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World Food Program says Afghanistan needs $19m to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan

The United Nations’ World Food Program is appealing for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that has rocked western Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Israel could be in breach of global law with Gaza relocation order: UN

Israel’s order for 1.1 million northern Gazans to move south could amount to a forcible transfer of civilians, UN says.

Al Jazeera

NZ joins international call for Gaza aid corridor

The incoming and outgoing New Zealand governments have come together to support aid for Israel and Palestine during the Gaza crisis.

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Gaza’s dire humanitarian crisis explained

Israel’s strikes and blockade are pushing Gaza’s essential services and resources to the brink of collapse.

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The world needs to stop taking water for granted

That water availability affects every aspect of human life, especially food and nutrition security is a point that must be highlighted on World Food Day, on October 16

The Hindu

Mayor Johnson is wrong. Bally’s casino won’t secure a ‘fiscally strong and vibrant future’ for Chicago.

It is a shiny, noisy and glitzy distraction that allows the well-connected to get wealthier at the expense of hard-working Chicago families and individuals who will lose their paychecks gambling there.

Chicago Sun-Times

The humanitarian crises being ignored

When was the last time you heard or read or saw anything about the devastating war still ongoing in Sudan?

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UN's World Food Programme resumes food aid delivery in Ethiopia

The World Food Programme said Tuesday it had partially resumed distributing food aid in Ethiopia, after halting assistance four months ago over the diversion of supplies.

Radio France Internationale

Sudan conflict ‘like planning for the apocalypse’, say aid workers

At least 5.4 million people have been displaced by the fierce fighting that broke out in the country in April

The Guardian - UK

Libya floods: why cash is the best way to help get humanitarian aid to people affected by disasters

The heavy rainfall that hit Libya during Storm Daniel caused two dams and four bridges to collapse in the coastal city of Derna, submerging most of the city in floodwater and claiming thousands of lives.

The Conversation

More than 700 million people don't know when — or if — they will eat again, UN food chief says

The head of the United Nations food agency says a global hunger crisis has left more than 700 million people not knowing when or if they will eat again

The Independent UK

The U.N.'s food program has a funding problem. Now millions are going hungry

Cindy McCain, the U.N. World Food Programme's executive director, has been tasked with closing the giant hole in the budget.

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UN food agency warns of 'doom loop' for world's hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase

The World Food Program is warning that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people

The Independent UK

UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall

The U.N. food agency says it is forced to drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan in September due to a massive funding shortfall

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‘Once a humanitarian, always a humanitarian’: Elizabeth Nyamayaro on her global fight against hunger

Nyamayaro might have starved growing up in Zimbabwe before an aid worker arrived – assuring her survival and future career

Salon

Heat's adverse impact on food security

""Such research could not be more timely as the world experienced its hottest month on record in July"

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: two killed in shelling of Russian village; drones targeting Moscow and Sevastopol shot down – as it happened

Governor updates death toll to two killed in Ukrainian shelling of Chausy village in the Bryansk region; drones downed in Moscow area, mayor says

The Guardian - US

Turning food into a weapon: how Russia resorted to one of the oldest forms of warfare

With Russia blockading Ukraine’s eastern ports, an alternative route to the west is possible but faces serious problems

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The Independent UK

The World Food Program slowly resumes food aid to Ethiopia after months of suspension and criticism

The United Nations World Food Program is slowly resuming food aid to Ethiopia nearly five months after taking the extraordinary measure of suspending aid following the discovery of a massive scheme to steal donated grain

The Independent UK

The UN cut their food aid this summer. These Palestinians now struggle to find their next meal

Thousands of families in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are struggling with deep food insecurity two months after being cut from the United Nations’ main food assistance program

The Guardian - UK

EU urges G20 to help persuade Putin to reopen Ukraine grain export route

Brussels’ foreign policy chief calls on nations to speak with a unified voice to help ‘people most in need’

The Guardian - UK

Putin is using food as a weapon – but his cynical attempts to drum up forced allies will fail

By reneging on the Black Sea grain deal, Russia has driven up food prices around the world, says Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy

The Independent UK

Halted Ukraine grain deal, funding shortages rattle UN food aid programs

A halted landmark grain deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to flow to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia is rattling the operations of the United Nations food agency, its deputy executive director said

The Independent UK

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

The United Nations says it 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

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 521

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 521st day.

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