| First ship arrives in DPRK with food aid |
WFP announced an agreement with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that paves the way for a rapid expansion of its food assistance to more than 5 million hungry people throughout the country.
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| WFP food distributions continue |
Six weeks have passed since Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar. WFP continues to make progress in reaching victims of the cyclone. However, food, drinking water and shelter remain immediate necessities.
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| More naval escorts needed for WFP food ships to Somalia |
WFP appealed to naval powers to help protect its ships carrying life-saving assistance from pirate attacks, saying that as many as 2 million Somalis could go hungry without this essential help.
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| WFP cuts air service for aid workers in Sudan due to lack of funding |
WFP-HAS, the air service run by WFP on behalf of the entire humanitarian community in Sudan, must cut one helicopter immediately and two fixed-wing aircraft on 19 June from its fleet because it is unable to cover the costs of carrying aid workers to remote parts of Darfur and southern Sudan.
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| WFP-contracted driver killed by gunmen in Southern Somalia |
Gunmen have shot and killed a WFP-contracted truck driver in southern Somalia. The driver, Hassan Abdi, was part of a convoy of WFP-contracted trucks carrying 328 metric tons of WFP food from Mogadishu to Bay and Bakool regions. Shortly after dawn on June 12, near the village of Leego, he was killed by gunmen.
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| WFP completes $755 million appeal with Saudi pledge |
WFP has met its extraordinary call for US$755 million to compensate for the increased costs of food and fuel with a US$500 million donation from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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| North Korean food crisis warning |
WFP has warned that time is running out to avert looming food shortages and a potential humanitarian crisis in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) following confirmation of a critically low national harvest stemming in part from last year’s heavy August floods.
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| Another truck driver killed in Sudan |
WFP says a truck driver transporting vital food relief to Darfur has been killed. It is the second such killing in two months.
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| Sudan air service saved - for now |
Donations of over US$6 million have given WFP's vital Humanitarian Air Service in Sudan a one-month reprieve from imminent closure.
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| Drew Barrymore on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" |
WFP Ambassador Against Hunger, Drew Barrymore, announced a US$1 million donation to the World Food Programme on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Part of Drew's donation will go towards helping school children in Kenya.
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| Emergency assistance for hard-up Afghans |
WFP has started emergency food distributions for up to 2.5 million Afghans who can no longer afford wheat because of global price rises.
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| Chad refugee food distribution |
WFP has started a new round of food distributions to Chadian refugees in Cameroon.
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