21-03-2025, 06:01 PM
Myanmar relief camps receive last WFP aid as cuts begin.
MYANMAR: Distraught Myanmar relief camp dwellers received final handouts from the World Food Programme on Wednesday (Mar 19) as the UN agency begins halting aid to a million people in the country because funding has dried up.
President Donald Trump's slashing of the US aid budget has contributed to "critical funding shortfalls" for WFP, forcing it to make sweeping cuts in Myanmar, which has been racked by a four-year, multi-sided civil war.
MYANMAR: Distraught Myanmar relief camp dwellers received final handouts from the World Food Programme on Wednesday (Mar 19) as the UN agency begins halting aid to a million people in the country because funding has dried up.
President Donald Trump's slashing of the US aid budget has contributed to "critical funding shortfalls" for WFP, forcing it to make sweeping cuts in Myanmar, which has been racked by a four-year, multi-sided civil war.