Trump administration responsible for starving kids in Kenya? US fund cuts results in massive shortageKakuma Refugee Camp, home to over 300,000 individuals, faces a dire crisis as US funding cuts lead to slashed food rations. Refugees, alrea...
20 Jun, 2025, 12.45 PM IST
UNAIDS 50 percent workforce cuts is a major threat to global HIV response amid funding crisis: Key pointsUNAIDS faces a major funding crisis. The agency will cut its workforce by more than half. It plans to scale back its presence in many count...
07 May, 2025, 06.19 PM IST
Trump administration ends some USAID contracts providing lifesaving aid, officials sayThe Trump administration has terminated several critical humanitarian programs across the Middle East, impacting food, water, medical care,...
07 Apr, 2025, 09.30 PM IST
Myanmar earthquake: A nation unprepared for disasterMyanmar, already weakened by four years of civil war, faces new hardships following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 1,600 ...
30 Mar, 2025, 12.47 PM IST
With aid cuts looming, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face halved rations and miseryHundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face a dire situation as potential cuts to foreign aid, driven by a decree from US...
21 Mar, 2025, 10.46 AM IST
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh brace for upcoming food reductions as aid agencies cut fundingRohingya refugees in Bangladesh fear the U.S. decision to cut food rations by half, citing nutrition issues and increased social and mental...
09 Mar, 2025, 10.56 AM IST
UN food agency warns of 'doom loop' for world's hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increaseThe World Food Program (WFP) has issued a warning that cuts in humanitarian funding are leading to a drastic reduction in food rations for ...
12 Sep, 2023, 02.48 PM IST
The $3.9 billion UN humanitarian appeal for Ukraine is only 30% funded, UN aid official saysA report last week from the U.N. humanitarian office said lack of funding "is hampering operations, adding to the challenges imposed by ins...
01 Aug, 2023, 07.37 AM IST
Forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis: UNThe United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) has cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries due to a si...
29 Jul, 2023, 08.36 AM IST
148 million children suffer from stunted growth & malnutrition : UN ReportFive U.N. agencies said in the 2023 State of Food Security and Nutrition report that while global hunger numbers stalled between 2021 and 2...
17 Jul, 2023, 09.05 AM IST
Over 6 million people in crisis-hit Sri Lanka 'food insecure': World Food ProgrammeThe economic crisis has led to an acute shortage of essential items like food, medicine, cooking gas, fuel and toilet paper, with Sri Lanka...
16 Jul, 2022, 12.06 PM IST
Afghanistan could face severe food crisis in harsh winterThe Taliban, whose financial reserves came from illegal activities, are proving completely incapable of funding social services and food as...
13 Nov, 2021, 09.04 AM IST
16 million Yemenis are 'marching towards starvation': United NationsWorld Food Program is running out of money again and without new funding reductions will be made in rations for 3.2 million people in Octob...
23 Sep, 2021, 10.48 AM IST
Increasing tendency to politicise humanitarian situations is unfortunate: India at UNSpeaking at the UNSC open debate on 'Conflict and Food Security' on Thursday, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambass...
12 Mar, 2021, 11.27 AM IST
- India, China pushing up food prices: UN
The United Nations food agency has sounded a fresh alarm that fast rising food prices across the globe are eroding its capacity to serve mi...
25 Apr, 2008, 11.25 AM IST
- World Food Program appeals for $ 100 mn to fight hunger
The World Food Program appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars (euros) to cope with rising food prices that have sparked protests and ...
25 Apr, 2008, 10.30 AM IST
- World Bank calls for 'New Deal' to fight hunger
The spiralling prices have forced some developing countries to take emergency measures to guarantee their food stockpiles. Day in Pics
03 Apr, 2008, 02.03 AM IST