Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say
Washington DC, US Reuters The administration of President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to reinstate at least six recently cancelled US foreign aid programs, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. USAID Acting Administrator Jeremy Lewin, who is also an employee of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, asked staff in an internal […]
Trump administration food aid cuts put millions at risk, aid sources say
Washington DC, US Reuters US President Donald Trump’s administration is ending most, if not all, remaining US aid for Afghanistan and Yemen, aid sources said on Monday, in what the UN World Food Programme said could be “a death sentence” for millions. The cuts were among numerous aid programs terminated for more than a dozen […]
Multiple UN agencies call for urgent renewal of ceasefire in Gaza while Trump, hosting Netanyahu, thinks end not “too distant”
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The heads of six UN agencies called on Monday for an urgent renewal of the ceasefire in Gaza, warning of aid shortages and hunger since Israel resumed its all-out assault with the deadliest week for Gaza’s children of the past year. No new humanitarian supplies have entered the Palestinian enclave since Israel […]
Israel says plenty of food in Gaza, UN says that’s ridiculous
United Nations Reuters The United Nations on Tuesday dismissed as “ridiculous” an assertion by Israel that there was enough food in the Gaza Strip to last for a long period of time, despite the closure of all 25 bakeries in the enclave supported by the World Food Programme. No aid has been delivered to the […]
Postcards: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear aid cuts will deepen crisis
RUMA PAUL, of Reuters, reports from Kutupalong refugee camp about fears cuts to aid will compound food and health issues and lead to a surge in crime…
In disaster-stricken Myanmar, a desperate bid to rescue survivors with bare hands
Bangkok, Thailand Reuters In the hours after a massive earthquake flattened buildings in Myanmar’s Mandalay on Friday, survivors scrambled through the debris using their bare hands in desperate attempts to save those still trapped. Without heavy machinery to assist them and with authorities absent, a resident and rescue workers in the South-East Asian country’s second-largest […]
UN’s WFP says 58 million face hunger crisis after huge shortfall in aid
Rome, Italy Reuters The UN World Food Programme warned on Friday that 58 million people were at risk of extreme hunger or starvation unless urgent funding for food aid is secured, after drastic shortfalls from donors so far this year, including the United States. The Rome-based agency said it faced a 40 per cent slump […]
Record 28 million people face acute hunger in conflict-ravaged Congo
Reuters Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a record for the country, driven by an escalating conflict between the government and Rwandan-backed rebels in the east, the United Nations said on Thursday. A longstanding humanitarian crisis in Congo has been aggravated by the conflict, with 2.5 million more people […]
Funding shortages may halt global child malnutrition programs, World Food Programme warns
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Programs to help prevent malnourishment in children in Yemen, Afghanistan and Syria could be suspended within months if urgent funding is not found, the UN’s World Food Programme warned on Wednesday. “If we fail to act, we are condemning millions of children to a lifetime of suffering”, said WFP Executive Director Cindy […]
UN chief vows to ‘speak loud’ to avert ration cuts for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Reuters The United Nations will do all it can to help prevent food rations being cut for Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday during a visit to the world’s largest refugee settlement. Guterres visited the border district of Cox’s Bazar, in southern Bangladesh, after the […]