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Venezuela Protests, Clashes Continue After Man Set on Fire

Doctors and medical students took to the streets of Venezuela's capital Monday, the latest in a series of ongoing and increasingly violent street demonstrations, following protests over the weekend in which one man was set on fire.

Help Prevent Famine With WFP’s ShareTheMeal App During Ramadan

To mark the Holy Month of Ramadan this year, ShareTheMeal, the official app of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), is launching two simultaneous fundraising campaigns -- one to help prevent famine in Yemen and another supporting Syrian...

First Cash Assistance To Secondary Girl Students Using Biometrics In Fata

The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched its first cash-based assistance for secondary school girls in Pakistan and is using biometric attendance data for the first time as part of its support to the FATA Secretariat education programme.

On International Day, UN agency urges 'hope, healing, dignity' for fistula sufferers

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While access to reproductive and maternal health care is expanding, local custom keeps Fereshta (above), like...