Shafaqna English- Severe funding cuts from its top donors are hurting its operations in six countries, and it warned that nearly 14 million people could be forced into emergency levels of hunger, the World Food Program reported.
The World Food Program, traditionally the UN’s most-funded agency, said in a new report that its funding this year “has never been more challenged” – largely due to slashed outlays from the USA under the Trump administration and other leading Western donors.
It warned that 13.7 million of its food aid recipients could be forced into emergency levels of hunger as funding is cut. The countries facing “major disruptions” are Afghanistan, Congo, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, it said.
Sources: Arab News