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Gaza deaths near 30,000 as UN warns of ‘imminent’ famine

The death toll in the besieged Gaza Strip neared 30,000 on Wednesday, according to figures from the Hamas-run health ministry, as mediators worked to secure a truce that would allow more aid into the enclave. The World Food Program warned a day earlier that famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza.…

France 24 · Feb 28, 2024

Famine 'Imminent' In Northern Gaza, Warns WFP

Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, where no humanitarian group has been able to provide aid since January 23, the World Food Programme warned Tuesday, as Israel wages war on Palestinian militant group Hamas.

International Business Times · Feb 27, 2024

People ‘dying of starvation’ in Sudan, UN food agency says

The World Food Programme has called on Sudan’s warring sides to provide immediate security guarantees to deliver aid.

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2024

Gaza residents face imminent risk of starvation, UN warns

Supplies of food and water ‘practically non-existent’ as Gaza plunged into blackouts thanks to fuel shortages. Israel says it has now agreed to let two fuel trucks a day into the territory

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Gaza: first aid deliveries cross into the strip as Israeli troops mass on the border

The population of the Gaza Strip remains cut off from basic supplies like water, food, and electricity since Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, ordered a “complete siege”. No aid has been able to reach Gaza and the first promised convoy has just been delayed further.

The Conversation · Oct 20, 2023

NZ joins international call for Gaza aid corridor

The incoming and outgoing New Zealand governments have come together to support aid for Israel and Palestine during the Gaza crisis.

AAP · Oct 17, 2023

UN's World Food Programme resumes food aid delivery in Ethiopia

The World Food Programme said Tuesday it had partially resumed distributing food aid in Ethiopia, after halting assistance four months ago over the diversion of supplies.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 11, 2023

Chelsea Clinton hopes new donations and ideas can help women and girls face increasing challenges

The Clinton Global Initiative added gender equity as a pillar of the nonprofit’s work to sound the alarm about the increasing challenges women and girls currently face, Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

The U.N.'s food program has a funding problem. Now millions are going hungry

Cindy McCain, the U.N. World Food Programme's executive director, has been tasked with closing the giant hole in the budget.

WEKU · Sep 12, 2023

Refugee photographers fight to raise awareness about plight of Rohingya in Bangladesh

A number of talented photographers who are also residents of the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, in southeastern Bangladesh are using their art to raise awareness about the plight of their people, the Rohingya. They are currently trying to raise awareness about malnutrition in the camps – a…

France 24 · Aug 12, 2023