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NEWS ABOUT: World Food Program

World Food Program stories: 16 news summaries

 Suicide Bomber Kills 5 
 at Pakistan UN Office 

Terrorist infiltrated World Food Program headquarters

Oct 5, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A suicide bomber disguised as a security officer infiltrated UN offices in the Pakistani capital today, killing five people and leaving several others critically injured. Witnesses said the blast at the UN World Food Program, in one of Islamabad's more exclusive neighborhoods, shattered windows and left victims lying in pools... More »

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United Nations • terrorism • Pakistan • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Islamabad • World Food Program

(Newser) - Almost 25 years after Live Aid aimed to eradicate famine in Ethiopia, the country is facing new threats of malnutrition and mass starvation, the Independent reports. Ethiopia's erratic rains are the main culprit, failing to fall or coming too little too late, while recession-minded donors in wealthy nations are also... More »

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climate change • global warming • Ethiopia • famine • Live Aid • food aid • World Food Program

 UN: Hunger Affects Record 1B 

Food program directors warn that hunger crisis threatens world peace

Jun 20, 09 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - United Nations food officials warn that a record 1 billion people worldwide aren't getting enough to eat, the BBC reports. The UN said the number of people affected by hunger—defined as getting less than 1,800 calories daily—has jumped by 100 million people over the last year because... More »

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United Nations • hunger • starvation • poverty • food prices • Food and Agriculture Organization • malnutrition • World Food Program

 Somalia Piracy Hampers 
 Food Aid: UN 

Danger of hijacking has raised costs dramatically, WFP official says

Apr 9, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Piracy off the coast of Somalia is making relief organizations' work even more difficult, Reuters reports. The UN’s World Food Program  today decried both the hijacking of ships bearing aid supplies—the Maersk Alabama, for example, had 232 WFP containers on board when it was seized this week—and... More »

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Somalia • United Nations • piracy • shipping container • insurance • shipping • food aid • World Food Program • international aid

Big US Food Shipment Marks Korea Progress

UN food program expects to feed 5M in North, gain access

Jun 30, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a major US food shipment arrived yesterday, North Korea has approved a plan for the UN's World Food Program to expand aid delivered to the country, and has agreed to allow UN monitors more access to track where the food ends up, the Washington Post reports. "This marks... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • World Food Program

Leaders Rip Mugabe's 'Obscene' Trip to Food Talks

President accused of presiding over  starvation of his nation

Jun 3, 08 3:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - British and Australian ministers have blasted Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's attendance at a world food summit in Rome, charging him with turning his nation from the breadbasket of Africa into a country plagued by food shortages, reports the BBC. They also criticized him for using food aid given to ZImbabwe... More »

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United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • food shortage • food aid • World Food Program

 Burma Relents
 on Foreign Docs,
 Aid Workers

But only from ASEAN member nations

May 19, 08 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two and a half weeks after cyclone Nargis hit, Burma finally agreed today to allow foreign medics and disaster experts into the battered country, reports the BBC—but only from ASEAN member nations. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon also plans to jet to Burma on Wednesday to bring additional pressure to... More »

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United Nations • aid workers • Myanmar • Yangon • ASEAN • Than Shwe • military junta • Save the Children • World Food Program • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta • Ban Ki-Moon

UPDATED

 UN Resumes Food Aid to Burma 

Agency bristles at junta's intervention

May 9, 08 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN World Food Program reversed its decision to cut off food shipments to cyclone-stricken Burma, Reuters reports. The WFP had stopped the flow of aid this morning after the junta confiscated a two-plane food shipment. Nonetheless, "discussions continue with the government of Myanmar on the distribution of the... More »

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cyclone • Myanmar • Burma • junta • military junta • food aid • World Food Program • Cyclone Nargis

 Irate UN Cuts Burma Off
 After Junta Seizes Aid 

No reason given after goods confiscated

May 9, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - An enraged UN has shut off all further cyclone aid to Burma after its military junta seized two planes carrying a massive food shipment, CNN reports. “This is another example of them actively getting in the way of relief getting to the victims,” said the UN's Asia World... More »

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United Nations • cyclone • Myanmar • Burma • junta • humanitarian aid • World Food Program • Cyclone Nargis

 Burmese Junta
 Still Blocking
 Cyclone Aid 

'Second disaster' looms if aid is not allowed in

May 9, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Emergency supplies for some 1.5 million Burmese desperately in need of help are ready to be flown into the cyclone-stricken regions—but the military junta is still blocking delivery. Only two UN planes have been allowed to land in Burma. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tried unsuccessfully to telephone Burma's... More »

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United Nations • hunger • disease • Myanmar • Burma • junta • Save the Children • World Food Program • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta • emergency aid • Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance • Ban Ki-Moon

 First Major Aid
 Finally Reaches
 Cyclone Survivors 

But some planes grounded as officials dicker with junta to get help to villagers

May 8, 08 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A single United Nations plane laden with relief supplies has finally landed in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta region—six days after a pulverizing cyclone killed an estimated 100,000 people, AP is reporting. Three other UN planes are expected to land later today, but flights operated jointly by the US and... More »

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United Nations • Condoleezza Rice • cyclone • Myanmar • humanitarian aid • World Food Program • Irrawaddy Delta

UN Ready to Tackle Hunger

Ban plans task force, calls on donors to deliver on sorely underfunded pledges

Apr 29, 08 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is putting together a task force to deal with an "unprecedented" world crisis that's left 100 million without enough food, the BBC reports. Ban also called on donors to follow through on pledges for the World Food Program, saying only 62% of the... More »

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United Nations • hunger • malnutrition • World Food Program • Ban Ki-Moon

UN Compares Food Crisis
to 'Tsunami'

International help needed before
situation deteriorates

Apr 22, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rising food prices are creating a crisis every bit as deadly as the tsunami of 2004, and the situation requires a similar response, the UN says. Political and business leaders from around the world gathered today in London and heard the head of the World Food Program, Josette Sheeran, call... More »

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Gordon Brown • biofuel • food prices • World hunger • World Food Program

UN May Cut Food Rations
for Schoolkids

Soaring food prices raise 'world's misery index,' group says

Apr 19, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Food rations for hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren may be cut because of surging crop prices that have widened the World Food Program’s funding gap to $750 million, Reuters says. The UN food aid agency also blamed the situation on high fuel prices and reductions in new crop plantings.... More »

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United Nations • wheat • crops • rice • farmer • food prices • World Food Program

 UN Pleads for $500M in Food Aid 

May cut food shipments to 73M hungry

Mar 24, 08 4:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A United Nations food program has issued an extraordinary emergency plea for an extra $500 million in aid, warning that shipments to the world's hungry may be rationed if the money can't be raised over the next month, reports the Financial Times. The World Food Program feeds some 73 million... More »

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United Nations • hunger • European Union • Canada • Easter • oil price • USA • World Food Program • extraordinary emergency appeal • rations

UN May Cut
Aid During Hunger Crisis

Rising food costs
force agency to
rethink relief plan

Feb 25, 08 6:54 PM CST
(Newser) - A UN hunger relief agency is in crisis talks today over concerns that it has to slash worldwide aid, the Financial Times reports. Officials at the World Food Programme said today that rising food prices are forcing up their budget by millions of dollars per week. “Our ability to... More »

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United Nations • food aid • World Food Program

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