World Food Programme says needs $6.8 billion over next 6 months to avert famine


  • World
  • Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO A World Food Programs flag flutters on the roof of WFPs headquaters after the WFP won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize in Rome Italy October 9 2020. REUTERSRemo Casilli

FILE PHOTO: A World Food Program's flag flutters on the roof of WFP's headquaters after the WFP won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, in Rome, Italy October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will need to raise$6.8 billion over the next six months to avert famine amid the COVID-19 crisis, the agency said on Tuesday.

The WFP, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week for its efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, said it had so far raised $1.6 billion.

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