José Andrés: the chef behind Gaza food aid charity that ‘moves towards disaster’ Andrés and World Central Kitchen accepted the challenge of helping desperately hungry people in Gaza The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024
The Guardian view on the IDF’s killing of aid workers: a grim milestone in Gaza Editorial: The attack on a relief convoy, an assassination on diplomatic premises and a devastating hospital raid show Israel does not heed allies or critics The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024
Tackle poverty’s roots with a living income, put children first and tax the wealth of the 1% Letters: Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s plan to get Britain out of a doom loop of poverty and despair The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024
UAE pauses Gaza aid support after Israeli strike kills 7 World Central Kitchen workers The UAE is the main funder of the organization's aid route that has been leading efforts to get food by sea to Gaza. Axios · Apr 2, 2024
World Central Kitchen: A Celebrity Chef Feeding People In Need World Central Kitchen, which is mourning the deaths of seven employees in Gaza, was founded by Spanish-American celebrity chef Jose Andres, who began cooking for people in crisis zones after the Haiti earthquake of 2010. International Business Times · Apr 2, 2024
DR Congo names Judith Suminwa Tuluka as first woman PM The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced the nomination of its first woman prime minister, Judith Suminwa Tuluka. An economist, she takes over as prime minister from Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, following President Felix Tshisekedi's re-election on 20 December. Radio France Internationale · Apr 2, 2024
Israeli strike kills 7 WCK aid workers "This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations," group says Salon · Apr 2, 2024
Middle East Conflict: Netanyahu Seemingly Confirms Israeli Strike On Food Aid Convoy It's Day 179 of the war in Gaza, and tensions have reached a perilous high after the assassination of a top IRGC commander and the deaths of seven food charity personnel whose convoy was hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike. International Business Times · Apr 2, 2024
First Thing: Seven Gaza aid workers killed in Israeli strike, charity says IDF investigating after World Central Kitchen workers killed in central Gaza. Plus, Robert F Kennedy Jr claims to qualify for five states’ ballots The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024
Gaza aid convoy strike: what happened and who were the victims? Seven World Central Kitchen workers died after a strike on their vehicle in Deir al-Balah The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024
Israel Blamed As Gaza Strike Kills 7 Staff Of US Food Charity The group World Central Kitchen said it was pausing operations after the "targeted Israeli strike" on Monday killed Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian staff. International Business Times · Apr 2, 2024
Strike In Gaza Kills Seven Aid Workers Unloading Food Monday's deaths came as the Israeli army wrapped up a two-week military operation in and around the Al-Shifa Hospital which reduced the besieged territory's largest medical complex to charred ruins. Latin Times · Apr 2, 2024
Israel’s Herzog apologises for strike that killed Gaza aid workers Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday expressed his “deep sorrow and sincere apologies” for the “tragic loss of life” after at least seven foreign aid workers and their Palestinian driver were killed in an Israeli air strike on Monday. The Israeli military said that an independent, professional expert body would… France 24 · Apr 2, 2024
Several Aid Workers Killed In Israeli Strike On Gaza An Israeli strike killed several people delivering food aid to the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, their organisation said, with the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory reporting that four of them were foreigners. International Business Times · Apr 2, 2024
Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2024 Pope Francis asks Catholics to ‘pray for me’ in Easter Monday address The pontiff has had a winter-long bout of respiratory problems
Radio France Internationale · Apr 1, 2024 Iftar for All: Ramadan handouts highlight food insecurity in Paris For the second year running, hundreds of volunteers across Paris and its suburbs joined the 'Iftaar for All' campaign to hand out free food to people in need to mark the Muslim month of Ramadan. As inflation and precarity tip more people into poverty, charities say they’re seeing a rise…
Al Jazeera · Apr 1, 2024 Are Sudan’s civil society activists being targeted by both warring sides? Sudan’s warring parties are using food as a weapon and targeting local activists for feeding their communities.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2024 Fears grow that Gaza could become ‘Mogadishu on the Mediterranean’ Aid officials and people in territory describe erosion of civil order and gangs filling power vacuum after months of war
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024 Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency Exclusive: Aid officials warn that transferring Unrwa’s functions to other bodies with famine looming would be disastrous
Radio France Internationale · Mar 31, 2024 CAR refugees face hardship and uncertainty both at home and abroad Of the 300,000 refugees who have fled to Cameroon from the Central African Republic, most arrived with painful memories of their lives in the CAR. But displacement has added to their trauma, say those living in the Gado-Badgere refugee camp. Rife sexual violence and poor living conditions have left many…
Dynamite News · Mar 31, 2024 UN raises alarm over escalating malnutrition among women, children in Afghanistan Highlighting a grim reality, the World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan sounds the alarm on a surge in malnutrition cases, particularly among women and children. Read further on Dynamite News:
The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024 Time to lift children out of poverty Labour’s priority must be to restore Sure Start and financial support to low-income families
International Business Times · Mar 30, 2024 As Concerns Of Famine Rise, Second Ship Destined For Gaza Departs From Cyprus The initial ship carrying aid arrived at the shores of Gaza on March 16, and the organization has pledged to continue providing further assistance.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2024 ‘Death at any moment’: fights break out as Gazans compete over airdropped aid Armed gangs take food and water from desperate locals, as critics say airdrops are dangerous and merely designed to divert public anger
France 24 · Mar 30, 2024 France, Jordan, Egypt foreign ministers call for 'permanent' Gaza ceasefire The French, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers called Saturday for an "immediate and permanent ceasefire" in Gaza and the release of all hostages held by Palestinian militants. This comes as a second vessel carrying aid to war-ravaged Gaza set sail from Cyprus, more than two weeks after the last shipment…