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USAID reverses course and restores some humanitarian aid contracts after WFP warning of possible deadly consequences
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) reversed course Tuesday and restored several of the World Food ...
Haiti humanitarian crisis worsening as violence escalates, says aid group
The humanitarian situation in Haiti is dramatically worsening, aid group Save the Children said, with underfunded security ...
UN humanitarian agency to cut staff by 20% due to 'brutal cuts' in funding
The U.N. humanitarian agency says it’s cutting its 2,600 staff operating in more than 60 countries by 20% because of “brutal ...
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Sudan in-depth: Aid efforts blocked and weaponised amid sweeping cuts and army gains
The UN recognises the SAF-led government as the de facto authority, yet the regime has continuously hindered aid efforts in ...
‘War without limits’: Aid agencies sound the alarm as Israel’s Gaza blockade enters a second month
One month after Israel cut off humanitarian aid from the Gaza Strip, aid agencies say the humanitarian situation there has ...
The US ends lifesaving food aid for millions. The World Food Program calls it a ‘death sentence’
The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in ...
UN humanitarian agency will lay off hundreds of staff due to funding crisis
The United Nations’ emergency and disaster response agency will reduce its global workforce by 20% and scale back operations ...
U.N. aid chief says to cut 20% of staff due to funding shortfall
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs will cut 20% of its staff as it faces a shortfall of ...
Marco Rubio said he’d protect lifesaving aid overseas. DOGE disagreed.
Humanitarian groups have been notified that funding will end immediately for key food and emergency medical assistance across ...
US restores urgent food aid but not in Afghanistan and Yemen, where millions need it
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has reversed cuts in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained them ...
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In Ethiopia, the margins between starvation and survival narrow as food aid becomes scarce
PBS NewsHour special correspondent Willem Marx and videographer Edward Kiernan traveled across Ethiopia to understand the ...
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UN warns US aid cuts threaten millions of Afghans with famine
Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food ...