WFP WARNS OF BREAK IN FOOD SUPPLIES TO AFGHANISTAN IN MARCH KABUL – The United Nations World Food Programme today called on donors urgently to provide funds to its Afghanistan operation, which is facing critical shortages in supplying food to 3.5 million vulnerable Afghans. A break in food supplies looms in March if donations are not forthcoming.
3.5 MILLION AFGHANS FACE CRITICAL SHORTAGES OF FOOD AID KABUL – The United Nations World Food Programme today called on donors to provide urgently needed funds to its Afghanistan operation to ensure food assistance to 3.5 million hungry Afghans, warning that there will be a break in food supplies this month without fresh donations.
WFP WARNS OF DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA JERUSALEM – Ahead of an international donor conference this week on the reconstruction of Lebanon in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the situation in Lebanon must not be allowed to overshadow the rapidly deteriorating living conditions of the people in Gaza.