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Confronting the “biggest food security crisis” in modern history requires $23 billion to help around 150 million people in 2023, revealed an official at the UN’s food assistance organization, the World Food Program (WFP). Corinne Fleischer, regional director for the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Eastern Europe for the WFP,…

Jean Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint were reportedly abducted on a bus on 18 March while visiting ailing relatives

A drop in donor funding could push parts of Afghanistan into famine this year, the World Food Programme said on Monday, adding that up to 9 million Afghans could be left without food aid after it had already had to slash rations.

In Malawi, where floods swept away entire villages this month after a storm tore through its southern districts, police officers and soldiers on Friday dug for victims buried under the mud and rocks as the death toll rose sharply.

People on low incomes, those receiving disability benefits, and pensioners will all be supported by the measure

An average monthly wage in Syria currently covers about a quarter of a family’s food needs, the UN World Food Program said in a statement on Tuesday, highlighting an urgent need for increased humanitarian assistance as the country grapples with the devastating impact of recent earthquakes and a 12-year-long conflict.…

Malawi is at the centre of a diplomatic tussle for influence, but as a food crisis looms, farmers are happy to accept desperately needed shipments

Deputy Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Isobel Coleman, announced in Jordan on Thursday that the United States, through the Agency, is providing $55 million in additional food assistance for Syrian refugees in Jordan as part of the Syria crisis response.

The UN and Bangladesh government call for more international aid to help the refugees as they face a ‘difficult year’.