Funding drought forces UN food agency to cut rations in Afghanistan

Funding drought forces UN food agency to cut rations in Afghanistan

The World Food Programme (WFP) appealed for urgent funding for its operations in the country, where families are battling crisis after crisis, including growing hunger, since the Taliban takeover of 2021. Catastrophic hunger could become widespread across Afghanistan, and unless humanitarian support is sustained, hundreds of thousands more people will need assistance to survive, the…

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UN experts warn of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Rohingya refugee rations are cut

UN experts warn of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Rohingya refugee rations are cut

The Human Rights Council-appointed experts called for donors worldwide to give generously to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Rohingya Refugee Response fund. “The planned rations reductions are the devastating consequence of the international community’s failure to provide funding for initiatives that address the fundamental needs of Rohingya refugees”, the two Special Rapporteurs said in a statement. “Rations…

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