World Food Programme closes southern Africa office

UN's food agency WFP closes southern African bureau
The United Nations' World Food Programme, which gets much of its funding from the United States, is closing its southern African bureau, a communications officer said on Monday. The WFP's decision was communicated to staff around the world in an email on Friday from Global Executive Director Cindy McCain.
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The decision comes amid widespread drought throughout the region, as well as an increasingly fraught war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Monday that it was closing its Southern Africa bureau due to funding constraints after United States (US) President Donald Trump’s administration announced last week that it was terminating 90 per cent of USAID’s foreign aid contracts.
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The United Nations' World Food Programme, which gets much of its funding from the United States, is closing its southern African bureau due to funding constraints, the agency said on Monday. WFP gets nearly half of its donations in a typical year from the United States,
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The United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) announced Monday it is closing its southern African bureau due to funding constraints.
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WFP is closing its Southern Africa bureau due to US aid cuts, impacting food assistance amid a severe regional drought.