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IFC And WFP Collaborate To Finance Smallholder Farmers In Rwanda And Tanzania

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) are launching smallholder farmer financing programs with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to improve food security among vulnerable...

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Children paying a disproportionate price as famine looms across Somalia, South Sudan, north-east Nigeria and Yemen

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Nyajak Thuok, 20, feeds her one-year-old son Pal Juneng a sachet of ready-to-use therapeutic food (...

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On Nelson Mandela Day, UN celebrates South African leader’s service to humanity

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Nelson Mandela in February 2005.

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US Applauds EU Ministers for Sanctions on 16 Syrian Officials

The United States is applauding the European Union for imposing sanctions Monday on 16 Syrian senior military officials and scientists involved in chemical weapons attacks on civilians.

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