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WFP warns funding shortfall will push millions to 'brink of starvation'

Its new analysis shows each 1% cut in aid to its US$5.2 billion annual budget could push 400,000 people toward starvation.

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The World Food Program warned that cuts in humanitarian aid could push 24 million more people to the edge of starvation over the coming year.

Rome-based WFP said on Tuesday it faces a more than 60% funding shortfall this year, the highest in its 60-year history, as governments increasingly scale back on international humanitarian aid due to multiple crises linked to factors such as inflation, conflict and climate change.

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