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The U.N.’s World Food Program said Friday it is temporarily suspending food aid to Ethiopia due to widespread diversion of food. The WFP said in a statement that nutrition assistance to children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and school meals programs will continue despite the suspension. “Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable …

The UN’s food agency has warned that a failing economy could plunge Afghanistan into catastrophe next year. A spokesperson for the World Food Programme (WFP) said during a briefing in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday that Afghanistan’s fragile economy was on the brink of collapse. “The spiraling economic …

A record number of almost seven million people are facing severe hunger in South Sudan, despite a peace agreement which has largely stopped fighting after more than five years of war, UN agencies warned Friday. “Every year, hunger reaches new and unprecedented levels in South Sudan with millions of people …