Foreign Aid
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 07:57
The coordinator of the Central Darfur camps for the displaced told Radio Dabanga on Monday that the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) of Central Darfur has halted relief distribution operations to the displaced in Bindisi camp.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 08:58
Racing against time and bad weather, prodding fickle donors and an indifferent general public, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is working on all fronts to support millions of desperate people in the Central African Republic (CAR) and to keep international attention focused on the escalating crisis.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 08:52
The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution to send a force of nearly 12,000 peacekeepers to the Central African Republic (CAR), even as funding remains scarce for humanitarian needs on the ground.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 08:01
The corruption and political avarice that have plagued South Sudan since independence have left many long-time supporters confused and disheartened. The moral clarity of the long struggle for independence has disappeared, particularly after December’s political implosion and outbreak of fighting and ethnic violence.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 08:38
The WFP is assisting more than half a million Syrian refugees in camps and communities in Jordan, primarily through monthly food vouchers, the UN agency said in a statement.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 13:53
Press Secretary Jay Carney addresses Kerry's comments on the Middle East peace process, humanitarian aid to South Sudan, Alan Gross' situation in Cuba, and potential changes in U.S. Syria policy.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 08:06
The United Nations peacekeeping operation in South Sudan was severely criticized on Wednesday by Doctors Without Borders, the emergency medical charity, over what it called a shameful indifference to the squalid living conditions of 21,000 displaced people forced to shelter in a flooded portion of a peacekeeping base in the capital, Juba.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 08:03
World Food Program says food shortages will likely worsen as drought affects upcoming harvests
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:53
The United Nations has been forced to cut the size of food parcels for those left hungry by Syria's civil war by a fifth because of a shortage of funds from donors, a senior official has said.