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RTÉ Ireland10h
WFP to cut quarter of staff as funding falls - staff memo
The UN World Food Programme will cut staff by 25-30% as funding for the global aid agency plummets, according to an internal ...
Malay Mail1h
Barefoot and broken: People push, fall and fight for the last scraps from Gaza’s struggling kitchens
At the break of dawn, 10-year-old Youssef al-Najjar races barefoot, clutching a battered pot, to a community kitchen in Gaza ...
Business Daily Africa11h
Kenya eyes WFP-brokered debt swap for food security
Besides debt swaps for food security, Kenya has also been considering debt-for-nature or climate swaps to unlock funds for ...
IPPMEDIA19h
WFP seeks $225m to address food insecurity affecting 4.6m Somalis
THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for $225 million to address the escalating food insecurity crisis ...
AllAfrica on MSN13h
KSrelief and WFP Support Urgent Food Needs of Vulnerable People in Somalia
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of 138 metric tons of nutritious dates from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief ...
Al-Monitor on MSN5h
UN food, refugee agencies warn of huge cuts after funding losses
The UN's food and refugee agencies have warned of dire cuts to their services as funding plummets, especially from key donor ...
Devex13h
Devex Newswire: World Food Programme to cut at least a quarter of its workforce
WFP is slashing up to 6,000 jobs; the World Bank Spring Meetings soft-pedaled on climate; and people are aging better but ...
AllAfrica14h
Central African Republic: Food, Education and Farming - CAR Welcomes in Sudanese Refugees
WFP and Central Africans reach out to war-displaced newcomers, in a country facing its own insecurity and hunger challenges ...