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River convoy reaches isolated areas in Ulang, South Sudan, saving millions of dollars on costly airdrops

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has, for the first time since civil war broke out in South Sudan at the end of 2013, managed to send boats carrying humanitarian food assistance up the Sobat river, a major tributary of the White Nile.

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UK announces broad support for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh welcomes a new contribution of US $22.25 million from the United Kingdom to support the Rohingya refugee response in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

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In Chad, top UN officials say humanitarian response must go ‘hand in hand’ with longer-term recovery

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Women at a hospital in N'Djamena, Chad, care for their malnourished children.

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Nobel Peace Prize goes to UN Goodwill Ambassador and Congolese doctor, highlighting sexual violence

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2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Nadia Murad, is the UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity...

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