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Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns

Almost one in three people in Gaza are going days without eating, the UN's food aid programme has warned. "Malnutrition is surging with 90,000 women and children in urgent need of treatment," the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement to news agency AFP.

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World Food Programme speaks out as hunger crisis worsens in Gaza

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Families tell of struggle for food in Gaza as WHO warns of ‘surge’ in malnutrition-related deaths

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One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished, UN aid agency says

One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished and cases are increasing every day, the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) says.

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Israel is pushing Gaza into starvation, aid groups say

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Doctor in Gaza says children are dying of hunger as a direct result of Israel's blockade

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Israel will allow nations to drop food into Gaza

More than 100 aid groups warned Wednesday that Gaza is on the brink of starvation, and the United Nations’s agency for Palestinian refugees said 1 in 5 children is malnourished.

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BBC and news agencies warn journalists in Gaza at risk of starvation

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Gazans 'wasting away' as mass starvation spreads, humanitarian groups warn

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Nigeria faces hunger crisis as food needs rise across west and central Africa, UN says

The U.N. food agency’s regional head says Nigeria is facing “an unprecedented hunger crisis,” and the need for food is rising across west and central Africa while funds are shrinking.

Gaza: Hunger deaths rise to 122, UN food aid says a third of Gazans starving for days

Warnings of starvation in Gaza have intensified this week. Nine more people died of malnutrition on Friday, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry - bringing the total such deaths sinc

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World Food Programme Statement on Israeli Attack on Aid Seekers

On the morning of 20 July, a 25 truck WFP convoy carrying vital food assistance crossed the Zikim border point destined for starving communit

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UN World Food Programme forced to suspend emergency food assistance in Nigeria

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will be forced to suspend all emergency food and nutrition aid for 1.3

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Airdrops in South Sudan deliver food amid conflict as US shifts approach to foreign aid

World Food Programme conducted humanitarian airdrops in South Sudan as the country faces surging conflict amid financial upheaval in global assistance programs.

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What does World Food Program do? - The Washington Post

A Yemeni boy receives humanitarian aid donated by the World Food Program in Taez, Yemen, on Saturday. (Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP/Getty Images) Last week, the Norwegian Nobel Committee named this year’s ...

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It’s Time To Take Stock: What’s Next For Global Food Systems?

At the upcoming U.N. Food Systems Summit Stocktake, it's time to ask: Are the actions we’re taking actually making enough progress to drive the transformation we need?

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World Food Programme was created as an experiment. It sent food ... - CNN

The World Food Programme, which won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, delivered food to 97 million people last year. The United Nations agency, created as an experiment in 1961 after a request ...

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Why isn't food getting into Gaza? The three key reasons explained

One third of Gaza’s population has not eaten for multiple days, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), with aid agencies blaming barriers put up by Israel.

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World Food Programme Wins The Nobel Peace Prize - Forbes

The United Nations’ World Food Programme has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its work to combat hunger around the world, beating favorites Greta Thunberg and the World Health Organization ...