Pressure is mounting on Cindy McCain as an anonymous letter from staff of the World Food Programme is making the rounds demanding her immediate resignation as head of the global food agency for failing to “call for a ceasefire” in Gaza or “demand peace.”
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WFP chief Cindy McCain is facing calls from her agency's rank and file to step down, as staff have circulated a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, U.S. President Joe Biden, and WFP's executive board demanding her immediate resignation for her response, or lack thereof, to the crisis in Gaza.
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