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The Latest Breaking News from WFP

Aid workers warn ‘people are dying and they’re going to continue dying’ as funding cuts hit

Moves by US, UK and other donors to cut aid mean ‘high malnutrition rates, starvation and death’, say experts

The Guardian - UK

UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar

The United Nations food agency says that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls

The Independent UK

UN chief describes aid cuts as 'a crime' during visit to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has described humanitarian aid cuts by the United States and other countries as “a crime”

The Independent UK

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UN chief visits Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as hunger fears rise

Antonio Guterres’ visit comes after WFP says it may have to halve food vouchers for Rohingya starting next month.

Al Jazeera

WFP Says Funding Shortfall Forces It To Cut Food Aid To 1 Mn People In Myanmar

The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said on Friday.

International Business Times

UN secretary-general arrives in Bangladesh to visit Rohingya refugee camps and push for aid

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has arrived in Bangladesh on a four-day visit to review the situation of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees amid the fear of aid cuts that could seriously affect them

The Independent UK

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh brace for upcoming food reductions as aid agencies cut funding

Rohingya refugees in crammed Bangladeshi camps say they are worried about a U.S. decision to cut food rations by half beginning next month, while a refugee official says the reduction will impact the nutrition of more than 1 million refugees and create social and mental pressure

The Independent UK

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Fighting flares in South Sudan: Is the 2018 peace deal in danger?

Tensions are again rising between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar.

Al Jazeera

World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh

Decision made after attempts to raise more funds had been unsuccessful, agency tells authorities

The Guardian - UK

UN to halve Rohingya food aid in Bangladesh amid funding crunch

World Food Programme says ‘severe funding shortfalls’ to force cut in monthly food vouchers from $12.50 to $6.

Al Jazeera

UN slashes food rations for Rohingya refugees to just $6 a month

Warnings of 'huge impact' on nutrition in Cox’s Bazar as amount allocated to each refugee is more than halved

The Independent UK

Sudanese starve as soup kitchens close and warring parties block aid

The pause in USAID funding is exacerbating the hunger crisis in Sudan and compounding the challenge for relief workers.

Al Jazeera

Refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma camp clash with police after food supplies cut

Teargas fired during protest at reduced rations after US aid freeze wipes out half of World Food Programme budget

The Guardian - UK

UN World Food Program Closes Southern Africa Office

The closure of WFP's southern Africa office due to U.S. aid cuts impacts hunger relief efforts.

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World Food Programme Aid Trucks Enter Gaza To Help Families

World Food Programme aid trucks enter Gaza to provide essential food supplies to over one million people in a critical humanitarian effort.

The Guardian - UK

Ons Jabeur: ‘Kids are dying everywhere in Ukraine or Gaza. I have to speak out’

The former world No 2 tells Simon Cambers about her struggles with seeing suffering in Palestine and her work with the World Food Programme

Al Jazeera

Israeli attacks target Palestinians across Gaza amid ceasefire talks

World Food Programme condemns Israeli forces for firing at one of its convoys in Gaza in ‘unacceptable’ incident.

The Independent UK

Middle East latest: 3 Israelis fatally shot in West Bank attack on a bus

Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding seven others

Al Jazeera

Fierce fighting in Khartoum endangers Sudanese civilians

The army’s bid to retake the capital from a paramilitary has led to fierce clashes and high civilian casualties.

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