World Food Program
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Global impact of Ukraine war worst since World War II: U.N. food chiefDavid Beasley, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, told the U.N. Security Council that already high food prices are skyrocketing.WorldMar 29, 2022
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2021 will have ‘famines of biblical proportions,’ Nobel UN agency warnsDavid Beasley said the Norwegian Nobel Committee was looking at the work the agency does every day in conflicts, disasters and refugee camps, often putting staffers' lives at risk to feed millions of hungry people.WorldNov 14, 2020
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World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize as hunger soars amid pandemicIt provided assistance to almost 100 million people in 88 countries last year.WorldOct 9, 2020
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United Nations agencies sound alarm over food shortage crisis expected in YemenA report by the World Food Program, the U.N. Children's Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organization said the number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity is expected to increase from 2 million to 3.2 million in the country's south.WorldJul 25, 2020
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‘We are working like animals’: Elderly women risk lives crushing rock for money in CameroonIn a northern Cameroon town menaced by food insecurity and suicide bombers, women as old as 85 are spending long, grueling days crushing rocks into gravel to earn a living.WorldJul 23, 2016
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Paul Martin calls for G20 to expand beyond economic disastersFormer Liberal prime minister Paul Martin says the G20 needs to widen its economic mandate to include helping United Nations agencies fight diseases and cope with a record number of refugees.EconomyMar 29, 2016
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UN food chief says overwhelming needs in crises outstrip donor generosityThe humanitarian needs in crises from Syria, Yemen and Iraq to South Sudan and Africa's Sahel region are outstripping the generosity of donors, and the U.N. food agency is seeking new sources of money.WorldSep 22, 2015
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UN food agency cuts back help to Syrian refugees after ceasefire appeal ignoredThe World Food Program will halve the value of food vouchers for Syrian refugees in Lebanon and 440,000 Syrian refugees who live outside camps in Jordan will lose support.WorldJul 2, 2015
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Nepal earthquake: Hundreds gather in Kathmandu to mark 1 month since deadly quakeHundreds of people held a candlelight vigil in Nepal's capital Monday evening to mark one month since the earthquake that killed thousands of people and affected millions.WorldMay 25, 2015
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