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United States Funding Helps WFP Provide Vital Nutrition Support In Mozambique

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes an additional US$2.7 million contribution from the United States to support pregnant and nursing women, and people living with HIV (PLHIV) or TB on anti-retroviral treatment. The funding will be used to buy, transport and distribute fortified blended food for the treatment of malnutrition among these vulnerable groups, whose situation has been made worse by the recent drought.

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UN, African Union sign new partnership framework to better respond to evolving challenges

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Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium, right) and Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, address the press following the signing of a Joint UN-AU Framework for Enhancing Partnerships on Peace and Security.

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Community Based Disaster Risk Management And School Safety Programmes Launched In Balochistan

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) - Balochistan in collaboration with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) Pakistan launched two new programmes aimed at reducing the risks posed by natural disasters in Balochistan – Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) and School Safety programmes.

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Diseases and sexual violence threaten Somalis, South Sudanese escaping famine – UN

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A mother with her children at the Liibaan Internal Displaced Person (IDP) settlement, Baidoa, Somalia.

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Central African Republic: Civilians Targeted in Sharply Escalating Conflict

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams witness summary executions and other tactics to terrorize civilians

As conflict spreads and intensifies in the Central African Republic (CAR), civilians are being attacked at levels not seen in years, especially in the east-central area of the country, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned on April 12th.

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New UN guidelines to make international trade in plants and seeds safer

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Agricultural produce ‘on the move’ in the port of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

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Top UN officials express 'horror' at attack on evacuees in Syria; underline that civilians must be protected

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A child standing amid debris on a street in Aleppo.

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'Monstrous, cowardly' attack on Syrian evacuees a show of shameless disregard for human life – UN aid chief

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Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.

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UN food relief agency 'outraged and heartbroken' by killing of three workers in South Sudan city

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A displaced woman walks in a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in Wau town, South Sudan.

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Australia Announces Funding To Improve Nutrition In Pakistan

The Australian Government announced additional support worth one million dollars to the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Pakistan to improve nutrition, eliminate hunger and attain food security by fortifying food on Apr 13.