WFP SAYS ONSET OF LONG RAINS IN KENYA TOO LATE FOR MILLIONS IN NEED OF FOOD NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme warned today that despite a good start to the long rains falling in the epicentre of the regional drought, millions of nomadic herders and subsistence farmers in Kenya remained in desperate need of sustained assistance until they can rebuild their lives.
YOKOHAMA – On an eight-day mission to Japan, Kenro Oshidari, Representative of the WFP Sudan Office, emphasized the greater need for the people of Japan to raise awareness of the situation in Sudan and for greater support.