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South Sudan’s dramatic hunger crisis is worsening and millions of people there could miss out on food aid because of the global humanitarian funding crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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AllAfrica on MSNMillions Risk Losing Access to Humanitarian Food Assistance Amid Funding Slowdown in South SudanThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached over two million people with life-saving assistance in South Sudan so far this year. However, a severe funding shortfall threatens ongoing support,
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said Tuesday it may be forced to cut food rations in South Sudan in September if funding is not available immediately.
Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from hunger and exhaustion over the past 48 hours have increased fears for people’s survival in the devastated enclave,
A senior UN World Food Programme official said the situation in the Gaza Strip is “worse than I’ve ever seen it before” with about 90,000 women and children suffering from malnutrition, and again called for a ceasefire.
The U.N.'s food agency says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across West and Central Africa as a result of U.S. cuts that have left the agency struggling.