Organisation: United Nations World Food Programme

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The food crisis in Yemen is getting worse as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. File image

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Hunger linked to Covid-19 could cause 12,000 deaths a day, Oxfam warns

Oxfam said 121 million more people face being pushed to the brink of starvation because of the Covid-19 pandemic

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Why questions of food waste, climate mitigation, and agricultural production will become more urgent

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'The pain is permanent over the failure to update IT', says priest at memorial service for air crash victim

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Food insecurity shows the fork is mightier than the wall

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No safety nets in wake of devastating cyclone

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Villagers 'gave away children willingly'

Diaz dials in to honour Drew

Cameron Diaz called in to Oprah Winfrey's talk show from a film set in Los Angeles on Monday to pay tribute to her best friend Drew Barrymore's generous $1m charity donation.

Wed, 05 Mar, 2008

Government aid of €2m for Chad

A DONATION of €2 million to the United Nations World Food Programme has been announced by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Trevor Sargent.

Wed, 12 Sep, 2007

Red Cross delivers aid in Lebanon

Aid workers moved gingerly around unexploded bombs littering southern Lebanon today to deliver food and fuel to people cut off by weeks of fighting and to evacuate war wounded to hospitals, officials said.

Wed, 16 Aug, 2006

Quake-hit villagers desperate for aid

A trickle of aid began reaching survivors of the Indonesian earthquake that killed more than 5,400 over the weekend, but desperate villagers said today the meagre deliveries were not enough.

Tue, 30 May, 2006

Ireland makes €7m aid donation

An overall 2005 contribution of €7 million from the Department of Agriculture and Food to the United Nations World Food Programme was announced yesterday by Food Minister Brendan Smith.

Sat, 08 Oct, 2005

Millar denies giving approval to Japanese rugby bid

IRB chairman Dr Syd Millar has refuted reports that claimed he has given his support to the Japan Rugby Union’s tender to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Wed, 23 Feb, 2005

€4.83m donation to food scheme

Dublin: A donation of €4.83 million by the Department of Agriculture and Food to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) was announced yesterday by Farm Minister Joe Walsh.

Wed, 09 Jun, 2004

Marines protect US embassy in Haiti

US Marines were protecting the country’s embassy in Haiti today as rebels threatened to attack the capital in a bid to overthrow President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Tue, 24 Feb, 2004

Aid lifeline as rebels agree to leave Liberia's capital

Liberia’s main rebel movement has agreed to withdraw from the capital and its vital port, allowing food to flow to the starving city left in ruins after two months of sieges.

Wed, 13 Aug, 2003

10,000 left homeless as heavy rains ravage Zambia

HEAVY rains have destroyed crops and swept away bridges and houses in a hunger-stricken part of Zambia, leaving more than 10,000 homeless, a senior government official said yesterday.

Thu, 27 Mar, 2003

UN struggling to feed Kandahar refugees

The United Nations World Food Programme has said it is struggling to deliver aid to an estimated 238,000 refugees around the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.

Thu, 27 Dec, 2001