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First food aid for 100 days enters Tigray under ‘humanitarian truce’

Besieged region has an estimated 2 million people suffering from an extreme lack of food

The Guardian - UK

In Afghanistan, Private Aid Fills Void Left by Bureaucratic Failure

In Afghanistan, Private Aid Fills Void Left by Bureaucratic Failure

Small, private groups are working to feed the hungry and evacuate the endangered.

India calls for 'purposeful engagement' by Russia, Ukraine in peace talks

India calls for 'purposeful engagement' by Russia, Ukraine in peace talks

India’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to areas of armed conflict in Ukraine.

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With Ukraine farmers on frontlines, U.N. food chief warns of 'devastation'

The U.N. food chief warned on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine was threatening to devastate the World Food Programme's efforts to feed some 125 million people globally because Ukraine had gone "from the breadbasket of the world to breadlines."

World Food Programme says food supply chains 'falling apart' in Ukraine

A World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Friday that food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with key infrastructure such as bridges and trains destroyed by bombs and many grocery stores and warehouses empty.

A green island turns red: Madagascans struggle through long drought

With precious few trees left to slow the wind in this once fertile corner of southern Madagascar, red sand is blowing everywhere: onto fields, villages and roads, and into the eyes of children waiting for food aid parcels.

War in Ukraine: More countries will ‘feel the burn’ as food and energy price rises fuel hunger, warns WFP

Increased costs set to affect World Food Programme operations and impact the most vulnerable well beyond Ukraine’s borders

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WFP ramps up food aid to Ukraine amid reports of severe shortages

WFP ramps up food aid to Ukraine amid reports of severe shortages

The World Food Programme said on Friday it is ramping up food aid to war-torn Ukraine, citing reports of severe shortages of food and water in Kyiv, the capital, and the northeastern city of Kharkiv.

The trouble with drought as an explanation for famine in the Horn and Sahel of Africa

The trouble with drought as an explanation for famine in the Horn and Sahel of Africa

In early February 2022, the World Food Programme announced that 13 million people in the Horn of Africa were facing severe hunger as drought gripped the region. Similar concerns have been raised for several countries in the West African Sahel this year.

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Millions facing severe hunger in Horn of Africa - U.N. food agency

Millions facing severe hunger in Horn of Africa - U.N. food agency

The U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday that 13 million people across the Horn of Africa face severe hunger, calling for immediate assistance to avoid a repeat of a famine a decade ago that killed hundreds of thousands of people.

Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - WFP

Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - WFP

Fifteen months of war have left nearly 40% of the people in Ethiopia's Tigray region without enough food as aid groups struggle to reach cut-off areas, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

Ethiopia: Tigray on brink of humanitarian disaster, UN says

Ethiopia: Tigray on brink of humanitarian disaster, UN says

Supplies for more than 5 million people in need of food are running out, says World Food Programme

The Guardian - UK

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