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WFP needs USD 2.6 billion to address humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 2 (ANI): World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday announced that it needs urgent funding of USD 2.6 billion to boost operations for 8.7 million starving Afghans as the freezing winter is deteriorating the situation.
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Starvation in Afghanistan, people sell children and body parts: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 29 (ANI): The UN Head of World Food Program (WFP) has again expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and added that the Afghan people have resorted to selling their children and parts of their bodies to survive.
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WFP, Odisha to work together for resilient food security, women empowermen
Updated : 4 years, 2 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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Humanitarian aid not distributed fairly, say Kabul residents
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 7 (ANI): Residents of Kabul have complained of "unfair distribution" of humanitarian aid, saying that it was not provided to vulnerable people who needed it, local media reported on Friday.
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Need USD 2.6 billion to help Afghan people, says World Food Programme
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 7 (ANI): Expressing concerns over the starvation level in Afghanistan, the World Food Programme has said the organisation needs up to USD 2.6 billion to provide food to Afghan people, reported local media.
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UN official condemns attack on humanitarian worker in South Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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Kabul locals struggle with higher food, fuel prices
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 18 (ANI): Amidst harsh winter, people living in Kabul are struggling for food, fuel and other basic items in the face of surge in fuel prices coupled with high unemployment rates, according to local media.
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UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed Afghans, says WFP
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], December 15 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said that the UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed 23 million Afghans.
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World Bank donors approve release of USD 280 million for Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI): The World Bank donors on Friday (local time) approved to release USD 280 million for Afghanistan to address humanitarian issues.
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Severe cash crunch threatens WFP operations in Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 7 (ANI): Millions of people in Ethiopia could be pushed deeper into hunger as the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a major funding shortfall that threatens its operations there over the coming six months, the UN agency warned on Monday.
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World Food Program seeks USD 2.6 billion to help Afghans in need of food a
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): The United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) has sought the aid of USD 2.6 billion from the international communities to help people in Afghanistan.
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9.4 million people 'living their worst nightmare' in northern Ethiopia due
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 27 (ANI) The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
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