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India signs MoU with UN World Food Program to distribute food grains insid
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], February 12 (ANI): India signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United Nations World Food Program to distribute food grains to Afghanistan, according to the Indian Embassy in Rome.
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Afghanistan deputy PM Hanafi meets UN officials in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 5 (ANI): Afghanistan Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi on Saturday met with the head of the World Food Program in Afghanistan Mary-Ellen McGroarty and other UN officials in Kabul.
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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 needs USD 2.6 billion to address humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 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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Need USD 2.6 billion to help Afghan people, says World Food Programme
Updated : 4 years, 4 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, 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 needs USD 220 million per month to feed Afghans, says WFP
Updated : 4 years, 5 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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Severe cash crunch threatens WFP operations in Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 5 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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Starvation grips Afghanistan amid economic collapse
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 5 (ANI): Afghanistan is on the brink of mass starvation after nearly four months since the Taliban seized power and now aid groups said that it has threatened to kill a million children this winter, reported The New York Times.
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World Food Program seeks USD 2.6 billion to help Afghans in need of food a
Updated : 4 years, 5 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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