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Gaza Sees Total Collapse Of Law And Order As 100 Aid Trucks "Violently Looted": UN
The drivers were forced to unload the trucks at gunpoint, aid workers were injured, and vehicles were extensively damaged.
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World Food Programme Warns Of Budget Shortfall In Afghanistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that one billion dollars are required to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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UN Food Body To Suspend Aid To Palestinians Due To "Severe" Fund Shortage
The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.
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UN To Cut Food Aid For Rohingya Refugees For Lack Of Funds
The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and
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UN's Food Programme Seeks $77 Million Aid For Turkey,Syria Quake Survivors
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
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British Organisation Calls For Insect Eating In Hunger-Stricken African Countries
According to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), the number of people in the Horn of Africa who face the threat of starvation has risen to 22 million.
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Soaring Food Costs Pushed Lebanese Family To Farming To Survive Crises
In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon's own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency.
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WTO's Blanket Food Export Exemptions A Concern For India's Domestic Food Security
India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN'sWorldFood Programme (WFP) as it would restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns, an official statement said on Saturday.
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Afghan People Starving, Forced To Sell Children, Body Part: UN Food Head
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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Donors Back $280 Million Transfer For Afghanistan
Donors agreed on Friday to transfer $280 million from a frozen, trust fund to World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF to support nutrition and health in Afghanistan, the World Bank said as it seeks to help a country facing famine and economic freefall.
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Mid-Day Meals Lifeline For Millions, Should Be Restarted: UN Food Agency
Noting that the mid-day meal scheme represents the lifeline for millions of school children in the country, the UN WFP India has said as the schools reopen, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.
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Mid-Day Meal Scheme Should Be Re-Activated With Provision Of Cooked Meals: UN
Noting that the mid-day meal scheme represents the lifeline for millions of school children in the country, the UN WFP India has said as the schools re-open, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.
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"Hunger Pandemic" Worse Than Covid, Says Nobel-Winning UN Food Agency
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Thursday of a "hunger pandemic" it said could be worse than Covid-19.
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Nobel Peace Prize Win Will Further Strengthen Cooperation With India: World Food Programme
The UN's World Food Programme which won the Nobel Peace prize on Friday said it hopes that this recognition will further strengthen its cooperation with India where it has been working for around five decades in various programmes related to food and nutrition security.
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Gaza Sees Total Collapse Of Law And Order As 100 Aid Trucks "Violently Looted": UN
The drivers were forced to unload the trucks at gunpoint, aid workers were injured, and vehicles were extensively damaged.
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World Food Programme Warns Of Budget Shortfall In Afghanistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that one billion dollars are required to avert a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis furth
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UN Food Body To Suspend Aid To Palestinians Due To "Severe" Fund Shortage
The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.
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UN To Cut Food Aid For Rohingya Refugees For Lack Of Funds
The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and
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UN's Food Programme Seeks $77 Million Aid For Turkey,Syria Quake Survivors
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
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British Organisation Calls For Insect Eating In Hunger-Stricken African Countries
According to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), the number of people in the Horn of Africa who face the threat of starvation has risen to 22 million.
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Soaring Food Costs Pushed Lebanese Family To Farming To Survive Crises
In a remote village in southern Lebanon, Qassem Shreim crouched low to examine his wheat crop. Food costs have soared amid a global wheat crisis and Lebanon's own economic meltdown, but the builder-turned-farmer feels shielded by his self-sufficiency.
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WTO's Blanket Food Export Exemptions A Concern For India's Domestic Food Security
India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN'sWorldFood Programme (WFP) as it would restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns, an official statement said on Saturday.
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Afghan People Starving, Forced To Sell Children, Body Part: UN Food Head
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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Donors Back $280 Million Transfer For Afghanistan
Donors agreed on Friday to transfer $280 million from a frozen, trust fund to World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF to support nutrition and health in Afghanistan, the World Bank said as it seeks to help a country facing famine and economic freefall.
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Mid-Day Meals Lifeline For Millions, Should Be Restarted: UN Food Agency
Noting that the mid-day meal scheme represents the lifeline for millions of school children in the country, the UN WFP India has said as the schools reopen, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.
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Mid-Day Meal Scheme Should Be Re-Activated With Provision Of Cooked Meals: UN
Noting that the mid-day meal scheme represents the lifeline for millions of school children in the country, the UN WFP India has said as the schools re-open, the scheme will also need to be reactivated with the provision of hot, cooked meals.
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"Hunger Pandemic" Worse Than Covid, Says Nobel-Winning UN Food Agency
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony held online because of the coronavirus, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Thursday of a "hunger pandemic" it said could be worse than Covid-19.
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Nobel Peace Prize Win Will Further Strengthen Cooperation With India: World Food Programme
The UN's World Food Programme which won the Nobel Peace prize on Friday said it hopes that this recognition will further strengthen its cooperation with India where it has been working for around five decades in various programmes related to food and nutrition security.
