The WFP said it needs $60 million to maintain its food assistance operations this year in Myanmar, where experts say an estimated 15.2 million people face acute food insecurity. © Reuters
(Reuters) -- More than a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from life-saving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) from next month because of critical shortfalls in funding, the latest cut in humanitarian support from the U.N. agency.
"These cuts come just as increased conflict, displacement and access restrictions are already sharply driving up food aid needs," WFP said on Friday, warning that the cuts would affect groups that were entirely reliant on it for food.