The European Union has confirmed it’s temporarily frozen payments to the World Food Programme (WFP) for deliveries of humanitarian aid to Somalia. A spokesman for the European Commission, Balazs Ujvari, said the move was a precautionary measure to safeguard EU funds. A UN investigation has identified widespread theft of aid …
Read More »U.N. suspends flights in Congo’s North-Kivu province
The U.N. peacekeeping mission has suspended flights in Congo’s North-Kivu province following an attack on its helicopter last Friday, Reuters reported citing the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) and a World Food Programme (WFP) spokesperson on Monday. Flights between the provincial capital Goma and eastern cities of Beni and …
Read More »WFP plans to distribute food to 700,000 Zimbabweans
The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) is planning a food aid program targeting 700,000 people in Zimbabwe from October, Reuters reported, citing an official. The announcement comes as the effects of a poor harvest and war in Ukraine continue to show. “The Zimbabwean government is working with agencies to …
Read More »Madagascar: several killed by Cyclone Batsirai
At least 20 people have been killed and several others displaced by Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar, the head of the United Nations food aid agency in the country said on Monday. Cyclone Batsirai slammed into the Indian Ocean island late on Saturday, knocking down houses and electricity lines along the …
Read More »Mozambique: more than two million at risk of hunger
Government in Mozambique says more than two million people in the country are at risk of acute hunger due to the violence caused by the insurgency and recurrent natural events. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme had earlier warned of a rise in acute food …
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