UN Food Agency

The UN’s food agency said Tuesday that its aid convoy had been turned away by Israeli forces at the Gaza border, after which it was looted by “desperate people.” The World Food Programme said the 14-truck food convoy waited at the Wadi…
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Israel has imposed financial restrictions on the main UN agency providing aid in the Gaza Strip, a measure which prevented a shipment of food for 1.1 million Palestinians from reaching the war-battered enclave, the agency’s director said on…
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The UN food agency’s world price index ended last year about 10 percent below its 2022, with values in December also down from the previous month, helping further ease concerns over global food price inflation, according to Reuters. The…
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The United Nations food agency said Tuesday it is stopping food distribution in areas of war-torn Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels, a move that will impact millions of people. The World Food Program said the “pause” was driven by…
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A halted landmark grain deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to flow to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, along with donor’s fatigue, is rattling the operations of the United Nations food agency, its deputy executive director said…
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Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12 to 18 months, the head of the UN World Food Program warned…
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World food prices fell in January for a 10th consecutive month, and are now down some 18 percent from a record high hit last March following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UN's food agency said on Friday. The Food and Agriculture…
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