UN World Food Program struggles to keep up with mounting conflict and drought
Between drawn-out international conflicts and severe drought, the humanitarian agency has been spread thin.
Syria. Ethiopia. South Sudan. Yemen. Haiti.
These are just a handful of the 80-odd countries in the world receiving food aid from the United Nations World Food Program.
Between drawn-out international conflicts and severe drought, the humanitarian agency has been spread thin.
Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the World Food Program, is in Ottawa this week to meet with the federal government to discuss its partnership with the agency.
This segment was produced by The Current's Julian Uzielli.