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News Releases
Official statements announcing key developments in WFP operations and activities.
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13 October 2005
Hunger toll on World Food Day: 6,241,512 dead
Speaking on the occasion of World Food Day on 16 October, the Executive Director of WFP, James Morris, said that by the end of the day 6,241,512 people will have already died of hunger and related diseases so far this year 13 October 2005
WFP hands out food in city worst hit by South Asia earthquake
WFP begins handing out emergency food rations to thousands of desperate people in Muzaffarabad, the city worst hit by 8 October’s huge earthquake. 13 October 2005
WFP launches Japanese version of Food Force
Food Force, the humanitarian video game produced by WFP, will be launched in Japanese on 17 October. This is the first version of the hugely popular video game in another language other than English. The Japanese Food ... 11 October 2005
Irish contribution to help drought-stricken Mozambique
WFP welcomes a donation of 500,000 Euros (14.7 billion Meticais) from the Irish Government which will be used to assist Mozambicans affected by the country’s fourth consecutive year of drought. 10 October 2005
WFP starts emergency airlift to earthquake victims
WFP is beginning a major airlift of emergency relief supplies to Pakistan for the victims of Saturday’s earthquake, which killed some 20,000 people and left hundreds of thousands more homeless and destitute. 6 October 2005
President of Nigeria and WFP Chief demand "Pride of Place" at G8 for Africa's Hungry
Rome - President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and WFP\'s Executive Director James Morris call for greater efforts to eradicate child hunger and malnutrition in Africa, ahead of next month\'s summit of the G8 leading industrialised countries in Scotland. 5 October 2005
WFP/ICRC report highlights plight of millions of displaced in Colombia
Bogota - Millions of people displaced by years of conflict in Colombia are living in conditions of severe poverty and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance just to cover their basic needs, according to a report by WFP and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). 3 October 2005
Sweden makes record increase in food aid
Rome - WFP welcomes a record increase in Sweden\'s contribution for WFP\'s work in alleviating hunger. 30 September 2005
Early lean season in Malawi leaves 5 million hungry
With large numbers of people in Malawi confronted by sharp rises in malnutrition rates and maize prices – three months earlier than the traditional lean season – WFP has given a warning that at least five million people ... 30 September 2005