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World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], October 9 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday.
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Panic buying amid COVID-19 can impact global food supply chain: WPF
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], April 4 (ANI): The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic is so far having little impact on the global food supply chain but that could change for the worse if anxiety-driven panic by major food importers takes hold, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
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INS Trikand escorts World Food Programme ship
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): INS Trikand, a front-line warship of the Indian Navy, has provided escort to a UN-affiliated merchant ship transporting relief materials for the underprivileged in Africa under the World Food Programme (WFP) initiative.
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India contributes USD 1 mn for WFP's humanitarian activities in N Korea
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Nov 5 (ANI): As North Korea faces chronic food shortage, India has contributed USD 1 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its humanitarian activities in Pyongyang, the UN agency's monthly report said on Tuesday.
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Southern Africa needs more aid as record 45 mn people face severe hunger:
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Nov 1 (Sputnik/ANI): The international community should increase support for 16 countries in southern Africa, where a record 45 million people will be severely food insecure in the next six months, the UN World Food Programme (UNWFP) said on Thursday.
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With UN World Food Programme, Odisha CM aims at combatting malnutrition in
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): Bishow Parajuli, the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) Representative in India on Wednesday said that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's main focus is to provide protein-rich food to tribals to resolve the issue of malnutrition. Read More
North Korea unlikely to receive food aid by end of Sept
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Sep 6 (ANI) The Unification Ministry here on Friday said that the promised food aid is unlikely to be delivered to North Korea by the end of this month.
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South Korea to provide $8 mn humanitarian aid to North Korea
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 17 (ANI): South Korea on Friday said it would provide USD eight million as humanitarian aid to help North Korea's malnourished children and pregnant women, as the communist country faces severe drought and a food crisis caused by its worst harvest in decades.
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North Korea faces severe drought, UN expresses concern
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 15 (ANI): North Korea continues to face severe drought and severe food shortages as the annual precipitation in the country touched the lowest record since 1982.
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S Korea to review contribution to food aid projects for N Korea
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 14 (ANI): South Korea will review its contribution towards the World Food Program (WFP) food aid projects for babies and pregnant women in North Korea, said South Korean Unification Minister on Monday.
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Cyclone Idai: 3 days of mourning in Mozambique, UN calls emergency getting
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Maputo [Mozambique], Mar 20 (ANI): President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday declared three days of national mourning after days of torrential rain and flooding killed more than 200 people and left a trail of destruction across southeast Africa.
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Yemen: UN demands immediate end to aid diversion by Houthis
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], Jan 1 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has called for an immediate end to the diversion of food relief in Yemen after uncovering evidence of the practice in the capital, Sana'a, and other parts of the country controlled by the Ansarullah (Houthi) movement.
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