World Food Programme, Southern Africa

UN food agency shuts Southern Africa bureau during drought, citing low funding
The United Nations World Food Programme, which relies on the U.S. for nearly half its budget, is closing its Southern Africa bureau due to funding constraints, the agency said on Monday as the region struggles to withstand a severe drought.
UN Food Agency Shuts Southern Africa Hub Amid Trump Aid Cuts
The United Nations’ World Food Programme is closing its southern African bureau that’s been leading a response to the worst drought in the region in four decades as it expects funding from donors such as the US to slump by two fifths.
World Food Programme Shuts Southern Africa Office Amid Trump Aid Cuts
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that it will close its Johannesburg office, which oversees operations in southern Africa, and merge its southern and eastern operations into a single regional hub in Nairobi,
UN's food agency WFP closes southern African bureau amid funding cuts
The United Nations' World Food Programme, which gets much of its funding from the United States, is closing its southern African bureau due to funding constraints, the agency said on Monday. WFP gets nearly half of its donations in a typical year from the United States,
UN World Food Programme Shifts Strategy Amid US Aid Cuts
The United Nations' World Food Programme is closing its southern Africa office due to funding cuts from the Trump administration. To optimize operations, it will consolidate the offices into a regional hub in Nairobi.
UN World Food Programme To Close Southern Africa Bureau Amid US Aid Cuts
WFP is closing its Southern Africa bureau due to US aid cuts, impacting food assistance amid a severe regional drought.
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World community must work on UN Rohingya food aid cut
THE United Nations’ sudden and drastic reduction in monthly food aid, by 52 per cent, could be devastating for more than a million of the Rohingyas now sheltered in Bangladesh. The World Food Programme on March 5 announced that it would reduce its allocation for food for the Rohingyas in Bangladesh from $12.
UN Food Program Closes Its Southern Africa Office in the Wake of Trump Administration Aid Cuts
The United Nations’ World Food Program is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump administration’s aid cuts
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The United Nations has warned it will have to cut monthly food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 ...
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UN to halve Rohingya food aid in Bangladesh amid funding crunch
World Food Programme says ‘severe funding shortfalls’ to force cut in monthly food vouchers from $12.50 to $6.
Exclusive-UN to slash rations to Rohingya refugees by half to $6 per month, official says
The United Nations will cut food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 per month next month after ...
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Drought and dire hunger loom in Somalia, warns UN food agency WFP
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UN food agency says it has less than 2 weeks of supplies left for Gaza
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