Syrians go hungry as conflict soars
- 11 Jan 2013 13:17 - Guardian Reporters
- The UN has warned it is unable to deliver food to up to a million hungry and desperate Syrians because of spiralling violence and a lack of fuel.
UN to start airlifting food to Somalia
- 26 Jul 2011 07:44 - Ella Ide
- The UN World Food Programme will start airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya -- the drought-stricken Horn of Africa region.
Pirates release food aid ship
- 20 Apr 2009 13:44 - Staff Reporter
- Somali pirates attacked a Maltese flagged-ship before dawn on Monday with rocket-propelled grenades, but the ship escaped unharmed.
Cultivating young farmers
- 01 Oct 2008 06:00 - Mantoe Phakathi
- An initiative in Swaziland is improving food security by teaching children how to sustain crops, writes Mantoe Phakathi.
UN seeks $460m in Ethiopian aid
- 22 Sep 2008 14:00 - Staff Reporter
- The United Nations appealed on Monday for $460-million to feed about 10-million Ethiopians hit by drought and high food prices.
WFP: Attacks threaten Darfur food aid
- 08 Sep 2008 13:04 - Staff Reporter
- The UN World Food Programme has threatened to suspend deliveries of food aid to Sudan's Darfur province after a string of attacks on its convoys.
