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The World Food Programme is unable to reach about 1 million Syrians in need of food in some of the regions hardest hit by the civil war.
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Rice-stock estimates for several countries including China may not be accurate due to a lack of reliable data on consumption and post-harvest losses, according to the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization.
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Malawi’s economic recovery is facing a threat from a drop in tobacco output and corn production with almost 2 million people facing food insecurity, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said.
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Syrian rebels and Palestinian fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad battled for control of a Damascus refugee camp days after government airstrikes in the area.
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Regional leaders gathered in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, to discuss the rebel capture of Goma and other towns in eastern Congo as United Nations peacekeepers sought to halt their advance in the resource-rich region.
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The World Food Programme provided emergency food rations to about 81,000 displaced people in and near the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, after fighting in the region prompted residents to flee.
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The World Food Programme said it will resume food aid to about 240,000 people in the Southern Sudan states of Lakes and Jonglei, a month after government troops confiscated a food shipment to Lakes and a WFP driver was killed in Jonglei.
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Victims of floods in Ghana started receiving relief aid, including food for 25,000 people, the Ghana News Agency reported, citing a statement from the United Nations’ World Food Programme.
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Rising food prices may increase the cost of providing hunger relief, the United Nations’ World Food Programme said.
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Ethiopia faces more hunger after late rains caused crop damage in the south, the United Nations said.
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