World news about “Food aid” published by euronews.
Greece: broken promises This year’s Greek Ash Thursday free barbecue in Athens had longer line-ups than usual. The meat-fest came ahead of the fasting before traditional Greek… 17/02/2012
MEPs debate food aid extension to EU’s poorest Could food aid to Europe’s most needy soon become a thing of the past? Set up in 1987 to help the bloc’s most deprived citizens, MEP’s in Strasbourg have been… 14/02/2012
Food programme in ManilaA boy enjoys free meals provided by a food programme at a slum community in Manila. According to the United Nations, gaps between rich and poor are widening… 28/10/2011
Cuts that threaten to starve European food aid Every morning, Arnaud Langlais and his team scour the stalls at the biggest wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Europe, Rungis in France. Their main aim… 20/10/2011
Red Cross urges global food price action To discuss the international concerns of feeding the world’s populations, euronews spoke to Matthias Schmale, a senior official with the Red Cross Federation… 22/09/2011
World hunger help failing says IFRC Painfully hungry every day – the latest World Disasters Report takes a hard look at why nearly a billion people live like this, when there is enough food… 22/09/2011
EU food row could spark poverty crisis A dispute over aid to Europe’s poorest citizens threatens to spark a major food crisis, France has warned. The EU programme currently provides hand outs to at… 20/09/2011
Malnourished refugees in the Horn of AfricaA severely malnourished refugee girl from Buale in Somalia, holds a cup inside a ward at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) clinic at the Hagadera… 30/07/2011
Malnourished children near Somali border – nocomment As the famine in southern Somalia continues, another malnourished child arrived at the German International Cooperation hospital at a refugee camp in Dadaab… 24/07/2011
US looks to finalise North Korea food aid dealUS diplomats met with North Korean officials in Beijing on Wednesday to finalise a food aid deal, part of an agreement to end Pyongyang’s nuclear… 07/03/2012
Turkish teenager pulled alive from quake debrisTurkish rescue workers in Ecris have pulled a thirteen year-old boy alive from the rubble of a collapsed building destroyed by Sunday’s earthquake. Serhat… 28/10/2011
Israel quake aid for Turkey divides opinionCold, wet weather is adding to the misery for the thousands of Turkish earthquake victims. Relief has been pouring into Ercis after much of the town of… 27/10/2011
Nations meet to discuss famine crisis in AfricaA UN conference has opened in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, aimed at exploring ways to deal with the drought and famine ravaging the Horn of… 08/09/2011
UN gives stark warning about Somalia famineFamine in Somalia has spread to engulf three quarters of the country’s regions according to the United Nations. Four million Somalis are now going hungry. The… 06/09/2011
Somali famine spreads across other regionsThe UN says the famine gripping parts of southern Somalia has spread to three new areas of the country. Officials estimate the entire south is likely to be… 04/08/2011
Ramadan ‘slows down registration’ of Somali refugeesThere are reports from the Horn of Africa that the supply of food to refugees fleeing the famine has been slowed by the onset of Ramadan. Many who have… 02/08/2011
Aid groups vaccinate children in Horn of AfricaEmergency vaccinations have begun in the world’s biggest refugee camp, where thousands fleeing famine are also at risk of disease. The aim is to protect… 01/08/2011
Somalia’s fight against famine and rebelsThe United Nations is warning the whole of conflict and drought-ridden Somalia is heading into famine – a crisis made worse by the refusal of Islamist… 31/07/2011
Aid workers struggle with Somali refugee influxAid agencies at the Dadaab refugee camp on Kenya’s border with Somalia said on Saturday they were scrambling to provide medical help to the thousands of… 30/07/2011
Famine threatens a generation in Horn of AfricaHabibo is a little one-year-old Somali girl. She weighs six kilos, she is nearly blind through malnutrition, and she is battling against death. She has… 25/07/2011
UN warns of ‘urgency’ in famine-hit SomaliaThe UN on Thursday warned of the “acute urgency” to help the Horn of Africa after the world body officially declared a famine in southern Somalia. More than… 22/07/2011
UN to declare a famine in SomaliaThe UN is set to declare famine in parts of southern Somalia signalling donors need to provide more aid. The organisation’s food agency is to host a meeting… 20/07/2011
Brazilian handed job as UN’s food chiefBrazil’s Jose Graziano da Silva is the new chief of the UN food agency charged with reducing global hunger, at time when food prices are going through the… 26/06/2011
