditions in Ethiopia after theft leads to food aid pause and deaths

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States humanitarian agency told The Associated Press it is horrified by conditions in Ethiopia, where local officials have reported hundreds of hunger deaths in recent weeks after the U.S. and the United Nations paused food aid for one-sixth of the country’s population over massive theft of the aid. In an unusually strong statement emailed to …

UN says Somalia faces a `dire hunger emergency’ but aid has been cut over lack of funding
1 year, 6 months ago

UN says Somalia faces a `dire hunger emergency’ but aid has been cut over lack of funding

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Somalia’s “dire hunger emergency” is spiraling upward with one-third of the population expected to face crisis or worse levels of food needs, but the U.N. has been forced to drastically cut food assistance because of a lack of funding, the head of the World Food Program said Thursday. Cindy McCain told the U.N. Security Council the latest …

Once starved by war, millions of Ethiopians go hungry again as US, UN pause aid after massive theft
1 year, 6 months ago

Once starved by war, millions of Ethiopians go hungry again as US, UN pause aid after massive theft

The Independent  

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Once starved by war, millions of Ethiopians go hungry again as US, UN pause aid after massive theft
1 year, 6 months ago

Once starved by war, millions of Ethiopians go hungry again as US, UN pause aid after massive theft

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — An Orthodox Christian priest, Tesfa Kiros Meresfa begs door-to-door for food along with countless others recovering from a two-year war in northern Ethiopia that starved his people. At a private meeting last week in Ethiopia, U.S. aid officials told international partners that this could be the largest-ever diversion of food aid in any country, aid workers said. …

Like US, UN suspends Ethiopia food aid over diversion of supplies
1 year, 7 months ago

Like US, UN suspends Ethiopia food aid over diversion of supplies

Al Jazeera  

The UN agency’s suspension of food aid to Ethiopia comes a day after USAID took similar action. “Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable, and we welcome the government of Ethiopia’s commitment to investigate and hold accountable those responsible,” WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain said on Friday. But earlier this year, USAID administrator Samantha Power told the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee …

US suspends all food aid for millions in Ethiopia after investigation finds ‘widespread’ theft
1 year, 7 months ago

US suspends all food aid for millions in Ethiopia after investigation finds ‘widespread’ theft

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia, Africa’s second most-populous country, after an internal investigation found donated food intended for millions of hungry people there was being diverted on a “widespread” scale. While the agency’s statement did not say who was responsible for the theft, agency head …

USAID says it is halting all food aid to Ethiopia amid diversions
1 year, 7 months ago

USAID says it is halting all food aid to Ethiopia amid diversions

Al Jazeera  

The aid agency cites ‘a widespread and coordinated campaign’ to divert aid in Ethiopia, where 20 million people are in need. The United States aid agency USAID has announced it is halting food aid to all of Ethiopia, a month after pausing aid to the war-torn Tigray region, citing illicit diversions. The statement did not say who was behind the …

US joins UN in suspending food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray
1 year, 8 months ago

US joins UN in suspending food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The United States Agency for International Development suspended all food assistance to the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray “until further notice” while it investigates the theft of humanitarian supplies. USAID Administrator Samantha Power said Wednesday that her agency “uncovered that food aid, intended for the people of Tigray suffering under famine-like conditions, was being diverted and …

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022
1 year, 8 months ago

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022

Associated Press  

ROME — More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The report found that that the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food aid — 258 million — …

US halts food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray, citing illicit sales
1 year, 8 months ago

US halts food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray, citing illicit sales

Al Jazeera  

USAID head says shipments will resume to war-torn region in Ethiopia only after ‘oversight measures are in place’. The United States aid agency USAID has said it is pausing food shipments to Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region after it discovered that goods it supplied were being sold on the local market. “We have made the difficult decision to pause all USAID-supported …

UN agency suspends food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray amid theft
1 year, 8 months ago

UN agency suspends food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray amid theft

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations food relief agency has suspended aid deliveries to Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region amid an internal investigation into the theft of food meant for hungry people, according to four humanitarian workers. WFP informed its humanitarian partners on April 20 that it was temporarily suspending deliveries of food to Tigray amid reports of food misappropriation, one …

UN agency investigating humanitarian food theft in Ethiopia
1 year, 8 months ago

UN agency investigating humanitarian food theft in Ethiopia

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The United Nations food relief agency is investigating the theft of food aid from lifesaving humanitarian operations in Ethiopia, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. The World Food Program’s Ethiopia director, Claude Jibidar, says in the letter that “WFP is very concerned about the large-scale sale of food in some markets” which “poses …

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation
2 years ago

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 25,000 people could face starvation in conflict-plagued parts of West Africa next year, a United Nations official warned Friday. Federico Doehnert of the World Food Program said violence and the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine are largely driving the threat to people in Nigeria, Mali and Burkina Faso. “One …

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