World Food Programme short $40 million in Burma
More than 600,000 people in Burma need food assistance due to natural disasters, violence and conflict, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
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Quintana plans Arakan visit in midst of anti-UN protests
UN Special Rapporteur to visit Arakan as protestors around the region demand that the UN, along with MSF and other international relief agencies, are forced to withdraw their operations.
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MSF, OCHA hit back at ‘anti-aid worker sentiment’ in Arakan State
International aid agencies say they support those in need regardless of race or religion, following a protest in Sittwe where Arakan Buddhists called for the expulsion of the groups on the basis they are biased in favour of Rohingya Muslims.
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Kachin IDPs ‘suffering food shortage, disease’
Report finds evidence that the thousands of Kachin war victims not being supported by the UN are in desperate need of aid
