UN: Food prices triggering global unrest

United Nations food agencies on Friday warned that record high prices for basic commodities are helping generate unrest around the world.

WFP scales up food aid to drought-stricken Niger

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is nearly doubling aid operations in Niger to feed eight million people who have been affected by a severe drought.

Al-Shabaab orders UN food agency to leave Somalia

Somalia's hard-line Islamist rebel group al-Shabaab has ordered the UN food agency to halt all operations and leave the failed country.

Hand out food or leave, Somali insurgents tell agencies

Hardline Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia told international aid agencies on Tuesday to hand out all the food in their warehouses, or leave.

WFP warns of fresh crisis in DRC

The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday it is extending its humanitarian operations across the eastern DRC.

Zim on the brink of new crisis as food runs out

Six months after the elections, Zimbabwe still lacks a functioning government and is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe.

Swazis may face even worse food crisis

What happens to a nation whose people depend on the largesse of international donor agencies for their existence, once support is withdrawn?

'Shock' at killing of UN employee in Somalia

The executive director of the UN World Food Programme said on Monday she was "shocked" at the killing of an employee in Somalia.

Spectre of famine as harvest fails

Five million people will need help within months, warns the UN. Families flee as many are reduced to one meal a day, writes Chris McGreal.

Burma victims struggle as emergency aid winds down

Emergency relief operations are winding down in Burma's cyclone-struck delta, but aid workers say a return to normality is a long way off.

Millions in Horn of Africa face food disaster

Nearly 15-million people in the Horn of Africa region are facing a humanitarian disaster unless donors urgently release funds to deliver supplies.

UN seeks urgent cash for Ethiopia food aid

The UN urgently needs $222-million to avert a major food crisis in Ethiopia, where millions are struggling to cope with drought, it said on Monday.

Somalia at 'dire crossroads', says UN

Attacks on aid workers in Somalia and disruptions to food shipments are threatening the lives of millions, the UN food agency warned on Friday.

Aid worker sprayed with bullets in Somali capital

Gunmen killed an aid worker in the Somali capital on Friday, the latest such attack against humanitarian staff in the conflict-torn African nation.

Wanted: Foreign navy to escort UN food to Somalia

Somalia faces a serious food crisis if no nation steps forward with naval ships to escort relief shipments through pirate-infested waters.

Ration cuts add to misery of Darfur's poorest

The World Food Programme says food cuts in Darfur are a forced necessity.

Cash-strapped UN cuts Sudan aid flights

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said it was cutting back its humanitarian air services in Sudan due to a $48-million funding shortfall.

Greener and leaner

The world food crisis is a tragedy frequently and passionately foretold. For years food experts warned that chronic under-investment in agriculture in developing countries, by governments and donors alike, would one day spell disaster.

Political rows threaten food summit success

A United Nations global food crisis summit risked embarrassing failure to reach any formal agreement on combating hunger threatening a billion people worldwide.

Food price crisis: 'We cannot afford to fail'

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Wednesday that failure was not an option in addressing the global food price crisis, and said an extra $15-billion to $20-billion per year would be needed to help avoid disaster.

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