Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Food aid entering Tigray amid peace agreement says WFP

WFP Food aid

The World Food Programme (WFP) delivered critical food assistance to Tigray earlier this week. This is the first movement since a peace agreement was signed between Ethiopia and Tigrayan rebels. More than half of Tigray’s 5.5 million inhabitants are in need of assistance with their food supply. The first food aid trucks to enter Ethiopia’s … Read more

WFP scales up operations to complement government’s flood response

WFP flood

ISLAMABAD: The World Food Programme (WFP) continues to ramp up its emergency operations for the Pakistani families devastated by the floods, a statement said. The life-saving food and nutrition assistance and recovery and resilience-building support are being rolled out, with an aim to reach 2.7 million people who are facing emergency level of food insecurity … Read more

UN warns African refugees face food cuts due to inadequate funds

African refugees

Three-quarters of East African refugees rations reduced by up to 50%. WFP warns of imminent disruptions in Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. War in Ukraine has worsened the global refugee crisis. The UN’s World Food Programme warned on Sunday that African refugees faced smaller food rations due to a surge in demand and insufficient … Read more

United Nations warns of ‘alarming rise’ of hunger in Sudan

United Nations

UN: One-third of Sudan’s population facing life-threatening food shortages. World Food Programme assesses 15 million people facing acute food insecurity. WFP warns that the situation is likely to worsen by September. The United Nations stated on Thursday that political and economic turbulence has contributed to a third of Sudan’s population facing life-threatening food shortages, and … Read more

UN in ‘complex’ talks with Russia to unblock Ukraine ports

Russia

The UN negotiating with Russia to open Ukrainian ports and release grain. The talks are being led by UN aid chief Martin Griffith and Rebeca Gynspan. African countries imported more than half of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia. The UN said on Friday that it is negotiating with Russia to open Ukrainian ports and … Read more

Iraq’s prized rice crop threatened by drought

Iraq

Drought is endangering the Iraqi tradition of growing amber rice, a flavorful base for rich lamb and other meals and a vital component of the country’s economy. The name of this long-grained rice type comes from its peculiar aroma, which is comparable to that of amber resin. It’s in dishes such as delicious lamb qouzi, … Read more

WFP calls for re-opening of Ukraine port

Ukraine

The World Food Programme On Friday, called for the reopening of ports in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa so that food produced there can freely travel across the world. “Right now, Ukraine’s grain silos are full. At the same time, 44 million people around the world are marching towards starvation. We have to open … Read more

Horn of Africa drought drives 13 million to hunger

Africa

NAIROBI – Vast swathes of land stretching from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia are in the grip of a severe drought that has left 13 million people facing hunger. Across these regions, where people eke out a living from mainly agro-pastoral activities, the three rainy seasons since the end of 2020 have been … Read more

Famine looms on doorstep of Kinshasa

Famine looms

KINSHASA – “It’s hard to eat here. There are no fields and no food. Life is hard,” says Albertine Nzale, traditional chief of Kinduti, on the outskirts of the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa. The village sits at the end of a bumpy track through the savanna outside the largest city in the Democratic Republic of … Read more

Feeding the hungry

welfare organisations

KARACHI: The welfare organisations working in Karachi have undoubtedly created a model to ensure that no one sleeps hungry in the city. They believe that it is a privilege for them that God has made them the medium of service to the poor. Anyone can just walk in and benefit from the free food facility … Read more

At least 108 civilians killed this year in Tigray airstrikes: UN

airstrikes

GENEVA – At least 108 civilians have been killed this month in a series of airstrikes in the war-torn northern Tigray region of Ethiopia, the United Nations said Friday. The UN also warned of a looming humanitarian disaster in the region, with its food distribution operations on the verge of grinding to a halt. The … Read more

Fear of hidden mines hangs over

Paoua – “We are afraid. We cannot know where the mines are hidden.” It is a common refrain in conflict-wracked northwestern Central African Republic, where fear of being killed or maimed by explosive devices laid by rebels stalks the land. The mines, which armed groups fighting government forces have concealed along countless thoroughfares, have also … Read more

US consul general visits Hub to explore business opportunities

US

KARACHI: United States Consul General Mark Stroh visited Hub, one of the largest industrial cities of Balochistan, on December 2 to explore opportunities for the US technologies and businesses in the province and strengthen US-Pakistan economic ties, a statement said. Consul General Stroh toured the 1,292MW Hubco Power Plant, which is Pakistan’s first and largest … Read more

Famine at the door: UN agency sees 41 million people at risk globally

Famine at the door

UNITED NATIONS: The World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based United Nations (UN) agency, warned that famine could become a reality for millions of people around the world, without urgent funding to stave off a catastrophe, and without access to families cut-off by conflict. “I am heartbroken at what we’re facing in 2021. We now have … Read more

UN’s World Food Programme wins Nobel peace prize

World Food Programme Nobel prize

The United Nations’ World Food Programme declared as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for the agency’s “efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war”.

“For its effort to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict,” announced the Nobel Prize Committee on Twitter.

Earlier, The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the American poet Louise Glück for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.

The American poet Louise Glück was born in 1943 in New York and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Moreover, apart from her writing, she is a professor of English at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

She made her debut in 1968 with Firstborn and later acclaimed as one of the most prominent poets in American contemporary literature. She has received several prestigious awards, among them the Pulitzer Prize (1993) and the National Book Award (2014).

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Ehsaas Nashonuma Programmme to be launched in nine districts today

Ehsaas Nashonuma program

Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Thursday to launch Ehsaas Nashonuma Programme for pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as minor children facing stunted growth due to malnourishment.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar has said that Ehsaas Nashonuma program will be launched in the nine districts of the country today.

Ehsaas Nashonuma program aims at preventing stunting in children.

Speaking at a news conference in Islamabad Dr Sania Nishtar said the World Food Programme is the implementing partner of Ehsaas for this programme.

She said the families eligible for Ehsaas cash programme will be entitled to benefit from Nashonuma programme.

Under the programme pregnant and breastfeeding women will be provided special nutritious food, Dr Sania added.

The female children in Nashonuma centres would be provided with a three-month stipend of Rs 2,000 each while the male children would be provided with a three-month stipend of Rs 1,500 each, she said.

The Special Assistant said children under the age of two years will also be able to obtain money after every three months and 1500 rupees for a boy and 2000 rupees for a girl will be provided to deserving families and five hundred rupees will also be given as fare for travelling.

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World Food Programme to reduce aid in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen

World Food Programme to reduce aid in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen

The World Food Programme is likely to decrease its aid to parts of Yemen’s Houthi-controlled areas due to funding crisis. According to the UN, some donors have stopped donating over concerns that Houthi forces are obstructing them. The international news says that families will receive aid every other month from mid-April. Note that the World … Read more