World Food Program

• 2021 will have ‘famines of biblical proportions,’ Nobel UN agency warns

  David Beasley said the Norwegian Nobel Committee was looking at the work the agency does every day in conflicts, disasters and refugee camps, often putting staffers' lives at risk to feed millions of hungry people.

  World

  Nov 14, 2020
  
• World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize as hunger soars amid pandemic

  It provided assistance to almost 100 million people in 88 countries last year.

  World

  Oct 9, 2020
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• United Nations agencies sound alarm over food shortage crisis expected in Yemen

  A report by the World Food Program, the U.N. Children's Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organization said the number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity is expected to increase from 2 million to 3.2 million in the country's south.

  World

  Jul 25, 2020
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• ‘We are working like animals’: Elderly women risk lives crushing rock for money in Cameroon

  In a northern Cameroon town menaced by food insecurity and suicide bombers, women as old as 85 are spending long, grueling days crushing rocks into gravel to earn a living.

  World

  Jul 23, 2016
• Paul Martin calls for G20 to expand beyond economic disasters

  Former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin says the G20 needs to widen its economic mandate to include helping United Nations agencies fight diseases and cope with a record number of refugees.

  Economy

  Mar 29, 2016
• UN food chief says overwhelming needs in crises outstrip donor generosity

  The humanitarian needs in crises from Syria, Yemen and Iraq to South Sudan and Africa's Sahel region are outstripping the generosity of donors, and the U.N. food agency is seeking new sources of money.

  World

  Sep 22, 2015
• UN food agency cuts back help to Syrian refugees after ceasefire appeal ignored

  The World Food Program will halve the value of food vouchers for Syrian refugees in Lebanon and 440,000 Syrian refugees who live outside camps in Jordan will lose support.

  World

  Jul 2, 2015
• Nepal earthquake: Hundreds gather in Kathmandu to mark 1 month since deadly quake

  Hundreds of people held a candlelight vigil in Nepal's capital Monday evening to mark one month since the earthquake that killed thousands of people and affected millions.

  World

  May 25, 2015
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• UN alarmed by images of Islamic State distributing its food aid in Syria

  The U.N.'s World Food Program is 'extremely concerned' about images on social media showing Islamic State labels affixed to its food aid boxes in Syria.

  World

  Feb 3, 2015