Washington, United States – – AFP The United States and Qatar officials have agreed to prevent Iran from using a $6 billion humanitarian assistance fund, amid suspicions of Iran’s assistance to Palestinian resistance group Hamas. The money had been transferred to Iranian accounts in Qatar, in a US-Iran prisoner swap deal anno...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Jordan has sent a plane with humanitarian aid to Egypt for the Gaza Strip, which is under total lockdown and intense Israeli attacks. In a statement, the Hashemite Charity Foundation said: “A humanitarian aid plane carrying mostly medical supplies was sent to Gaza on the instructions of King Abdullah II of Jordan.” […]...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The European Union (EU) has suspended funding for the World Food Program (WFP) in Somalia after a UN investigation that discovered “widespread theft” and misuse of aid meant to avert famine in the country. “In Somalia, WFP has been forced to end life-saving aid for 2.6 million people. This is what [&...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Nations has allocated an additional $20 million for growing humanitarian needs in conflict-ridden Sudan. “As humanitarian needs soar in Sudan with critically low funding, I’ve approved an additional $20M from UNCERF [the UN emergency response fund],” UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on soci...