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Children among over 100 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

More than 100 Palestinians, including children and women, were killed and dozens of others injured since dawn on Saturday as a result of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. IMAGE: Mourners react......

All you need to know about World Food Programme -- Nobel Peace Prize winner

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme for its efforts to combat hunger. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the WFP had acted "as a driving force in......

20 aid trucks enter Gaza; not enough, says UN chief

United Nations leaders and agencies have welcomed the entry of a humanitarian aid convoy into Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt but noted that it is only a small beginning, still far......

World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

The World Food Programme has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday. According to an official statement by the Committee, the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020......

India sends first shipment of 2,500 tonne wheat to Afghanistan via Pak

India on Tuesday sent the first shipment of 2,500 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan via Pakistani land route, over four months after announcing the humanitarian aid for the Afghan people. IMAGE: A......

WFP runs out of money; food aid may be affected

The United Nations has said it expects to register a 'dangerous and unprecedented' shortfall in budgetary allocations for its World Food Programme and as a result of which food aid to millions of......

Hunger on the rise, warns UN

With over one billion people going to bed hungry, the United Nations has warned that the hunger index is rising and appealed to governments and civil societies to 'leverage every tool' to combat......

G8 leaders urged not to forget the poor

Ahead of the G-8 summit in Italy, the World Food Programmeand the Food and Agricultural Organisationhas urged leaders of the top eight richest countries of the world not to forget the poor as they......

India faces crisis as boom fails rural poor

High economic growth rates have failed to improve food security in India leaving the country facing a crisis in its rural economy, the United Nations World Food Programme warned. India has grown at......

10 nations where people survive on less than $1.25 a day

A young girl with her mother attend a religious mass. Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images About one-third of the world’s 'extremely poor' people live in India, according to......

Tergat lends a hand to new generation

As a child, world marathon record holder Paul Tergat had a good incentive for going to school every day -- a free, hot meal provided by the World Food Programme (WFP).The Kenyan double Olympic......

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Children among over 100 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

All you need to know about World Food Programme -- Nobel Peace Prize winner

20 aid trucks enter Gaza; not enough, says UN chief

World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

India sends first shipment of 2,500 tonne wheat to Afghanistan via Pak

WFP runs out of money; food aid may be affected

Hunger on the rise, warns UN

G8 leaders urged not to forget the poor

India faces crisis as boom fails rural poor

10 nations where people survive on less than $1.25 a day

Tergat lends a hand to new generation

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