Tag: food aid
Zim food aid for Moz
A Zimbabwean presidential pledge saw a thousand tons of staple food assistance delivered to displaced Mozambicans at the weekend.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the pledge...
Nigeria targets officials accused of stealing food from Boko Haram victims
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered police to arrest and make an example of government officials accused of stealing food aid intended...
Food aid to avert famine threat in Boko Haram-hit north-east Nigeria
More than 400 000 people in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria will receive food aid to avert the threat of famine as the...
WFP says more than 1 mln Zimbabweans need food aid
More than a million people in Zimbabwe will require food aid between now and March 2012, a United Nations agency said despite...
South Koreans say distrust North, but back food aid
North Korea's pleas for help amid worsening food shortages have largely fallen on deaf ears in South Korea where many say Pyongyang...
Somalia wants humanitarion force to guard food convoys
Somalia called for the creation of a special humanitarian force to protect food aid convoys and feeding camps in the famine-hit Horn...
Ramadan fighting threatens Somali famine relief
Somali refugees caught between famine and civil war appealed to international aid organisations to ramp up the distribution of emergency relief supplies...
EU gives extra US$40 mln to African drought victims
The European Union's executive will increase funding for victims of the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, the EU's crisis...
Number of Kenyans in need of food aid to jump: UN
The number of Kenyans who will need food aid due to drought will rise to 3.5 million by September, the United Nations...
UN airlift arrives with vital aid for Somali refugees in Kenya
The first in a series of emergency airlift flights arrived in the Kenyan capital as part of the efforts of the United...