Italian Ambassador To DRC Is Killed In Attack On Food Aid Convoy

4 months, 1 week ago

US envoy pushes for cease-fire in Lebanon as food crisis worsens after looting in Gaza

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6 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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8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘I’ll never see him again’: Attacks killing aid workers in eastern DRC

Al Jazeera

Since the start of 2024, more than 170 security incidents have directly targeted humanitarian workers, the UN says. According to accounts shared with Al Jazeera by some displaced people, misconceptions and communication scarcity may be among factors leading to the mistrust of aid workers in the DRC. It’s not cautious to attack NGOs, it can negatively impact on the humanitarian …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

2 aid workers killed in the latest violent attack in eastern Congo’s conflict

Associated Press

GOMA, Congo — Two staff members of the foreign aid group Tearfund were killed when their convoy was attacked in eastern Congo, the organization said, the latest in a series of attacks targeting aid groups and residents in the region. The aid workers were killed on Sunday after their convoy had arrived in Butembo city in North Kivu province, where …

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9 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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10 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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11 months ago

Chef José Andrés says aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the ‘best of humanity’

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the “best of humanity” and risked everything “to feed people they did not know and will never meet,” José Andrés, the celebrity chef who founded the organization, told mourners who gathered Thursday to honor the dead. “Their examples should inspire us to do better, to be …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

José Andrés Frustrated It Took Foreign Aid Workers’ Deaths To Spark Global Outrage Over Gaza

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING The international community was instantly outraged after seven food aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza earlier this month. The aid workers’ deaths have been widely covered in the media, and led world leaders like President Joe Biden ― Israel’s strongest ally ― to publicly threaten conditioning the U.S. …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

The World Central Kitchen deaths could kill aid to Ukraine as well as Israel

The Independent

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

More than 200 aid workers have been killed in Gaza, making famine more likely

Salon

Seven aid workers from the food aid charity World Central Kitchen were killed in Gaza on Monday night when their convoy was attacked in a confirmed Israeli drone strike. World Central Kitchen pioneered this maritime logistics corridor from Cyprus to a jetty south of Gaza City as road access to the Gaza Strip has been severely limited by Israel, despite …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

José Andrés Says Israel Deliberately Killed 7 Of His Aid Workers In Gaza Airstrikes

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Chef and humanitarian José Andrés has accused Israel of deliberately launching the airstrikes that killed seven aid workers with his World Central Kitchen charity in Gaza, calling the incident a “direct attack” on humanitarian workers trying to provide food and supplies to desperate Palestinians. It needs to start the long journey to peace… — Chef José Andrés …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

All seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli strike in Gaza named

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy All seven aid worker “heroes” …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills seven workers

The Hindu

Some of Israel's closest allies, including the United States, on April 2 condemned the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by airstrikes in Gaza — a loss that prompted multiple charities to suspend food deliveries to Palestinians on the brink of starvation. pic.twitter.com/Nl2jq8wqTt — President Biden April 3, 2024 “Israel has not done enough to protect aid workers …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Joe Biden breaks silence after 7 World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Hindustan Times

Joe Biden has addressed the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a press briefing that Biden has “conveyed he is grieving with the entire World Central Kitchen family.” President Biden called celebrity chef Jose Andres to express his condolences after an Israeli strike killed seven aid workers from …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Netanyahu admits Israel 'unintentionally' killed Gaza aid workers: 'It happens in war'

Hindustan Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday admitted that its armed forces killed seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza, claiming that the strike was “unintentional”. The aid workers were killed in a deadly strike in the Gaza Strip as they unloaded desperately needed aid brought by sea to the war-torn territory. It needs to stop restricting humanitarian …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Grief and anger as workers with José Andrés aid kitchen killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

LA Times

A vehicle used by World Central Kitchen is seen after Israeli airstrikes hit the aid group’s convoy in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip. Relatives and friends mourn by the body of Saif abu Taha, a staff member of the aid group World Central Kitchen who was killed in Israeli airstrikes that hit a humanitarian convoy. To shake up governments, and …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

“No more innocent lives lost”: José Andrés mourns World Central Kitchen team killed in Gaza strike

Salon

Chef José Andrés is “heartbroken and grieving” after seven World Central Kitchen aid workers were killed in an airstrike reportedly carried out by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza early Tuesday morning. World Central Kitchen, the not-for-profit organization founded by the Spanish-American chef, provides fresh meals in response to humanitarian, climate and community crises, per its official website. It needs …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Workers in chef José Andrés’ humanitarian food group killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

LA Times

Palestinians carry the body of a person following an airstrike at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday. International aid organization World Central Kitchen confirmed that seven of its members were killed in an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Monday during efforts to feed thousands facing starvation, according to chef José Andrés, founder of …

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1 year ago

Wong sends message to Israeli ambassador after 'catastrophe' near Gaza aid trucks

ABC

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has asked her department to tell the Israeli ambassador Australia is "horrified" at reports that Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza, killing more than 100. "Australia is horrified by today's catastrophe in Gaza and the ongoing humanitarian crisis that has led to it," Senator Wong said in a social media post. …

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1 year, 1 month 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 …

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1 year, 5 months ago

US resumes some food aid deliveries to Ethiopia after assistance was halted over ‘widespread’ theft

Associated Press

KAMPALA, Uganda — The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it is resuming food deliveries to hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, four months after assistance was halted over a widespread scheme to steal supplies. The decision was made after Ethiopia’s government agreed to remove itself from the dispatch, storage and distribution of refugee food supplies, a …

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1 year, 5 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 …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Niger: French ambassador held hostage, denied food after Emmanuel Macron refuses to recall its diplomats. Here is what we know so far

Op India

On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron informed the media that the country’s ambassador Sylvain Itte and other diplomats had been held hostage at the French embassy in Niamey in Niger. The development came months after the military junta in the West African nation ousted the incumbent President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup d’état. He added, “As we speak, we have …

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1 year, 8 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 …

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1 year, 9 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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1 year, 9 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. …

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1 year, 9 months ago

UN agencies decry humanitarian crisis in Haiti and seek help for hungry families fleeing violence

Associated Press

JEREMIE, Haiti — The executive directors of two U.N. agencies warned Tuesday that Haiti’s humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels amid reports of widespread hunger and gang violence. Per capita, the number of Haitians facing emergency-level food insecurity is the second highest in the world, with nearly 5 million struggling to eat every day, said Cindy McCain, executive director of …

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1 year, 9 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 …

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1 year, 9 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 …

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1 year, 10 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 …

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1 year, 10 months ago

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

The Independent

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1 year, 10 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 — …

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1 year, 10 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 …

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2 years, 4 months ago

5 stabbed in supermarket attack in Italy, one killed

The Independent

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2 years, 5 months ago

Blockade by gangs on fuel source in Haiti is causing famine: UN

Al Jazeera

A UN analysis found that 4.7 million people, nearly half of Haiti’s population, are experiencing acute food insecurity. “Haiti is facing a humanitarian catastrophe,” said Jean-Martin Bauer, the Haiti country director for the UN’s World Food Programme. Meanwhile, some 19,200 people in Haiti’s Cite Soleil are suffering famine conditions, according to an analysis by UN agencies and aid groups on …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Coalition of leaders: Urgent action needed for food security

The Independent

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2 years, 7 months ago

Africa trip is to help Uganda, Ghana, Cape Verde; not to compete with Russia, China: U. S. Ambassador to United Nations Linda

The Hindu

The U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations headed to Africa on August 4, saying she was going to focus on how the United States can help Uganda, Ghana and Cape Verde deal with the food crisis that has hit the continent particularly hard — not to compete with China and Russia. She said high energy prices, climate change, COVID-19 …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Africa ‘taken hostage’ by Russia’s invasion, Zelenskyy says

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — “Africa is actually taken hostage” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amid catastrophically rising food prices, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the African Union continental body during a closed-door address on Monday. “They are trying to use you and the suffering of the people to put pressure on the democracies that have imposed sanctions on Russia,” Zelenskyy told …

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2 years, 9 months ago

EU blames Russia for food crisis, Russian UN envoy walks out

ABP News

United Nations, Jun 7 : European Council President Charles Michel accused Russia on Monday of using food supplies as “a stealth missile against developing countries” and blamed the Kremlin for the looming global food crisis, prompting Moscow's U.N. ambassador to walk out of a Security Council meeting. Russia's deputy U.N. ambassador Dmitry Polyansky tweeted later on Telegram's Russian channel that …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: US Congress passes aid package

Al Jazeera

Ukraine news from May 19: US Senate approves military and economic aid package by a vote of 86-11, sending the legislation to the White House. Moreover, Baig added that it was important to note that towns and villages in the Donbas were spread out so “when the Russians take a town or a small village, what remains ahead of them …

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2 years, 10 months ago

The war in Ukraine is exacerbating food insecurity in Afghanistan

NPR

The war in Ukraine is exacerbating food insecurity in Afghanistan The crisis in Ukraine is causing more food insecurity for people in Afghanistan, who are already going hungry in a country roiled by conflict, drought, pandemic and a freeze on national assets. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Russia's invasion of Ukraine escalated a food crisis. HADID: Graeme Smith, a senior consultant on …

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2 years, 11 months ago

A charity kitchen in Ukraine linked to chef José Andrés was destroyed by a missile

NPR

A charity kitchen in Ukraine linked to chef José Andrés was destroyed by a missile Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Evan Vucci/AP A charity kitchen in Ukraine linked to celebrity chef José Andrés' World Central Kitchen was destroyed by a missile, according to a tweet from the nonprofit's CEO, Nate Mook. Sponsor Message Four of the partner restaurant's …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Italy’s ambassador to Australia dead after falling from balcony

The Independent

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3 years, 2 months ago

UN: Food aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray now at ‘all-time lowest’

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations says food distribution in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region has reached its “all-time lowest” while more than 50,000 children are thought to be severely malnourished, the latest sign of growing crisis amid efforts to end the country’s 14-month war. Thursday’s update by the U.N. humanitarian agency says food aid stocks and fuel are “almost entirely …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Hutu rebels accuse DRC, Rwanda after Italian ambassador killed

Al Jazeera

Luca Attanasio died of his wounds after a World Food Programme convoy came under fire near the eastern city of Goma. Rwandan Hutu rebels denied allegations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and instead accused the armies of the DRC and Rwanda of responsibility. “The responsibility for this despicable killing …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Italian ambassador to DR Congo dies after WFP convoy attacked

Al Jazeera

Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio, a policeman and their driver killed after a UN convoy was attacked in eastern DRC. Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an Italian policeman and their Congolese driver have been killed in an ambush on a United Nations convoy in eastern DRC. The ambush on Monday occurred as the convoy carrying Ambassador Luca …

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5 years, 11 months ago

World Food Programme: Six humanitarians who lost their lives in the Ethiopian Airlines crash

The Independent

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6 years ago

Ethiopian crash victims: List of passengers killed in flight 302

CNN

Editor’s Note: We will update this article as we learn more about the victims. China – 8 China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that four of the victims worked for Chinese companies and two for the UN. Jin Yetao, 32, had been stationed in South Sudan for four years and promoted the “Belt and Road Initiative” in Africa, his employer …

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7 years, 2 months ago

The U.N.'s Food Aid Shortages

NPR

The U.N.'s Food Aid Shortages SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The United Nations World Food Programme has to cut back on the food that it gives out to some of the most imperiled people in the world. He's the spokesperson for the World Food Programme in East Africa. And most of the people we serve are dependent on the United Nations World …

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Italian Ambassador To DRC Is Killed In Attack On Food Aid Convoy

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