“Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable,” said WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain, following a joint statement made by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and USAID announcing their commitment to addressing deeply concerning revelations of aid diversion. “While we will temporarily halt food aid assistance in Ethiopia, nutrition assistance to children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, school meals…
Denise Brown, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, offered reassurance to Dmytro Kuleba that UN agencies and other humanitarian partners have been delivering water, food and cash to those displaced or suffering the impact of the dam breach, and collapse of the crucial hydroelectric plant in the southeast region near the city of Kherson. Expanding support “Plans are now…
—File photo The United Arab Emirates has announced aid for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East. According to the report of the Emirates News Agency, the United Arab Emirates will give 20 million dollars in aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine. The report states that this financial aid will be…
Humanitarians reached 5.4 million people in Ukraine with desperately needed aid by April this year, including cash assistance, food, health services, and medicines, the UN said on Friday. PNP Deskpnp.com.pk
Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents at the regular noon briefing that the opportunity to provide services and support to the millions of Sudanese who are suffering due to the six weeks of fighting between national army forces and their powerful rival militia, the RSF, was only feasible in areas where the ceasefire holds. Relative calm has…
The United States has announced 245 million dollars in humanitarian aid for Sudan, an African country suffering from civil war. According to the news agency, US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken says that they are giving 245 million dollars in humanitarian aid to Sudan and its neighboring countries. He added that the aid is being…
WFP had paused distributions in the restive Tigray region in the north after finding evidence of significant supplies on sale in local markets, and immediately launched an investigation. Over 20 million people are in dire need of food assistance in Ethiopia, where communities continue to be affected by the impact of prolonged conflict and a…
Amid claims and counter claims, the army has been reportedly attempting to cut the supply lines of the Rapid Support Forces and defend its bases from continued attack. The RSF claimed to have captured hundreds of soldiers, following an attack on an army base. Airstrikes and heavy fighting have left hundreds of thousands of city…
The United Nations World Food Program will stop financial and food aid to the Palestinians from next month due to severe funding shortages. The WFP (World Food Organization) decision will affect 60 percent of the needy Palestinian families in Gaza and the West Bank. Speaking to a foreign news agency, the country director of the…
“WFP takes this issue extremely seriously and will not tolerate any interference in its distribution of critical food aid to the most vulnerable women, men and children”, the agency said in a statement released on Wednesday night. The agency has already launched a comprehensive investigation, and “taken swift action to establish all the facts and…
