WFP WARNS FOOD RUNNING OUT IN BLOCKADED GAZA STRIP JERUSALEM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that food was running out in the Gaza Strip and appealed to the Israeli authorities to allow food consignments to reach the tens of thousands of people in Gaza who depend on food aid to survive.
VIOLENCE ALONG CHAD/SUDAN BORDER THREATENS THOUSANDS N’DJAMENA – The United Nations World Food Programme warned today that an escalation of the violence that has forced thousands of people from their homes along the Chadian border with Sudan’s Darfur region could seriously impede humanitarian assistance. WFP currently feeds 207,400 Sudanese refugees housed in 12 camps inside Chad.
WFP: LACK OF FUNDS COULD SHARPLY REDUCE AID DELIVERIES IN LEBANON BEIRUT - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that a severe shortage of funding for its logistics operation in Lebanon is threatening to halt international aid efforts to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of displaced people and appealed to the donor community for more cash contributions.