United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Humanitarian groups are struggling, with violent protests breaking out last month due to reduced rations following massive cuts to aid from the United States and other donors. Photo: BSS/AFP

More than 6,000 flee Kenya refugee camp as aid shortages worsen: UN

The major shift began in July as the WFP began reducing rations, categorising refugees under a four-tier scale and limiting assistance to the two worst-off groups

Renubala (45), in Sirajganj, at a mobile money cash-out point, received BDT 5,000 from WFP's anticipatory action support via mobile transfer. She used the money primarily for food and also to put together a raft so they could move back and forth. WFP distributed BDT 5,000 to each of more than 81,000 households four days before the floods peaked in several districts along the Jamuna River, including Kurigram, Sirajganj, Gaibandha, Bogura, and Jamalpur. Photo: Courtesy

WFP mobilises the biggest anticipatory action as Jamuna River rises critically

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50 aid workers lost lives on humanitarian duty in Ethiopia in 2024: WFP

A logo of the World Food Program is seen at their headquarters in Rome, Italy, 9 October, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Remo Casilli/ File photo

'World has never seen such a rapid increase in hunger,' WFP regional director Corinne Fleischer tells Arab News

School feeding programme: Why the $6 billion scheme is so crucial

School feeding programme: Why the $6 billion scheme is so crucial

Syrian security officers inspect the damage in a residential neighborhood after an early morning Israeli airstrike in the capital city of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, 19 February, 2023. Syrian state news reported that Israeli airstrikes have targeted a residential neighborhood in central Damascus. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

UN food agency says will slash Syria aid by about half

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face grim choices as more cuts to food assistance imminent

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face grim choices as more cuts to food assistance imminent

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese refugees who fled the violence in their country, gather for food given by the World Food Programme (WFP) near the border between Sudan and Chad, in Koufroun, Chad 28 April, 2023. REUTERS/Mahamat Ramadane

World Food Programme lifts suspension of operations in Sudan

Reduction in WFP assistance could drive up crimes, radicalisation in Rohingya camps: ARSPH

Reduction in WFP assistance could drive up crimes, radicalisation in Rohingya camps: ARSPH

Russian Navy vessels are anchored in a bay of the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea May 8, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

WFP boss says renewing Black Sea grain deal critical for Africa

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WFP launches cyclone preparedness training in Bangladesh to boost disaster response

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WFP signs agreement with BD to build resilience of Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar

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‘Rohingya refugees, their hosts in BD need continued support’