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World Food Programme to help 15 million Afghans overcome food crisis till
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing food insecurity in Afghanistan, the World Food Programme (WFP) is set to provide more than 15 million Afghans with food assistance every month till March 2023.
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Japan provides food assistance worth USD 1.5 million to Sri Lanka
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 30 (ANI): Sri Lanka, on Monday, received the first tranche of food assistance valued at USD 1.5 million from the government of Japan, which was provided through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
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22 per cent of Sri Lankans need food aid: UN official
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 10 (ANI): A total of 22 per cent of the Sri Lankan population or 4.9 million people live in need of food assistance at the moment, a high-level UN official said on Friday.
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UN World Food Program delegation visits Amritsar to see India's wheat assi
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 5 (ANI): A delegation of the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) visited Amritsar, Punjab to understand the process of procurement, testing and transportation of wheat from India to Afghanistan.
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UN sets up safe spaces along Ukraine's borders, provides food assistance t
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New York [US], March 22 (ANI): UN has set up safe spaces along the Ukrainian border and has reached to more than 3,30,000 people with food assistance since the war began in Ukraine in late February.
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US, EU should provide food to all countries in need, not only Ukraine: Wor
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New York [US], March 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States and Europe should not forget to provide food assistance to all countries in need rather than focus solely on Ukraine, World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley said on Friday.
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Russia urges food assistance, other forms of aid from China amid war with
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], March 15 (ANI): Russia has requested both military and financial assistance from China amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Funds are running dry in Afghanistan but economic crisis continues, says U
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 7 (ANI): Underlining the need for more humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, the food-assistance branch of the United Nations, has once again raised concern about the growing multifold crisis in the country.
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UN provided food assistance to more than 9 million Afghans since Taliban t
Updated : 1 year ago IST
New York [US], January 18 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) had scaled up food assistance in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in mid-August.
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Yemen: 8 million face reduced rations amid funding shortages, says UN
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], December 23 (ANI): The UN food relief agency warned on Wednesday that it is running out of funds to continue providing food assistance to 13 million Yemenis.
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300 families in Afghanistan receive food aid amid ongoing crisis under Tal
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 9 (ANI): At least 300 displaced families received food assistance in Afghanistan's Ghazni amid the ongoing food crisis under the Taliban regime in Islamic Emirate.
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World Food Program seeks USD 2.6 billion to help Afghans in need of food a
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 2 (ANI): The United Nations' World Food Program (WFP) has sought the aid of USD 2.6 billion from the international communities to help people in Afghanistan.
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