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Samantha Power, Pulitzer winner and USAID administrator, slated as World Food Prize speaker
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSamantha Power, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, is slated to be a keynote speaker at the World Food Prize's Borlaug Dialogue next month ...
Exclusive-US to provide nearly $55 million in humanitarian aid for Burkina Faso
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe United States will provide nearly $55 million to address a dire humanitarian crisis in Burkina...
USAID administrator says climate change is major force behind global food crisis
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFacing the "greatest global food crisis of our lifetimes," countries must find a way to move beyond "lurching from food crisis to food crisis" to finding long-term solutions, even while climate ...
50 million people in East Africa to face acute food insecurity, experts say
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA village in northern Kenya in May. (Brian Inganga / Associated Press) More than 50 million people...
U.N. agency says staffer killed as Israeli strike hits Gaza food center
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGaza Strip — The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees on Wednesday said at least one of...
USAID administrator weighs in on Israel's allegations about UNRWA
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn "The Takeout" podcast this week, Samantha Power talks with Major Garrett about Israeli...
USAID's Samantha Power on earthquake donations: What's needed most is cash
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"The temptation is to give blankets and teddy bears and strollers and goods," Power said. "But...
USAID chief addresses food crisis, counters Russian misinformation
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSamantha Power's job as the top official in charge of U.S. food aid includes a new task since Russia...
World faces food insecurity crisis as global population reaches 8 billion
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe United Nations on Tuesday officially declared that the global population had reached 8 billion,...
Leaders of UN and aid groups urge immediate release of 17 staffers being held by Yemen's rebels
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThe heads of six U.N. agencies and three international humanitarian organizations issued a joint...