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Gaza aid blockade closes bakeries as evacuation orders, hostilities continue: UN
United Nations, April 2: The aid blockade has forced the shuttering of 25 bakeries in Gaza as food supplies shrivel, Israel's evacuation orders increase and bombardments continue, UN humanitarians said.
WFP warns of malnutrition threats in Afghanistan, 3.5 million children at risk in 2025
Kabul, March 27: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that in 2025 a whopping 3.5 million children in Afghanistan are at risk of malnutrition. The agency expressed concern over the huge number of children expected to be affected.
WFP warns of $412 million funding shortfall for South Sudan's humanitarian needs
Juba, March 5: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said that it faces a critical funding shortfall of $412 million to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of millions in crisis-hit South Sudan in 2025.
UN official calls for efforts to protect civilians as violence intensifies in Sudan's Zamzam camp
United Nations, Feb 27: Violence in and around Zamzam camp, the famine-struck displacement camp in Sudan, as well as in the capital of Khartoum and the southern region, has further intensified recently, a senior UN official said, calling for international efforts to protect civilians.
About 1 million people displaced in Congo's Goma since 2025: WFP
Kinshasa, Feb 25: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that about 1 million people have been displaced since the beginning of 2025 from Goma city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) seized by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels.