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Japan Plays Key Role In Supporting Food And Nutrition Security In Malawi

The Government of Japan has made a US$3.7 million contribution to food and nutrition security activities run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF in Malawi. Of this sum, US$2.57 million went to WFP and US$1.13 million to UNICEF...

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25 million children out of school in conflict zones - UNICEF

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April 18, 2017 (centre) Syrian refugee and education activist Muzoon Almellehan speaks with...

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WFP Air-Lifts Life-Saving Supplies To People Struck By Drought In Somalia

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WFP is scaling up its operations to try to avert famine in Somalia, with an aim to reach more than two million drought-affected people...

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Addressing ‘fragility’ of societies key to preventing conflicts, stresses UN chief

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Secretary-General António Guterres (second from right) addresses the Financing for Peace event at the World Bank and...

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