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News Releases
Official statements announcing key developments in WFP operations and activities.
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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
WFP needs US$1 million now for Colombian refugees
WFP has called on donors to provide US$1 million for immediate food assistance to 6,300 Colombian refugees and asylum seekers living in Ecuador, who have fled the ongoing armed conflict in their country that has displaced ... 29 September 2005
Food aid distributions continue in Niger
With the completion this week of the first round of free food distributions to some 1.7 million people in Niger, WFP has confirmed that the most vulnerable are now receiving a second ration to help alleviate further ... 28 September 2005