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US, Russia Signal Willingness to Extend Nuclear Arms Pact

The U.S. and Russia signaled their willingness Tuesday to reach a new deal on nuclear arms control by working toward a freeze on warhead arsenals for a year past the February expiration of the current weapons pact.

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European Union supports WFP’s cash assistance to people affected by drought and COVID-19 in Lesotho

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes the European Union’s (EU) contribution of €2.8 million (M55.5 million) to provide much needed relief assistance to the most vulnerable people in Lesotho affected by three consecutive years of...

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Humanitarian access critical if lives to be saved as conflict rages is central Sahel

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that unless humanitarian access is urgently granted to organizations like the WFP, catastrophic levels of hunger could hit hard in parts of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on October 19, 2020. The...

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Twelve migrants dead, others missing off the coast of Djibouti: IOM

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Staff from the IOM’s Obock response centre and local officials respond to assist migrants in...

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