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World Food Programme vows to continue to provide humanitarian aid in Afgha
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Head of the UN World Food Programme in Afghanistan, Hsiao-Wei Lee, stated on Thursday in Berlin, Germany, that the organization had no plans to leave the country.
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Amid humanitarian crisis, UN's World Food Program vows to remain in Afghan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Hsiao-Wei Lee, the head of the UN World Food Programme in Afghanistan, stated on Thursday this week in Berlin, Germany, that the organization had no plans to leave the country, as the people of Afghanistan continue to live miserably.
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UN deputy relief chief warns of worsening of Yemen's humanitarian catastro
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN deputy relief chief on Monday called for quick and decisive international action as Yemen's humanitarian catastrophe is expected to worsen.
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WFP says 7.4 million people food insecure in south Ethiopia amid severe dr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Severe drought has caused 7.4 million people to be food insecure in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.
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Half of Afghanistan's population is facing 'tsunami of hunger': Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): Afghanistan is under deep humanitarian crisis and over 50 per cent of Afghan's are facing a "tsunami of hunger," the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported, citing numbers from UN World Food Programme.
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WFP, Odisha to work together for resilient food security, women empowermen
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 23 (ANI): United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) hoisted a multi-stakeholder interactive and consultation session on food security in Odisha on digital mode, in which more than 80 policymakers, government actors, NGO partners, academicians, and
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UN official condemns attack on humanitarian worker in South Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations top relief envoy in South Sudan Monday condemned the targeted attack on a UN World Food Programme (WFP) convoy, and the murder of an UN-contracted aid worker and injury of another.
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UN warns 3 million more now 'teetering on the edge of famine'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 8 (ANI): The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million as acute hunger spikes around the world.
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Madagascar reports 'pockets of famine', risks grow for children: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 3 (ANI): "Pockets of famine" have now been reported in Southern Madagascar, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Displaced families in northeast Nigeria 'knocking on door of starvation':
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 16 (ANI): Displaced families in Nigeria's northeast are "knocking on the door of starvation", the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
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First humanitarian flight to Kabul marks 'turning point' in crisis: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): The return of humanitarian flights to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a turning point in the crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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South Sudan: Cash shortage triggers food suspensions for 100,000 displaced
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 14 (ANI): The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that beginning next month, funding shortages will force it to suspend life-saving food assistance for more than 100,000 displaced people in parts of South Sudan until the start of 2022.
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