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Myanmar Relief Camps Receive Last WFP Aid As Cuts Begin

Distraught Myanmar relief camp dwellers received final handouts from the World Food Programme on Wednesday as the UN agency begins halting aid to a million people in the country because funding has dried up.

International Business Times

WFP Says Funding Shortfall Forces It To Cut Food Aid To 1 Mn People In Myanmar

The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said on Friday.

International Business Times

Millions Of Afghans Facing Food Insecurity Due To Aid Cuts

Challenges faced by World Food Programme in Afghanistan due to funding cuts and Taliban restrictions, impacting aid efforts for millions in need.

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Ons Jabeur: ‘Kids are dying everywhere in Ukraine or Gaza. I have to speak out’

The former world No 2 tells Simon Cambers about her struggles with seeing suffering in Palestine and her work with the World Food Programme

The Guardian - UK

Israeli attacks target Palestinians across Gaza amid ceasefire talks

World Food Programme condemns Israeli forces for firing at one of its convoys in Gaza in ‘unacceptable’ incident.

Al Jazeera

US Monitoring Israel's Actions In Gaza To Prevent Starvation Policy

US closely monitors Israel's actions in Gaza to prevent starvation, urging more aid deliveries and improvements to the humanitarian situation.

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World Food Programme Freezes Movement In Gaza After Attack

World Food Programme faces challenges in Gaza as violence escalates, leading to a freeze on employee movement.

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Has famine arrived in Gaza? UN experts say it has

A group of independent UN experts warn famine has spread throughout Gaza after more than nine months of war.

Al Jazeera

Haiti a perfect illustration of correlation between conflict and malnutrition, WFP says

A FRANCE 24 exclusive report by Catherine Norris-Trent and Romeo Langlois shows how Haiti is in the grips of a severe humanitarian crisis, with gangs controlling more than 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince. More than 360,000 people have fled their homes, while major ports and access roads to the…

France 24

World Food Programme Pauses Operations At US Military Pier

World Food Programme halts operations at US military pier in Gaza due to security concerns following IDF rescue operation. USAID confirms pause in humanita...

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Northern Gaza Facing Full-Blown Famine Amid Ongoing Conflict

World Food Programme warns of potential famine in Gaza amid ongoing conflict, with tens of thousands of lives lost.

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Hamas Studying New Israeli Truce Proposal As Mediators Seek To Revive Talks

Hamas said it was studying on Saturday the latest Israeli counterproposal regarding a potential ceasefire in Gaza, a day after a delegation from mediator Egypt reportedly arrived in Israel in a bid to jump-start stalled negotiations.

International Business Times

US Military Vessels Ready To Construct Temporary Pier In Gaza

US military vessels are set to construct a temporary pier off Gaza's coast for aid distribution, with the World Food Programme aiding in the relief efforts.

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UN raises alarm over escalating malnutrition among women, children in Afghanistan

Highlighting a grim reality, the World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan sounds the alarm on a surge in malnutrition cases, particularly among women and children. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gaza Strip Faces Imminent Famine Crisis

World Food Programme warns of escalating food insecurity crisis in Gaza, with 88% facing emergency levels and risk of famine.

France 24

‘Flour massacre’: Lifesaving aid becomes a deadly struggle in Gaza

At least 112 Palestinians were killed and more than 750 others were injured on Thursday after Israeli troops opened fire on civilians gathered at a convoy of food trucks southwest of Gaza City, Palestinian health officials said. Israel denied it was to blame, saying that many victims were run over…

International Business Times UK

WFP Stops Delivering Food Parcels To Gaza Despite Famine Warning

The World Food Programme said that it was forced to pause deliveries after its aid convoys had endured "complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order".

France 24

Gaza deaths near 30,000 as UN warns of ‘imminent’ famine

The death toll in the besieged Gaza Strip neared 30,000 on Wednesday, according to figures from the Hamas-run health ministry, as mediators worked to secure a truce that would allow more aid into the enclave. The World Food Program warned a day earlier that famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza.…

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Famine 'Imminent' In Northern Gaza, Warns WFP

Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, where no humanitarian group has been able to provide aid since January 23, the World Food Programme warned Tuesday, as Israel wages war on Palestinian militant group Hamas.

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Israeli Bombing Of Gaza Kills 125 Amid Cairo Truce Talks

Heavy Israeli bombardment of Gaza overnight killed at least 125 people, the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said Wednesday, against the backdrop of talks in Cairo aimed at reaching a truce.

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Israel Strikes Key Gaza City As Public Mourns Slain Soldiers

Israel kept up its heavy assault on the "encircled" Gazan city of Khan Yunis following an outpouring of grief over the army's deadliest single day since ground operations in the territory began.

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Flour for Gaza to be shipped through the Israeli port in Ashdod, the White House says

Humanitarian groups had called for Israel to open the port to help alleviate the food crisis. All of Gaza's 2.2 million residents are at imminent risk of famine, the U.N. warns.

The Independent UK

‘The damage is done’: Experts warn Gaza has reached the point of no return

UN officials warn damage done by Israel since Hamas’ deadly 7 October attacks is now ‘irreversible’, Maira Butt reports

The Independent UK

Gaza residents face imminent risk of starvation, UN warns

Supplies of food and water ‘practically non-existent’ as Gaza plunged into blackouts thanks to fuel shortages. Israel says it has now agreed to let two fuel trucks a day into the territory

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Gaza: first aid deliveries cross into the strip as Israeli troops mass on the border

The population of the Gaza Strip remains cut off from basic supplies like water, food, and electricity since Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, ordered a “complete siege”. No aid has been able to reach Gaza and the first promised convoy has just been delayed further.

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