food crisis

Afghanistan food crisis deepens as aid cuts leave many living on ‘just bread and tea’

Reuters — The head of the World Food Program in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in US foreign funding. Many people were living on just “bread and tea,” WFP Country Director Hsiao-Wei Lee told Reuters. Afghanistan was …

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Egypt Independent January 29, 2025

International partners “united” in fight against looming food crisis, German foreign minister says

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Friday international partners are working together in the fight against the looming food crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine. ”We are working together against Russia’s cynical grain war that threatens to destabilize countries,” Baerbock told reporters at a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, …

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Egypt Independent June 25, 2022

G7 foreign ministers say Russia is to blame for exacerbating food insecurity

Russia’s war against Ukraine is exacerbating food insecurity, the G7 foreign ministers said Friday in a joint statement. The ministers reiterated their condemnation of the war and called on Moscow “to cease its attacks and threatening actions and un-block the Ukrainian Black Sea ports for food exports.” “In today’s meeting the G7 Foreign Ministers of …

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Egypt Independent June 24, 2022