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UN slams Sudan protesters for attacks on Darfur premises
Protesters attack properties of the World Food Program and aid agency World Vision
South Korea to send 50,000 tons of rice to North
It will be the first time the South provides food aid to the North since 2010, when it sent 5,000 tons of rice across the border
World Food Programme gains access to vital Yemen food aid
The Red Sea mills hold 51,000 tons of grain which was enough to feed more than 3.7 million people for a month
UN plans food aid for up to 700,000 Rohingya
'All the UN agencies together have now set a plan for a new influx of 700,000. We can cover if the new influx reaches 700,000,' says the World Food Program's deputy chief in Bangladesh, Dipayan Bhattacharyya
Two Malaysian WFP staff leave North Korea after exit ban – UN
In a statement Najib says on Facebook: Two of our citizens under the UN World Food program were allowed to leave Pyongyang Stella Lim and Nyanaprakash Muniandy have both safely arrived in Beijing
UN food agency hopes for continued US funding
Foreign Policy magazine reports on Thursday January 26 it had seen an executive order from President Donald Trump s administration that proposed cuts of 40 in voluntary US funding for UN agencies
First UN food aid in two years reaches over 30,000 Iraqis
Qayyarah had been inaccessible for over two years the UN World Food Program WFP says in a statement
US aid ship docks with food for Sudan war zones
The shipment will meet food needs of at least one million internally displaced people and 200 000 South Sudanese for 3 months WFP Sudan chief Adnan Khan tells reporters
EU announces additional 38 million euros in aid for Haiti
The funding includes 12 2 million euros for food and drinking water to more than 400 000 Haitians
UN food agency says funding target met for Syrian refugees
The UN food agency says an unprecedented response to its fundraising campaign meant it could fully reinstate its food assistance to Syrian refugees
40,000 starving to death as S.Sudan teeters on famine: UN
At least 40 000 people are starving to death in South Sudan war zones on the brink of famine the United Nations say in a plea to rival forces to let aid in
DSWD launches new system for packing relief goods during disasters
The new system can produce 50 000 family food packs in a day which can feed 250 000 people in 2 3 days
Up to one million facing hunger in Ebola-hit countries: UN
The number of people facing food insecurity due to the Ebola epidemic in Guinea Liberia and Sierra Leone could top one million by March 2015
TV5 to DSWD: Show proof footage manipulated
DSWD responds: Scenes shown in report not shot in the same place
Importance of tech response during disasters
When power and communication lines are destroyed and the connection to the outside world is lost – as was the case with Typhoon Yolanda the need for technical response is vital
WFP school meals keep kids in school in Somalia
WFP s school meals program helps raise enrollment rates in Somalia
UN food body approves $200-M food aid to N. Korea
The World Food Program targets the country s most vulnerable people who remain dependent on external assistance
First UN food aid allowed into war-torn Sudan state
This marks the first time that WFP distributed food assistance since the conflict broke out in September 2011
Elbert of Aragon after Typhoon Pablo
Elbert Reyes of Aragon in Cateel Davao Oriental returns to his fields planting for a future after Typhoon Pablo
Solving the world’s 'greatest solvable' problem: Hunger
Food policy experts note that interventions in ending world hunger will be effective only if pursued in collaboration with groups working to eradicate it
NATO approves Patriot missiles for Turkey
NATO on Tuesday December 4 approved member state Turkey s request for Patriot missiles to defend its border against Syria following a series of blunt warnings to Damascus not to use chemical weapons
