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World Bank Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva ended a three-day visit to Pakistan on January 28 by supporting a deepening of Pakistan’s reforms for accelerating growth and saying she had “constructive discussions” with the country’s leadership on the Indus Waters Treaty.

UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has praised the crucial role Jordan plays in the fight against Daesh, following a meeting today with His Majesty King Abdullah II.

In separate calls on January 26, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke with his counterparts from Israel, Germany and France, according to readouts of the calls provided by Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis.

Nutrition programmes throughout Pakistan as well as relief and livelihood activities in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), have received a welcome boost from USAID's Office of Food for Peace.

The Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin welcomes the progress made by the humanitarian community and the Government of Nigeria in fighting hunger in the country’s northeast. Together, Cousin said, they are reaching increasing numbers of people affected by years of conflict.

Ethiopian soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on foot patrol in Halgan village, Hiran region, on 10 June 2016, a day after a battle with Al-Shabaab militants.

WFP is supporting thousands of displaced people now returning home to eastern Aleppo city. As part of this support, hot meals are provided twice a day for 40,000 people in the eastern part of the city each day.

Rural development and youth employment are strongly connected to migration.

A woman holds a small child, while others who have fled their homes amid the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis stand behind her, on a rainy day near the town of Gevgelija, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on the border with Greece.