World Food Programme (WFP)

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Middle East

Canada PM Carney condemns Israeli blockade on food, says WFP must be allowed to work in Gaza

"The UN World Food Programme just announced that its food stocks in Gaza have run out because of the Israeli Government's blockade — food cannot be used as a political tool," Carney...

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Bangladesh

17,000 metric tonnes of US food aid arrives for Rohingya refugees

Rohingya refugees gather at roadside kitchen market, at the refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 15, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Bangladesh

US to give $73 million to aid Rohingya refugees, State Dept says

Around 40,000 Rohingya refugees are estimated to have fled to India from neighboring Myanmar. Photo: Bloomberg.
Rohingya Crisis

Rohingyas to get $12 monthly food aid as WFP reverses decision

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+Biz

Funding shortages may halt global child malnutrition programs, WFP warns

World Food Programme to cut aid for one million people in Myanmar
World+Biz

World Food Programme to cut aid for one million people in Myanmar

Rohingya refugee children look on from their shelter at a refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 28 September 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Bangladesh

'We are simply going to starve': UN chief visits Rohingya refugees amid aid funding shortfall

WFP appeals for urgent funding to prevent ration cuts for Rohingyas
Rohingya Crisis

WFP appeals for urgent funding to prevent ration cuts for Rohingyas

A World Food Program's flag flutters on the roof of WFP's headquaters after the WFP won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, in Rome, Italy October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
World+Biz

US lifts pause on food donations for World Food Programme

WFP, MoDMR report urges stronger plans against climate change in Bangladesh
Corporates

WFP, MoDMR report urges stronger plans against climate change in Bangladesh

Orphans and children separated from their parents in Kadugli gather to eat boiled leaves at an IDP Camp within the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) controlled area in Boram County, Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan June 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
World+Biz

Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid

Palestinians gather to receive aid, including food supplies provided by World Food Program (WFP), outside a United Nations distribution center, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Help ease civilian suffering, top UN officials tell Netanyahu

Low-income households feel the squeeze as they battle rising food prices
Bangladesh

Low-income households feel the squeeze as they battle rising food prices