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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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22.8 million Afghan people will face acute hunger: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI): More than half the population of Afghanistan - a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, a UN aid organisation said on Monday.
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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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The Weeknd named goodwill ambassador for United Nations World Food Program
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd was recently made a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme in Los Angeles.
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Hundreds of displaced families ordered to leave Kabul by Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 8 (ANI): Hundreds of displaced families who were living in Kabul amid countrywide fighting that preceded the Taliban takeover in August, have now been ordered to return to their homes.
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Afghan economy on verge of collapse under Taliban: WFP Official
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The economic situation in post-war Afghanistan under the Taliban government continues to deteriorate, Mary-Ellen McGroarty, country director at World Food Programme (WFP) in Kabul, said on Wednesday.
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Half of Afghanistan's children under-5 expected to suffer from acute malnu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 6 (ANI): An estimated 3.2 million Afghan children under five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, adding that without immediate treatment, at least a million are at risk of dying.
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Job losses, soaring prices creating new class of hungry in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 24 (ANI): Job losses, lack of cash and soaring prices are creating a new class of hungry in Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned on Thursday.
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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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Germany donates USD 2.3 million to aid Afghan, Iraqi refugees in Iran
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], August 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany contributed USD 2.3 million to support Afghan and Iraqi refugees in Iran, the World Food Program said in a press release on Tuesday.
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Crisis of incredible proportions unfolding in Afghanistan, 14 million faci
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], August 26 (ANI): A crisis of incredible proportions is unfolding in Afghanistan as conflict, combined with drought and COVID-19, is pushing Afghans into a humanitarian "catastrophe", said the UN food relief agency on Wednesday.
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