HISTORICAL FACTS: 27 | History Defined

Ragan to Asharq Al-Awsat: Yemen Needs $2 Billion Annually to Secure Food

United Nations World Food Program Representative in Yemen Richard Ragan confirmed that the recent UN-sponsored truce in Yemen had brought hope to Yemenis and eased the movement of humanitarian organizations and the distribution of aid. Ragan hoped the ceasefire would be permanent. In exclusive statements to Asharq Al-Awsat, Ragan described…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 12, 2022

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Zimbabwean security guard Edwin Dapi was already struggling to provide for his wife and four children before a conflict 11,000 km (6,800 miles) away in Ukraine sent global prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertilizer soaring.

Reuters · May 10, 2022

Assad Signs Iranian Credit Line to Supply Syria with Energy

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad signed an Iranian credit line during a surprise visit to Tehran on Sunday, Syrian local media reported. The official Syrian News Agency (SANA) said that Assad had signed a “new phase” of the credit line, which included supplying Syria with energy and other basic materials to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 10, 2022

Malnourished kids crowd hospital as Ethiopia hit by worst drought in 40 years

Malnourished children are flooding into the paediatric ward of the main hospital in Ethiopia's Gode city as the worst drought for 40 years has forced many families to leave their homes to search for aid.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2022

War in Ukraine is pushing global acute hunger to the highest level in this century

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a terrible humanitarian crisis in eastern Europe. It also is worsening conditions for other countries, many of them thousands of miles away.

The Conversation · Apr 27, 2022

Six months since coup, Sudan promises to keep up democracy fight

A brutal military crackdown has upended countless lives, but has not broken the spirit of the pro-democracy movement.

Al Jazeera · Apr 25, 2022

‘My children cry with hunger’: refugees denied UN aid rations at Malawi camp

Hundreds at Dzaleka camp told they are no longer eligible for food supplies from the World Food Programme

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2022

Aid groups push to feed Yemen's hungry millions during Ramadan ceasefire

A two-month ceasefire has given aid groups a chance to step up aid to Yemen's hungry millions, but malnutrition ravaging children is projected to worsen if fighting returns or humanitarian funding does not pick up.

Reuters · Apr 22, 2022

The world needs an Easter peace in Ukraine

We can all do something to support peace in Ukraine and echo the call for a truce by Pope Francis.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 15, 2022

Families fearful as UN reduces food aid to northwest Syria

Funding constraints and skyrocketing food prices exacerbated by the war in Ukraine have forced the WFP to reduce aid.

Al Jazeera · Apr 15, 2022