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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/22/2023 11:13:44 PM
Renowned Tunisian-Egyptian actress Hend Sabry resigned from the World Food Programme on Wednesday citing the program's failure to effectively mobilize against the Israeli policy of cutting off all food for Palestinians in Gaza amid its relentless bombardment of the strip for over 46 days.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/17/2023 2:39:37 PM
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) warned late Thursday that Gaza residents currently face an "imminent threat of death by starvation" as Israel continues to bombard the strip, causing severe energy and food shortages.
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World
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Region
11/6/2023 5:16:07 PM
More than 1.6 million children aged under five will suffer from malnutrition next year in South Sudan, following a surge in waterborne diseases due to flooding, the UN's World Food Programme said Monday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/6/2023 9:34:00 AM
Entering its 30th day, Israel's war on Gaza continues with mass killings, airstrikes, and ground operations. Israeli forces have yet to achieve any significant victory, except for killing nearly 9,500 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and displacing more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people. The humanitarian situation is dire, with accusations of genocide and ethnic cleansing leading to an increasing global outcry.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/5/2023 7:18:20 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Sunday the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip with the Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP) Cindy McCain in Cairo.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/5/2023 12:26:42 PM
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) issued an urgent plea from the Rafah border crossing for safe, expanded humanitarian access to Gaza as humanitarian needs skyrocket and critical food supplies reach dangerously low levels.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/4/2023 4:22:18 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, as well as cooperation between Egypt and the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) with the Program Executive Director Cindy McCain in a Saturday meeting in Cairo.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/17/2023 4:12:46 PM
The UN's World Food Programme said the food situation in the besieged and blockaded Gaza Strip was worsening, with only four or five days of stocks left in the shops.
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World
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Africa
10/5/2023 7:55:04 PM
The United States said Thursday it would resume limited food assistance in Ethiopia, delivering to some one million refugees, but will keep most operations suspended after concerns of systematic diversion of aid.
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World
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Region
7/29/2023 11:05:07 AM
The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said late Friday.
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World
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Africa
7/5/2023 6:59:54 PM
The number of people diagnosed with severe malnutrition in Ethiopia's war-scarred Tigray region has increased sharply, with conditions set to worsen following a recent halt to food aid, the United Nations said in its latest update.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/2/2023 7:49:00 PM
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has granted Egypt $431 million to support the country's food security goals as part of its 2023-2028 strategic plan.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/20/2023 5:46:29 PM
The Egyptian government and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have opened a humanitarian corridor between Upper Egypt’s Aswan and Sudan’s Wadi Halfa in the north of the country.
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World
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Africa
6/11/2023 8:57:21 PM
The Ethiopian government on Saturday criticised a move by two major aid organisations to halt the sending of food assistance to the country after discovering it was being diverted from those who need it.
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World
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Region
5/30/2023 10:26:16 PM
For the first time in Syria’s 12-year war, people in every district are experiencing some degree of “humanitarian stress,” and a staggering 15.3 million, nearly 70% of the population, need humanitarian aid, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/29/2023 9:56:24 PM
The Government of Japan has announced extending its support to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Egypt, contributing $500,000 to provide critical food assistance to people fleeing the conflict in Sudan.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/26/2023 3:01:17 PM
Regional Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) Menghestab Haile announced the provision of $100,000 to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries to enhance knowledge exchange efforts with Egypt.
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World
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Africa
5/24/2023 6:39:56 PM
The World Food Program (WFP) on Wednesday appealed for 810 million US dollars over the next six months to scale up humanitarian assistance for millions of people in the Horn of Africa who are trapped in a hunger emergency.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/22/2023 5:02:01 PM
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) announced on Monday that it had allocated $5 million to support the United Nations' efforts in Egypt to help people fleeing conflict in Sudan.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/22/2023 11:21:19 AM
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) joins up with an emergency cash assistance programme to provide support for people fleeing the conflict in Sudan and arriving into Egypt.
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