WFP appeals for re-opening of Ukraine ports to avert looming famine threat

Ports in the Odesa area of southern Ukraine must be re-opened urgently to prevent the global hunger crisis from spinning out of control, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

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Aid relief reaches Ukraine towns and cities reclaimed from Russian control

07 Oct 2022

Urgently needed aid relief has reached areas of northeast Ukraine recently reclaimed from Russian control amid ongoing fighting, UN humanitarians said on Friday.

World News in Brief: WFP ‘pauses’ north Yemen food aid, human rights and sport, Myanmar latest

05 Dec 2023

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that it was compelled to pause the distribution of food aid to needy families in northern areas of Yemen under the control of authorities in and around the capital, Sana’a.

WFP plan aims to prevent further food aid diversion in Ethiopia

23 May 2023

Following widespread diversion of lifesaving food aid in Ethiopia last month, the World Food Programme (WFP) has strengthened safeguards and controls in a bid to prevent further misuse, the UN agency said on Tuesday.