The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today announced donations from a group of countries to feed the hungry. The donations, more than US $48 million, will provide food aid for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning of increasing hunger in Sudan, including Darfur. The FAO says 3.3. million people in Sudan are suffering from hunger now, but the number will increase to 4 million this year. One out of every nine people in Sudan will be a victim of hunger.
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The war in South Sudan is claiming more lives, the latest being a massacre in Bentiu, the capital of Unity State. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is rushing aid to war victims.
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United Nations leaders appealed again today for help for the suffering war victims in Syria. With the civil war escalating the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate.
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The United Nations says the number of displaced persons continues to rise in conflict-torn South Sudan. Hunger is fast increasing as a result. South Sudan is at risk of famine.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today said it’s providing emergency food aid to 250,000 people in Iraq. Conflict in Al-Anbar province between armed opposition groups and the government is displacing more and more Iraqis.
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Leaders from the United Nations, the United States and Europe warned yesterday of famine in South Sudan. The already impoverished country is the setting of conflict between the government and opposition forces.
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A U.S. bulk carrier has brought 7,300 metric tons of wheat to the port of Hudaydah in Yemen. The United Nations said today the wheat is part of a donation from the United States Food for Peace program.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a donation of US $ 684,000 from France. The funds will be used to help feed Syrian refugees in Jordan.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned today of drought taking hold on war-torn Syria. A special report released by WFP shows how the drought will make the hunger crisis in Syria even worse.
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