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New York: Months of “potentially significant diplomacy” to resolve the crisis in Syria have not yielded any outcomes or political momentum for the war-weary population, both within the country and those displaced outside, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Monday. more
WFP staffer shot and killed in Yemen

New York: A long-serving staffer with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been shot and killed in Yemen.

New WFP chief Cindy McCain warns of funding crunch in fight against hunger

New York: Cindy McCain of the United States takes the helm of the UN emergency food relief agency amid “unprecedented” global hunger fuelled by conflict, climate change and so ...

Syria: WFP chief calls for action now, as hunger soars to 12 year high

New York:The head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), speaking in Damascus, has called on the world to boost investment in Syria’s people and communities to help ease the highest ...

WFP scales up support for millions who ‘cannot wait’ for food aid amid Horn of Africa drought

New York: As the threat of famine looms in the Horn of Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday that it is scaling up operations to support millions going hungry who &ld ...

Hunger in Latin America: Whole continent is on the move, warns WFP

New York: Ever greater numbers of vulnerable people are risking their lives on dangerous migration routes in Latin America, forced to move by the global food security crisis that’s ...

Ukraine: WFP teams up with Uber, in boost for pinpoint aid deliveries

New York: If you’re a Ukrainian living in a hard-to-reach part of a city under fire, the chances of the UN being able to get lifesaving aid to you and your family are improving, tha ...

Worsening drought in Horn of Africa puts up to 20 million at risk: WFP

New York: Up to 20 million people could go hungry this year as delayed rains worsen extreme drought in the Horn of Africa region amid a shortfall in humanitarian aid, the World Food Progr ...

Displaced in northeast Nigeria ‘knocking on door of starvation’: WFP

New York: Displaced families in Nigeria’s northeast are “knocking on the door of starvation”, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

WFP awarded Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to combat hunger

Oslo: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the latter announced.