CANCELLED CONVOYS HAMPER AID FOR STRANDED IN SOUTHERN LEBANON BEIRUT - The United Nations World Food Programme today warned that it had suffered another setback in its huge efforts to bring much-needed aid to the beleaguered inhabitants of southern Lebanon.
UN AGENCY HEADS ON UNPRECEDENTED TRIP TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION GENEVA – The heads of three of the United Nations largest humanitarian agencies are embarking on their first joint mission to visit their common operations.
THOUSANDS OF LEBANESE HEADING HOME FROM SYRIA GET WFP FOOD PARCELS DAMASCUS - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that to facilitate the mass return of Lebanese who had taken refuge in Syria, it has been providing bread and biscuits to the thousands of people heading over the border back into Lebanon.
TRIAGE AGAIN IN AFRICA AS WFP FORCED TO CUT RATIONS FOR MILLIONS ACROSS SUDAN KHARTOUM – The UN World Food Programme said today that a critically slow response to appeals for its emergency operation in Sudan have forced it to cut rations of pulses, sugar and salt for up to 3.5 million people immediately, to help limited stocks last longer.
