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  • Video 18 hours ago

    What’s Hard About Getting Food To The Sahel?

    What’s Hard About Getting Food To The Sahel?

    WFP Regional Director for West Africa Thomas Yanga outlines some of the challenges to reaching hungry people in the Sahel with food assistance.
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  • Story 2 days ago

    WFP Scales Up Operations in Burkina Faso to Respond to Sahel Crisis

    Following erratic rains and poor harvests, Burkina Faso is among the Sahel countries currently facing a food and nutrition crisis. 
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  • Hunger in the News 2 days ago

    For Woman in Sudan, No Escape From Misery

    Source: The New York Times Hundreds of thousands of Southern Sudanese who have spent most of their lives in the north now find themselves straddling two worlds, their lives upended by a tumultuous border that recently split the country in half. (..) But for southerners living north of the border, like Mrs. Ley, whose stooped back and cracked, calloused hands tell their own story of suffering and toil, the south’s joyous independence compounded their misery.
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  • @WFP 2 days ago

    Just published a new episode of #MollysWorld. Watch the new video and leave a message for Molly! http://t.co/GjUPvPO4

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  • Youtube Video 1 day ago

    The Outlook In South Sudan

    The Outlook In South Sudan

    WFP Deputy Executive Director Ramiro Lopes Da Silva discusses the problems facing South Sudan during a recent trip to the region to visit WFP operations there.
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  • Hunger in the News 6 days ago

    Ending world hunger is possible – so why hasn't it been done?

    Source: The Guardian Some 850 million people go to bed hungry. (..) Hunger is both a cause and a symptom of poverty. Damaged bodies and brains are a moral scandal and a tragic waste of economic potential. That hunger exists at all shows the urgency of redistributing income and assets to achieve a fairer world. (..) That that redistribution has not already taken place is truly something to be ashamed of. If the right decisions are made now, we can feed the world and address inequality.
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  • Story 6 days ago

    Libya One Year On

    This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of protests that ignited the revolt against Libya’s Moammar Ghaddafi.  As Libya celebrates, WFP remembers some of its challenges and achievements over the past year. Since operations began in March 2011, WFP reached nearly 1.5 million conflict affected people in Libya, and over another half a million returnees and Libyan refugees in Tunisia and Egypt.
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  • Hunger in the News 1 week ago

    Poor diet kills 2.6 million infants a year, says survey by Save the Children

    Source: The Guardian Malnutrition is the root cause of the deaths of 2.6 million children each year, and the bodies and brains of 450 million more will fail to develop properly due to inadequate diet over the next 15 years unless immediate action is taken, according to a survey published on Wednesday by a leading international charity. (..) The World Food Programme has predicted meanwhile that 24 million more children will be malnourished by 2050 as a result of climate change.
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  • WFP Photo Gallery 1 week ago

    Drought Takes Its Toll In Burkina Faso

    Drought Takes Its Toll In Burkina Faso
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  • Story 1 week ago

    WFP Brings Food to Drought-Affected People in Northern Afghanistan

    In northern Afghanistan, WFP is distributing food to people who lost their harvest last year due to drought.
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  • WFP Photos 1 week ago

    Agency Heads Meet To Address Hunger In The Sahel

    Agency Heads Meet To Address Hunger In The Sahel
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  • Video 1 week ago

    Food Crisis In Africa's Sahel Region

    Food Crisis In Africa's Sahel Region

    Drought has returned to the Sahel region of West Africa bringing hunger to millions for the third time in recent years. The quick recurrence of droughts means that people have had little time to recover. Savings are exhausted and livestock herds have not been replenished.
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  • News Release 1 week ago

    Urgent Call For United Action In The Sahel Region Of West Africa

    Joint statement by United Nations agencies, the European Commission and USAID on the deteriorating situation in the Sahel.
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  • WFP Photo Gallery 1 week ago

    Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson visits WFP Projects in the Horn Of Africa

    Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson visits WFP Projects in the Horn Of Africa
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  • Story 1 week ago

    Music Artist 50 Cent 'Inspired' By Trip To Horn Of Africa

    After visiting a refugee camp in Somalia and a slum in the Kenyan capital, Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson has reaffirmed his determination to help WFP fight hunger in the region. The music artist has already committed to provide a billion meals for the hungry.
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  • Food Factor Podcast 2 weeks ago

    Are Food Markets Drying Up In The Sahel?

    Food prices are on the rise from Chad to Burkina Faso as drought in the Sahel region of Africa takes its toll on local food markets. In the latest episode of the Food Factor Podcast, WFP Market Analyst Jean-Martin Bauer tells us how the situation is evolving and what makes it different from previous crises in the Sahel.
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  • Story 5 weeks ago

    Molly’s World: A Girl Films Her Life In A Nairobi Slum

    What’s it like to grow up in the slums of Nairobi? In Spring 2011, WFP gave a small video camera to a 12-year-old girl named Molly and asked her to record scenes from her daily life. Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing more of her videos which offer a window into one of the poorest places on earth. Welcome to Molly's World.
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