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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kaamil Ahmed

‘Take from the hungry to feed the starving’: UN faces awful dilemma

Men carry a sack of wheat
Food distribution by the World Food Programme for internally displaced people in Debark, Ethiopia, September 2021. Photograph: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/Getty Images

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put huge pressure on an already shrinking pot of international aid.

Aid agencies working in countries with the most pressing emergencies, including Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Ethiopia, are facing difficult decisions on how to spend their money.

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