WFP said it has enough food pre-positioned along the borders to feed over a million for three months. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The United Nations (UN) has suspended its World Food Programme (WFP) operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) due to security concerns as the ongoing conflict in the country's volatile east worsens.

Trucks transporting life-saving wheat flour, ready-to-eat food parcels to those in dire need, says World Food Programme - Anadolu Ajansı

WFP said in a statement that it has enough food pre-positioned along the borders — and on its way to Gaza — to feed over a million people for three months.

Following the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) called on Thursday for unrestricted access to deliver urgently needed food and aid to the region.

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Violent weather exacerbated by climate change fueled hunger and food insecurity across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new United Nations report.

Hunger has gripped the enclave, besieged by Israel, and the surge is a step toward alleviating it. But with Hamas asserting its grip on Gaza, questions remain about how aid is distributed.

The United Nations announced on Friday that it has suspended all official operations in areas of Yemen under Houthi control following the detention of additional UN personnel.

More than two million people require humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations (UN) World Food Program said on Sunday. The UN made this known as trucks carrying humanitarian aid entering

Rwandan-backed rebels have taken over much of the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, although some gunfire can still be heard. There are reports of Congolese and Rwandan troops firing at each other across the border. Columns of M23 rebels have entered the city.

DR Congo soldiers have surrendered to Rwandan forces following fierce clashes with the M23 rebel movement in DR Congo's eastern North Kivu province, state-owned TV in Rwanda is reporting. The soldiers have been fleeing across the border to the Rwandan town of Rubavu, the report claimed in a video posted on X.