Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says
The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on whirlwind visits to hotspots in the Middle East and ...
World Food Program preparing for all scenarios in Syria
Kenneth Crossley, a Canadian who works with the World Food Program as its country director in Syria, says the United Nations ...
Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid
The number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling around the world is rising, while the amount of money the world’s ...
Cindy McCain says hunger is a "national security issue" amid global conflicts
Cindy McCain, the executive director of the World Food Programme, said hunger is a "national security issue" amid global ...
UN Agency Says Needs $250mn In Next 6 Months For Syria Food Assistance
The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) called on Thursday for $250 million in funding for food assistance to Syria over the next six months, after rebels seized power last week.
Billions urgently needed to address world’s hunger hot spots, Cindy McCain says
Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” McCain said that crises around the globe, many of them in war zones, have depleted the ...
Syrian rebels reassured aid groups they'd be safe as they tried to orchestrate an organized takeover
It's not only the Syrian public that's getting used to a new political landscape after a coalition of opposition rebels ...
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Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says
Syria is facing the fallout from a 13-year ... meets with Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Carl Skau, second from left, during his visit to the WFP ...