CHAD: RISING TENSIONS RENDER FOOD OUTLOOK PRECARIOUS N’DJAMENA – Amid rising tensions and reported preparations for armed attacks in Chad, the United Nations World Food Programme warned today – election day – that food is becoming a serious issue for some 70,000 people who have either fled the continuous armed incursions in the east of the country or are resident there.
WFP DIRECTOR WARNS FUNDS RUNNING OUT FOR DISPLACED IN AZERBAIJAN BAKU - The United Nations World Food Programme Executive Director, James Morris, today stressed the need to draw attention to the devastating problems faced by the world’s displaced people, including those in Azerbaijan and now in Lebanon.
WFP WELCOMES JAPAN DONATION TO KENYA FLOOD RELIEF YOKOHAMA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed an announcement by the Government of Japan to donate US$ 300,000 (JPY34.8 million) to its special air operation to reach hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods in Kenya.
UK DONATION FOR ROADS MAY OPEN NEW ERA OF DRIVING ACROSS SUDAN KHARTOUM – The World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a donation of US$8.7 million from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development earmarked for the United Nations food agency’s giant road works project in southern Sudan.
WFP、アフガンの冬を目前に食糧援助を急ぐ カブール発:冬の到来を目前に、WFPはアフガニスタンでの食糧の配給に追われている。アフガニスタンでは、これからの季節にかけて大雪や凍結により多くの村が孤立するため、食糧の配給が極めて困難になるからだ。特に山岳地方では、道路が舗装されていないうえ、降雪や凍結により危険性が増大し、すでに閉鎖された道路もある。WFPは、道路が遮断され多くの村が孤立する前に、2万1,000トンの食糧を60万人に届ける予定だ。 またアフガニスタンでは今年、多くの地域が洪水の被害を受けた。WFPは、2万4,000人の洪水被害者への支援も行っている。 AFGHANISTAN: WFP IN RACE BEFORE WINTER SNOWS AND FLOODING KABUL ?
WFP CONCLUDES OPERATION IN LEBANON BEIRUT – The United Nations World Food Programme today concluded a three-month successful operation in Lebanon to provide food assistance to over 810,000 Lebanese who were affected by the bombardment of Lebanon during this summer’s Middle East crisis.