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Sudanese starve as soup kitchens close down and warring parties block aid

The pause in USAID funding is exacerbating the hunger crisis in Sudan and compounding the challenge for relief workers.

Al Jazeera

Refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma camp clash with police after food supplies cut

Teargas fired during protest at reduced rations after US aid freeze wipes out half of World Food Programme budget

The Guardian - UK

UN World Food Program Closes Southern Africa Office

The closure of WFP's southern Africa office due to U.S. aid cuts impacts hunger relief efforts.

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UN food program closes its southern Africa office in the wake of Trump administration aid cuts

The United Nations’ World Food Program is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump administration’s aid cuts

The Independent UK

Sudan facing ‘the abyss’ unless war ends as mass starvation looms, UN warns

Rights chief Turk warns of ‘explosion into chaos’ unless action is taken to end war as famine strikes deeper.

Al Jazeera

Aid freezes and withdrawals leave Sudan’s needy battling famine alone

US aid freeze shuts Sudan’s food kitchens, deepening famine as millions face acute hunger and displacement.

Al Jazeera

‘The impact has been devastating’: how USAid freeze sent shockwaves through Ethiopia

Ethiopia was the largest recipient of US aid assistance in sub-Saharan Africa before Donald Trump froze funding last month. From food and health to support for refugees and sexual abuse survivors, we examine the impact of a decision that has left aid organisations scrambling

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‘Outraged’: WFP says staff member died while detained in northern Yemen

Agency confirms death of staffer a day after UN pauses operations in northern Yemen due to Houthi detentions.

Al Jazeera

Food prices skyrocket in DR Congo’s Goma after M23 takeover

NGO ActionAid and locals say cost of some items has risen between 18% and 160% as conflict blocks aid and supplies.

Al Jazeera

World Food Programme Aid Trucks Enter Gaza To Help Families

World Food Programme aid trucks enter Gaza to provide essential food supplies to over one million people in a critical humanitarian effort.

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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

Middle East latest: 3 Israelis fatally shot in West Bank attack on a bus

Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding seven others

The Independent UK

Fierce fighting in Khartoum endangers Sudanese civilians

The army’s bid to retake the capital from a paramilitary has led to fierce clashes and high civilian casualties.

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The Guardian - UK

Sudan: first aid convoy reaches besieged Khartoum area since start of civil war

Deliveries of vital food and medical supplies will help 200,000 families, say aid groups and local volunteers

Radio France Internationale

Sudan withdraws from hunger-monitoring system ahead of report on famine

Sudan has dropped out of the global hunger-monitoring system just as it was about to issue a report that is expected to show famine spreading across the country.

Al Jazeera

Israel accused of bombing Kamal Adwan Hospital ICU risking patients, medics

The hospital’s director has called for international intervention to protect patients and Gaza’s health system.

Al Jazeera

More than 700 killed in siege of Sudan’s el-Fasher, UN says

UN report finds at least 782 civilians killed since May ‘amid regular and intensive shelling’ of the North Darfur city.

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The Independent UK

UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa

The U.N.'s food agency says more than 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk is on track to be a trillionaire – if America doesn’t turn against him first

He has wiggled his way into power thanks to his wealth. But once he is making decisions that affect people’s daily lives, Musk may find the shine wears off, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Evening Standard

Lammy: UK in ‘diplomatic contact’ with Syrian rebel group which toppled Assad

The Foreign Secretary said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains proscribed but ‘as you would expect’ the Government has spoken to the group.

The Guardian - UK

UK to provide £50m of emergency aid for vulnerable Syrians

Foreign secretary says Britain is also working diplomatically to secure better governance in Syria after ousting of Assad

Evening Standard

UK announces £50m in humanitarian aid for Syrians after fall of Assad

The emergency support will be delivered through the UN and NGO agencies to people in the country, as well as to refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.

The Independent UK

Middle East latest: Blinken urges Mideast nations to support a peaceful Syrian political transition

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pressing ahead with efforts to unify Middle East nations in support of a peaceful political transition in Syria

The Independent UK

Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says

The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on whirlwind visits to hotspots in the Middle East and Sudan to assess dire humanitarian situations and escalating demands for food from millions of people trapped or fleeing conflicts

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