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EU helps WFP sustain food lifeline in Gaza as hardships mount

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Palestine welcomed a contribution of €2.95 million (US$3.6 million) from the European Union to support critical food assistance to severely vulnerable Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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WFP dstributes 7,000 fuel-efficient stoves to improve the lives of displaced women in Banki

The World Food Programme (WFP), together with its partner INTERSOS, has distributed fuel-efficient stoves to 7,340 displaced families receiving WFP food assistance in the town of Banki, in Nigeria’s Borno state. The stoves distribution is an effort to...

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Korean Leaders to Hold Summit Next Month in Pyongyang

North and South Korea say their respective leaders will meet in North's capital of Pyongyang sometime next month.

The announcement was made Monday after the two sides held high-level talks in Panmunjom, the truce village in the border zone that...

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Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw meets refugees in Rwanda with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

British Hollywood actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw met with refugees this week in Rwanda’s Mahama and Gihembe refugee camps, on her first trip with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

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