Full Coverage: Aid

13.05.2008 More than 27,000 people in the Irrawaddy delta region of Burma -- one of the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis -- have received food aid and other crucial supplies, a UN food agency announced yesterday.

07.05.2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (OneWorld) - A major U.S.-based humanitarian aid group is urging the Bush administration to revise its aid policy toward Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and provide immediate assistance to the cyclone victims in that country.

07.05.2008 President Bush asked last week that the United States give $770 million in emergency food aid to afflicted regions, but this only amounts to an imperfect first step to confront the global food crisis, says economist Arvind Subramanian.

07.05.2008 Five days after Cyclone Nargis hit parts of Myanmar, international aid has begun to arrive. Latest estimates claim over 22,000 people have perished and twice as many gone missing, leaving a million people homeless. The Irrawaddy delta still remains cut off from the world.

06.05.2008 The United States should repeal restrictions on humanitarian assistance to Burma and help those affected by Cyclone Nargis, said an international refugee agency yesterday, higlighting the "tremendous need inside Burma."

05.05.2008 The devastating Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar early Saturday has claimed 350 lives, as death tolls mount. While aid operations were restricted by the military junta in the outskirts of capital Yangon, the state media announced the country will go ahead with the constitutional referendum on May 10.

03.05.2008 Italian superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli has taken Radiohead's lead and released an exclusive video directly to fans at the price they feel like paying - with all proceeds going to ActionAid.

02.05.2008 Iraqis that have fled to Jordan and Syria are only managing to get by because they help each other, writes a U.S. peace advocate after meeting with refugees and the groups that support them in Amman.

02.05.2008 Ilman lisärahaa ruokakriisi voi räjähtää käsiin, varoittavat YK ja Maailmanpankki. Järjestöt vaativat kansainvälistä yhteisöä avaamaan kukkaronsa ja antamaan Maailman ruokaohjelma WFP:lle sen hätäapuun tarvitsemat 755 miljoonaa dollaria.