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UN Food Agency Says Millions Are Being Pushed Into Hunger By Iran War
The World Food Program said an analysis in three vulnerable countries found that an additional 2.5 million people in Somalia, 2.3 million in Afghanistan and 1.3 million in Sri Lanka are struggling to meet their basic food needs.
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As Congo Grapples With Ebola, Volunteers Cook Up Meals To Support Patients And Health Workers
A volunteer prepares meals for Ebola patients and health workers in eastern Congo amid a worsening outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo virus.
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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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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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G7, Gulf States Pledge $1.8 Billion for United Nations Refugee Aid
The G7 group of leading economies and Gulf states pledged $1.8 billion in funding Tuesday for UN aid agencies helping Syrian refugees.
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Germany Pledges 100 Million Euros For Refugees
Germany on Tuesday committed an additional 100 million euros ($113 million) to UN agencies to improve assistance for refugees in their home regions.
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China Donates $6 Million for Food in Ebola Countries
China has donated $6 million to help stave off food shortages in the three African countries worst affected by the Ebola virus, the World Food Program (WFP) announced on Monday, part of Beijing's growing assistance to a continent where its companies have become major investors.
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Food Deliveries From UN in Sierra Leone to Fight Ebola
An official says the UN's World Food Program (WFP) is delivering emergency food rations to 2,65,000 people in Sierra Leone's capital to help fight the spread of Ebola.
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UN Says There's Unprecedented Demand for Food Aid
The World Food Program's (WFP) top official said it's unprecedented that the UN aid agency finds itself simultaneously responding to half a dozen major crises in addition to helping the largest number of refugees in the world since World War II.
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UN, Aid Agencies Help 470,000 Displaced People in Pakistan
The UN and other aid agencies are helping 470,000 people who have been displaced from Pakistan's North Waziristan region due to the ongoing military operations, a media report said Wednesday.
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Somalia: Gunfire said to kill 7 as aid is looted
Somali government troops opened fire at hungry civilians on Friday, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for the food at a U.N. distribution site in the capital of this famine-stricken country, witnesses said.
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UN Food Agency Says Millions Are Being Pushed Into Hunger By Iran War
The World Food Program said an analysis in three vulnerable countries found that an additional 2.5 million people in Somalia, 2.3 million in Afghanistan and 1.3 million in Sri Lanka are struggling to meet their basic food needs.
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As Congo Grapples With Ebola, Volunteers Cook Up Meals To Support Patients And Health Workers
A volunteer prepares meals for Ebola patients and health workers in eastern Congo amid a worsening outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo virus.
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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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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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G7, Gulf States Pledge $1.8 Billion for United Nations Refugee Aid
The G7 group of leading economies and Gulf states pledged $1.8 billion in funding Tuesday for UN aid agencies helping Syrian refugees.
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Germany Pledges 100 Million Euros For Refugees
Germany on Tuesday committed an additional 100 million euros ($113 million) to UN agencies to improve assistance for refugees in their home regions.
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China Donates $6 Million for Food in Ebola Countries
China has donated $6 million to help stave off food shortages in the three African countries worst affected by the Ebola virus, the World Food Program (WFP) announced on Monday, part of Beijing's growing assistance to a continent where its companies have become major investors.
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Food Deliveries From UN in Sierra Leone to Fight Ebola
An official says the UN's World Food Program (WFP) is delivering emergency food rations to 2,65,000 people in Sierra Leone's capital to help fight the spread of Ebola.
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UN Says There's Unprecedented Demand for Food Aid
The World Food Program's (WFP) top official said it's unprecedented that the UN aid agency finds itself simultaneously responding to half a dozen major crises in addition to helping the largest number of refugees in the world since World War II.
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UN, Aid Agencies Help 470,000 Displaced People in Pakistan
The UN and other aid agencies are helping 470,000 people who have been displaced from Pakistan's North Waziristan region due to the ongoing military operations, a media report said Wednesday.
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Somalia: Gunfire said to kill 7 as aid is looted
Somali government troops opened fire at hungry civilians on Friday, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for the food at a U.N. distribution site in the capital of this famine-stricken country, witnesses said.
