Mary, 30, and her child Daniel (six months) at a WFP-funded nutrition site in South Sudan earlier this year. Photo: WFP/Samantha Reinders WHAT the world spends on coffee in two weeks can feed 123 million people for a year, the UN World Food Program (WFP) says. The WFP is asking for US$16.9 billion so it…
WFP food trucks cross the Adre border crossing, from Chad to Sudan, en-route to Zamzam camp in North Darfur. Picture: WFP/Sylvain Barral More than 700 trucks are on the road in Sudan amid a surge in UN World Food Program (WFP) efforts to reach millions of people in the African country’s most isolated war zones.…
Photo: UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Vetoes by Russia and US of United Nations draft calls for a ceasefire in Sudan and Gaza have triggered outrage and debate among member states. A US decision to veto a draft call for a ceasefire in Gaza was only the fourth time it had used that. The BBC reports that 14…