“We have no other choice, we sift the weevil out of the flour and use it to make breakfast,” 32-year-old Aisha, a mother of three told MintPress. Expired boxes and cans of World Food Programme tuna and biscuits lined her shelves.
As much as Trump likes to rail against the failed policies of his predecessor, he seems to be mimicking them, using North Korea’s food shortages as leverage to force the country to denuclearize, a move that DPRK believes would bring about only a swifter death.
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA -- A leaked diplomatic memo reveals that the North Korean government is lobbying its allies for assistance in dealing with an “urgent” food shortage crisis needed to stave off hunger this month. But with U.S. and international sanctions in play, delivery of humanitarian aid is risky business. A diplomatic memo
India’s Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said on Twitter that 10,000 Indian workers are facing “extreme hardship” in Saudi Arabia.
The Indian government has sent 15 metric tons of food aid to its own citizens living as foreign workers in Saudi Arabia, following layoffs triggered by plummeting oil prices in the petroleum-based
The latest aid is part of a 70 million-euro package extended by Brussels to Turkey. The ten million euros are specifically for humanitarian emergency work while the rest is for longer-term projects including education.
Reports: The European Union on Tuesday announced 10 million euros ($12.3 million) in new humanitarian aid for Syrian civilians in Turkey and Syria. "Today, we are stepping up our assistance to the
Aid workers fear a major humanitarian crisis for millions of Syrian refugees in the Middle East, especially in Lebanon, after funding gaps forced the United Nations to cut food assistance for 1.7 million people.
Reports: Aid workers fear a major humanitarian crisis for millions of Syrian refugees in the Middle East, especially in Lebanon, after funding gaps forced the United Nations to cut food
Conflicts and droughts have crippled Somali farmers’ ability to feed their country, but with help from several governmental and non-governmental aid groups, things are improving for the Horn of Africa nation.
After decades of food relief agencies providing food to Somalis, Somali farmers will now provide food to feed their countrymen by contributing high-quality grain to the U.N.’s World Food Program (WFP), according to the U.N.
Farmers from south-central Somalia
Palestinian refugees in the Yarmouk camp south of Damascus are desperate for medical supplies and nutritional provisions.
The head of the U.N.’s agency for Palestinian refugees visited the besieged Palestinian refugee camp in Yarmouk, a suburb just south of the Syrian capital, on Sunday, alerting diplomats and aid workers to the deteriorating situation for people remaining in the area.
