WFP receives $49m from USAID to help feed vulnerable Afghans
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a new contribution of US$49 million from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance towards programs that help meet the food and nutrition...
View ArticleWorld Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize
The UN World Food Programme (WFP), which provides lifesaving food assistance to millions across the world has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement was made by Berit Reiss-Andersen,...
View ArticleFood security in peril as Afghan crisis continues to escalate
Second Vice President Sarwar Danish said Thursday that 13 million Afghans have no food security and of this eight million are facing serious hunger problems. Speaking at a gathering to commemorate the...
View ArticleUN agency warns of ‘imminent’ famine in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is at risk of “imminent hunger” with winter approaching and services disrupted by the return to power of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), a UN official warned in an interview with...
View ArticleWFP chief says Afghanistan humanitarian crisis is the ‘worst on earth’
The World Food Program (WFP) said Monday that Afghanistan is facing the “worst” humanitarian crisis on earth and that 95 percent of the people don’t have enough food. In an interview with the BBC,...
View ArticleWFP survey finds about 98% of Afghans not getting enough food
Almost all Afghans do not have enough to eat and a failing economy could tip Afghanistan’s increasingly dire situation under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) rule into catastrophe next year, the...
View ArticleUN officials visit IEA leaders, promise aid to vulnerable Afghans
Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi, Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), met Saturday morning with Fran Equiza, UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan and his...
View Article95% of people in Afghanistan do not have enough to eat: WFP
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) says 95 percent of people in Afghanistan “do not have enough to eat,” and that “hunger continues rising in Afghanistan”. On Saturday, the WFP Asia Pacific...
View Article3.5 million Afghan children still need nutrition treatment: WFP
United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has expressed concern over the plight of children in Afghanistan and said that 3.5 million Afghan children currently need nutrition treatment. In a tweet on...
View ArticleUN food agency alarmed by Afghan food, fuel prices
An official with the U.N. food agency warned Friday that with Russia’s war in Ukraine taking an increasing toll on the global economy, the ripples of that conflict will further increase food and fuel...
View ArticleWFP says lack of funds threatening its operations in Afghanistan
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that a lack of funds is threatening its operations in Afghanistan, which are critical to staving off a major humanitarian crisis. The warning...
View Article97% of Afghan population now facing food shortages: UN
Millions of Afghans are now experiencing intense food shortages following the collapse of the former government and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) takeover in August. As Muslims around the world...
View ArticleRecord levels of hunger persist in Afghanistan, WFP warns in latest report
Almost half of Afghanistan’s population – 19.7 million – are facing acute hunger according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis conducted in January and February...
View ArticleWFP deploys food and shelter to earthquake hit areas
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has deployed food and logistics equipment to support communities devasted by the June 22 earthquake that struck near the city of Khost in Afghanistan....
View ArticleIndia signs MoU for wheat donation to Afghanistan
India on Saturday signed an MoU with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for 10,000 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat for Afghanistan. Almost half the population of 19.7 million people faces acute...
View ArticleMore than 18 million people in Afghanistan have received aid: WFP
India and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to supply 10,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan where nearly 19 million people – half of the...
View ArticleNine out of ten people in Afghanistan face a lack of food: WFP
The World Food Program (WFP) says it has helped more than 19 million people in Afghanistan since the beginning of this year. According to WFP it helps people across Afghanistan every day. The World...
View ArticleDonation from Catalan Agency boosts WFP’s efforts to fight malnutrition
The European Union’s Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD) has contributed EUR 290,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) fund for acutely malnourished children and mothers...
View ArticleEU provides 500,000 euros for Afghan earthquake relief efforts
The European Union has contributed 500,000 euros to support the food needs of communities in the Afghan provinces of Paktika and Khost which were affected by an earthquake in late June, The United...
View ArticleWFP sounds alarm over global food crisis, including Afghanistan
A record-high number of people across six countries are either already starving or on the brink of disaster, a new report warned this week. The latest Hunger Hotspots report, produced by the World Food...
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