WFP/FAO/IFAD Media Advisory: UN Food Agencies’ Chiefs To Visit Drought-Hit...
ROME/ADDIS ABABA - The heads of the three UN food agencies will visit Ethiopia to highlight the critical food and nutrition security situation. Consecutive climate shocks have resulted in back-to-back...
View ArticleHunger Crises Will Escalate Unless We Invest More In Addressing Root Causes,...
ADDIS ABABA - Speaking at the conclusion of a four-day visit to Ethiopia, including to the drought-stricken Somali region, the heads of the United Nations food agencies made a joint call for greater...
View ArticleWFP Launches First Emergency Logistics Simulation Training
ADDIS ABABA – On 15 December, WFP kicked off the organization’s first ever Emergency Logistics Simulation Training to be held in Ethiopia.
View ArticleSweden provides critical assistance for WFP resilience operations in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – Today the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a multiyear contribution of US$10.5 million from the Government of Sweden to provide innovative solutions for building...
View ArticleFunding urgently needed to support hungry refugees in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, are appealing for US$80 million to provide food assistance to refugees in Ethiopia.
View ArticleChina provides WFP with US$6 million for refugees, people hit by drought in...
ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a contribution of US$6 million from the Government of the People’s Republic of China to assist refugees and people suffering...
View ArticleSteven Omamo to head World Food Programme Office in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – Steven Were Omamo is the World Food Programme’s (WFP) new Country Director in Ethiopia, the agency announced on Monday.
View ArticleWFP provides food for families driven from their homes by violent...
ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing food to tens of thousands of people seeking temporary shelter following violent protests in the Somali Region of...
View ArticleHeads of WFP and UNICEF in Ethiopia visit Somali region after days of civil...
ADDIS ABABA – The heads of the United Nations World Food Programme and UNICEF in Ethiopia have made a joint visit to Somali Region of Ethiopia to see firsthand how people affected by recent violence...
View ArticleWFP and government of Ethiopia sign new agreement to strengthen...
ADDIS ABABA - A new accord with the Government of Ethiopia will see the World Food Programme (WFP) develop national capacity in managing the Ethio-Djibouti land corridor and port operations.
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