Topic: United Nations World Food Programme
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4 ways to prevent natural disasters from becoming human tragedies
The catastrophic impact of climate change – especially on the developing world – is not inevitable. Here are four cutting-edge tools to anticipate and minimize the damage from natural disasters.
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North Korea to suspend nuclear activity in exchange for food: 5 key questions
Here are five key questions on the link between food and nuclear weapons in North Korea.
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North Korea food and nukes: 5 key questions
North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, is accusing the United States of politicizing food aid by linking it to a long-standing demand that North Korea halt its nuclear program.
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Four reasons help is slow to reach Somalia’s famine victims
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Japan earthquake: 5 ways the international community is helping
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NATO blames 'fluid' ground situation for airstrikes hitting Libyan rebels
NATO airstrikes in Libya may have killed rebel forces, but commanders have refused to apologize despite increasingly strained relations between the rebels and the military alliance.
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Pakistan allots land to women in an effort to end a cycle of debt
Some 5,800 peasants in Sindh province are set to receive farmland previously designated as government-owned flood runoff. By the end of March, some 92,000 acres will be allotted to women only.
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Japan earthquake: 5 ways the international community is helping
Japan has received offers of assistance from 14 international organizations and 102 countries (including a number of unexpected aid donors such as embattled Afghanistan and poverty-stricken Cambodia), according to the latest report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Japan has accepted help, mostly in the form of search and rescue teams, from 15 countries. Here is an overview of some of the help pouring into Japan as it struggles to dig out from Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami.
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Rising global food prices squeeze the world's poor
Weather, inflation, and biofuels pushed the United Nations food price index to an all-time high in December, sparking concern over the poor being left with empty plates.
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How India feeds 120 million kids a day
India is home to the world's largest free-lunch program giving many schoolchildren across the country what may be their only hot meal for the day.
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South Sudan unprepared for the flood of returning refugees
South Sudan's government has brought home hundreds of South Sudanese, but it seems unable to meet the needs of the people who arrived before that and are still trying to establish themselves.
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Aid workers rush to help Ivory Coast refugees flooding into Liberia
Refugees from the Ivory Coast have been streaming across the Liberian border at a rate of roughly 500 per day, according to the United Nations.
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Food aid stalled in northwest Pakistan after female Taliban suicide bomber kills 45
A Pakistani Taliban spokesman said the Christmas Day attack targeted the Salarzai tribe, which has allied itself with the government and formed an anti-Taliban militia.
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UN is preparing for worst-case scenarios in Sudan
The UN is already preparing for the potential of significant violence following Sudan's Jan. 9 referendum, which could disrupt food supply and prompt mass migrations.
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Most corrupt country in the world? Somalia, says Transparency International.
According to Transparency International's annual Corruption Perceptions Index, Somalia is the world's most corrupt country, highlighting the convergence of conflict and corruption.
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Pakistan floods: residents brace for a second wave of problems
Pakistan floods recede but experts warn of a second wave of heavy rains that could spell disaster for those who already remain cut-off from aid now that many bridges have been washed away.
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Pakistan floods displace millions, aid welcome from US or from militants
The US has committed $35 million thus far to battle the worst Pakistan floods in 80 years. Meanwhile, a militant group has some 3,000 volunteers working around the country.
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Pakistan floods: Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Islamists linked to India's Mumbai attack, offer aid
As Pakistan floods displace millions, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a militant Islamist group linked to the 2008 terrorist assault on Mumbai, India, is distributing aid in northwest Pakistan.
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What Burma (Myanmar) needs to fill its rice bowl
In Burma (Myanmar), once the world's leading rice exporter, indebted farmers are losing their land or cannot afford quality seeds. More aid and credit are available these days, but not nearly enough, say development experts.
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Laos turns to hydropower to be 'Asia's battery'
The Laos government is banking on hydropower - with plans to build 55 dams - to sell electricity to its Asian neighbors. But critics say hydropower comes at the cost of more displaced farmers and altered rivers.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 05/10
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Did North Korea's Kim Jong-il take a secret train to China?
North Korea’s secretive leader Kim Jong-il may be visiting China, as reports emerged of a ‘special’ train – his preferred means of travel – at the border. Kim may seek his powerful ally’s help on dwindling food aid.
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Haiti relief: Refugees move to higher, drier ground as rainy season begins
A new Haiti relief effort will see a camp set up 12 miles outside Port-au-Prince to provide shelter for some 5,000 quake refugees before the upcoming rainy season. The Corail Cesselesse camp is the first major housing effort since the Jan. 12 earthquake. It's dry, but far from the city, schools, supplies, and jobs.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/02
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Can Afghanistan Taliban absorb blow to Quetta Shura?
The Afghanistan Taliban is under pressure with 7 of 15 members of its top leadership council, the Quetta Shura, recently arrested. But still in place are senior leaders who might step up and other senior Taliban councils responsible for different parts of the country.
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As Haiti's airport reopens, US military shifts its role
While there is still much work to be done, the security situation in Haiti has stabilized enough that some US forces will soon leave the country.
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Haiti's pressing need: rain-resistant shelter for 750,000 homeless
With the rainy season set to arrive in Haiti, aid organizers say the top priority is to bring in shelter that can withstand rain and even hurricanes. Some 750,000 people still do not have basic shelter or are crowded in with relatives and friends.
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Haiti: black market in food aid emerges
In Haiti's capital, street vendors are openly selling rice by the cup from bags stamped with US flags.
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Haiti earthquake diary: The quest for temporary housing
The Haitian government aims to provide temporary shelter for each of the more than 1 million made homeless by the Jan. 12 quake, but given the pace of the aid delivery so far, that goal seems lofty.
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'Hope for Haiti Now' telethon galvanizes giving
The celebrity-studded 'Hope for Haiti Now' telethon has helped spur donations to Haitian earthquake relief, raising $61 million so far.
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