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

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. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/12/1144417
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World News in Brief: WFP ‘pauses’ north Yemen food aid, human rights and sport, Myanmar latest
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WHO chief unharmed following Israeli airstrike at Yemen airport

WHO chief unharmed following Israeli airstrike at Yemen airport

26 Dec 2024

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, has described the scene in Sana’a, Yemen, on Thursday, after Israeli aircraft bombed the airport, reportedly killing two people.

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Yemen: Amid spike in COVID-19 cases, UNICEF airlifts in badly needed health supplies

30 May 2020

A plane chartered by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) landed at Sana’a airport on Saturday with lifesaving supplies to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in conflict-torn Yemen.  

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Tigray: Food aid reaches Afar and Amhara, but situation still ‘dire’ 

05 Oct 2021

The first round of food distributions to people in Afar and Amhara regions impacted by the spread of the conflict in northern Ethiopia has been completed, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.