One million malnourished children in Nigeria and Ethiopia risk losing aid, UNICEF says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The United Nations children’s agency said it will run out of its supply of lifesaving food to treat children suffering from acute forms of malnutrition in Ethiopia and Nigeria within the next two months due to lack of funding exacerbated by Trump administration cuts to foreign aid. Some 1.3 million children under […]
Medics struggle to revive Sudan’s hungry with trickle of aid supplies
Sharg Elnil, Sudan Reuters In a nutrition ward at a hospital in Sudan’s war-stricken capital, gaunt mothers lie next to even thinner toddlers with wide, sunken eyes. The patients at Alban Jadeed Hospital are in urgent need of help after nearly two years of battles that have trapped residents and cut off supplies, but doctors […]
Syria’s new rulers seek aid boost at EU conference
Brussels, Belgium Reuters The interim government in Damascus will take part on Monday in an annual international conference to gather aid pledges for Syria, facing dire humanitarian problems and an uncertain political transition after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The conference has been hosted by the European Union in Brussels since 2017 – but took […]
Israel’s halt to food and aid deliveries worsens Gaza conditions
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel’s suspension of goods entering Gaza is taking a toll on the Palestinian enclave, with some bakeries closing and food prices rising, while a cut in the electricity supply could deprive people of clean water, Palestinian officials said. The suspension, which Israel said was aimed at pressuring militant group Hamas in ceasefire […]
Gaza aid stockpiles limited after Israel cuts flows, aid groups warn
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Food, medicine and shelter stockpiles in Gaza are limited and aid intended for Palestinians in desperate need may spoil following Israel’s suspension of deliveries to the enclave, humanitarian agencies said on Monday. Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza on Sunday as a standoff over the truce that has halted […]
US Supreme Court allows Trump’s freeze of foreign aid funding temporarily
Washington DC, US Reuters US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge’s order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients. Roberts issued an interim order placing on hold Washington-based US District Judge Amir Ali’s action that had imposed a deadline of 11:59pm […]
Services to millions of people collapse as USAID cuts contracts worldwide
London, UK/Johannesburg, South Africa/Geneva, Switzerland Reuters US-funded projects worldwide, including those providing lifesaving care for millions of people in countries such as Sudan and South Africa, received termination notices on Thursday sending shockwaves across the global aid community. The latest cancellations come as US President Donald Trump’s administration nears completion of a review to ensure […]
UN halts food help in Sudan camp, warns thousands could starve
United Nations/Cairo, Egypt Reuters The United Nations World Food Programme has temporarily stopped distributing food aid in a famine-struck camp for displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur amid escalating violence, warning that thousands of families could starve in the coming weeks. The move comes two days after medical charity MSF suspended its activities in Zamzam […]
Sight-Seeing: Jesus fed the 5,000, but the people of God can’t fill the chasm left by USAID
Dr BETH STUEBING, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says people need to stop pretending that well-meaning Christians can take over where USAID left off…
US aid freeze “decimates” life-saving work globally, survey finds
Bangkok, Thailand/Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Aid groups across the world have closed operations, laid off staff and halted life-saving work, including with malnourished children, because of US President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance, according to a survey of 246 humanitarian organisations. The US is by far the biggest contributor to global humanitarian aid, giving about […]