CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Extreme weather attributed to the El Niño phenomenon is causing a surge in hunger from Zambia to Afghanistan, the UN’s World Food Programme said Wednesday, calling on donors for much-needed help. El Nino is a natural, temporary and occasional warming of part of the Pacific that shifts global weather […]
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The northern Gaza Strip is still heading toward a famine, the deputy U.N. food chief said on Thursday, appealing for a greater volume and diversity of aid to be allowed into the enclave and for Israel to allow direct access from its Ashdod port through Erez crossing. Israel […]
World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain called on the world not to forget about other countries on the brink of famine as the world zeroes its focus on Gaza. “I’m hoping that the world does not lose track of these countries that are in such desperate need,” McCain said in an interview on […]
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily suspended the delivery of food aid to the north of the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli bombardment for months. The WFP announced in a statement that deliveries would only be started up again once the conditions for safer distribution were in place. After a three-week […]