Sweden's Skau named acting head of UN World Food Programme

ROME, June 2 (Reuters) - Swedish diplomat Carl Skau has assumed the role of acting executive director of the World Food ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

'Food security is national security,' McCain warns as WFP faces funding pressure

This week, the head of the world’s largest humanitarian organization is stepping down. Cindy McCain has led the World Food ...
Boston Herald

UN World Food Program head Cindy McCain says she will step down for health reasons

ROME (AP) — U.N. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain announced on Thursday that she will step down as the head of the humanitarian organization in three months to focus on her health.

Cindy McCain to Trump administration: ‘We need help’ with food aid

World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain pressed the Trump administration for more food aid, saying her ...

World Food Programme slashes Syria aid, affecting 7.2 million as funding crisis deepens

The World Food Programme has halved emergency food aid in Syria due to funding shortages, leaving millions vulnerable despite ...
Boston Herald

UN’s World Food Program warns donor cuts are pushing millions more into hunger

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ food aid agency said Wednesday that severe funding cuts from its top donors are hurting its operations in six countries and warned that nearly 14 million people could ...
CNA

World Food Programme's David Stevenson on Congo's Ebola response

The Ebola outbreak is spreading in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cases have been detected in 24 ...