CHILD HUNGER SPIKES IN MAURITANIA AS WFP RUNS OUT OF FOOD Nouakchott - The United Nations World Food Programme today urged the international community to reach into its pockets and fund its vital food aid operation so that the desert nation of Mauritania can pull through the most difficult months of the year.
WFP News Release 5 November 2006 ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR WORLD RECORD MARATHONER AND MILLIONS OF CHILDREN WORLDWIDE New York - The United Nations World Food Programme warmly congratulated its Ambassador against Hunger, top record holder Paul Tergat, on his performance today in New York where he finished third place in the world’s most prestigious marathon race.
WFP NEEDS STEADY DONOR FUNDING TO BOLSTER LIVES AND PEACE IN SUDAN KHARTOUM – UN World Food Programme Executive Director James Morris warned today that a shortage of steady and timely funding for food aid to Sudan risked increasing malnutrition among millions of people and threatened pacts to end conflicts in the South and western region of Darfur.