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US Contribution To Boost WFP Food Assistance And Local Economy In Afghanistan

The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$24 million contribution from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support food assistance to highly vulnerable Afghans affected by conflict, displacement, natural disasters, and...

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Lawmakers: Lots of Unanswered Questions Remain About Niger Ambush

The powerful head of the Senate Armed Services Committee says there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the Oct. 4 ambush in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers.

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In Central African Republic, UN chief warns of religious divide, seeks global solidarity to rebuild country

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Secretary-General António Guterres meets with internally displaced persons in Bangassou, Central African Republic...

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Plausible that ‘attack or threat’ led to crash that killed former UN chief Hammarskjöld – new report

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UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld holding a press conference at UN Headquarters on 24 March 1960.

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