World Food Programme

Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports ‘a weapon of war’ with global repercussions

UN chief in talks on restoring Kyiv’s grain exports as tens of millions threatened

WHO among bodies reminding of Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan and Tigray

Russian forces bombard outskirts of Kyiv despite promise to scale back operations

American official also warns of growing food security crisis eleswhere due to impact of war

Effects of Russian invasion are already being felt as far away as Sierra Leone and Ghana

Claims Russian forces taken 4,000-4,500 Ukrainians forcibly across the border

Rebel Houthis have welcomed talks if the venue is neutral and have given priority to lifting Saudi blockade on Houthi-held ports and airports

Flour mills deliver supplies only to bread bakeries amid grain import concerns

Putin has dropped a bomb on the European agricultural sector

Collapse in funding for relief agencies will result in no food rations, UN warned

Fighting in Ethiopia between federal forces and People’s Liberation Front has lasted 14 months

Severe damage to small outer islands hit by tsunami waves in the Haapia island group

Millions at risk of famine as international sanctions against Taliban batter economy

Irish overseas offer humanitarian help in face of hunger, death and devastation

Millions of Afghans unable to afford food as country faces ‘unprecedented’ economic collapse

Oireachtas time is given to a lottery while our rotten system of inequality is ignored

International community faces engaging with Taliban or watching civilians starve in famine

Plan to credit every domestic electricity account-holder will cost €210m in total

Cabinet set to approve €210m plan that will benefit all homes regardless of means

‘Catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis looming following Taliban’s return to power

Ethnicity of contractor drivers for World Food Programme not clear

Whether it is Denis O’Brien or Jeff Bezos, we must parse billionaires’ statements to assess their credibility

Planet Business: Boat burning in Glasgow ahead of Cop26

Many Afghans are selling possessions to buy food, with the Taliban unable to pay wages to civil servants

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov cited for their fight for freedom of expression

Renewed moral sensibility needed ‘that will give us policies ensuring needs of all can be met’

World Bank and IMF should normalise lending to the country, foreign minister says

New report calls for ‘transformation to agroecology’ ahead of UN summit

Western governments must ensure aid ‘reaches intended beneficiaries’, unlike previously

UN conference raises $1.1bn as country faces imminent collapse of humanitarian aid

Human rights official says group conducting house-to-house searches and threatening journalists

Many Afghans face starvation with country isolated and economy unravelling, aid agencies warn

Taliban take over with prices soaring, salaries halted and rising signs of frustration

US to prioritise removing troops from Afghanistan in days before evacuation deadline

US president says he will support British calls for sanctions if Taliban commit abuses

Plans by militant groups for protests on the Israeli border to go ahead on Saturday

Rapid international action is needed to provide a haven for refugees and to support those who stay

Organisation’s Donegal-born chief tells UN briefing of restive country’s ‘hour of need’

Mary Ellen McGroarty says she will not leave given country's humanitarian needs