Search results for ‘world food programme’
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UN Somalia chief calls for urgent action on drought
The head of the UN in Somalia exclusively tells Channel 4 News he is “not sure the population can survive until the end of the year” unless urgent action is taken, amid the worst drought in 20 years.
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Why Somalia's refugees are not being fed at home
Is America denying food aid to starving Somalis as part of a strategy to beat the al-Shabaab militants of the Horn of Africa? Jonathan Rugman reports on the agonised food politics of Somalia.
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Pleas for aid as Africa drought sparks crisis
Ten million people across the Horn of Africa are being affected by the worst drought in 60 years. At the world’s largest refugee camp, aid agencies tell Channel 4 News people are facing desperation.
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Libya: Mountain villagers facing ‘starvation’
Channel 4 News speaks to a source in Libya who tells of the potential starvation of thousands in the Nafusa Mountain range due to Gaddafi forces blocking aid, medicine and water.
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Pakistan suicide bomb kills tribespeople waiting for aid
At least 40 people have been killed by a suicide bomber wearing a burka who attacked a crowd of people waiting for aid in Pakistan on Christmas morning.
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Cholera epidemic: Haiti protesters attack medics
The UN tells Channel 4 News that protesters in Haiti have attacked foreign medics at a hospital, as shocking pictures of the cholera epidemic emerge, writes Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller.
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Pakistan floods: ‘beyond human control’
Flood victims in Pakistan throw themselves at army helicopters as anger at the government grows. Channel 4 News Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller says aid is desperately needed.
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UK pledges Somalia aid amid terror threat
In a shift to British policy the UK is set to announce its first aid package to war-torn Somalia amid concerns that the country could harbour al-Qaida militants.
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Oxfam blog: Haiti quake aftermath 'bringing people together'
This shock has had a benefit in bringing people together to share food and other resources, blogs Oxfam aid worker Alexandros Yiannopoulos.
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US diverts 4,000 troops to aid Haiti relief
An extra 4,000 US sailors and marines are diverted from operations in the Gulf and Africa to help the Haiti earthquake relief effort.
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A bluffer's guide to this week's G8 summit
By the time you are reading this I hope to be supping on mozzarella di bufala in a medieval Italian hilltop town full of churches stuffed with paintings by Renaissance masters. The reality will probably be that I shall be going through umpteen security scanners along with some 3000 other journalists queuing for the G8…
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Inside Somalia's Afgoye Corridor
Somalia is off-limits to most western reporters and five Somali journalists have been killed there so far this year. Aid workers are frequently kidnapped – a million dollars is the going rate to have them released – and four WFP workers have been killed since last August. So, to put it mildly, this was…
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UN probe after aid stolen from Somalia refugees
The UN’s head of aid operation has launched an inquiry after Channel 4 News revealed thousands of sacks of food were diverted from refugees and sold by Somali businessmen on the open market.
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Ukranians fleeing country will remember experience forever, former Kindertransport child Lord Dubs says
More than 100,000 Britons have offered sanctuary to Ukrainian refugees under the government scheme launched yesterday.
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FactCheck Q&A: why are we delaying second dose of Covid vaccine?
The World Health Organization has said it does not recommend the approach Britain is taking in vaccinating large numbers of people against coronavirus. Should we be worried?