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U.S. lifts pause on food donations for World Food Programme
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has lifted a pause on food donations, the U.N. World Food Programme said, ending a suspension that an aid watchdog on Monday warned had left 500,000 ...
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Scoop: Even Washington’s favorite UN agency has to tighten its belt
The U.N.’s premier food agency implements restrictions on recruitment, travel, and procurement, as the U.N. system in a stingy donor climate worsened by the U.S. funding freeze.
Republicans Try to Save USAID Food Program
WASHINGTON——One of the first efforts to restore a program ... It is now the biggest single donor of food for the United Nations’ World Food Programme, among other partners, according to the U.N. The ...
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and ...
UN food agency pauses aid to famine-hit Sudan displacement camp of a half-million people
The United Nations’ food agency says it has temporarily paused aid distribution in Sudan’s famine-hit Zamzam displacement ...