WFP News Release 13 October 2006 AFTER 30 YEARS, WFP ENDS FOOD AID TO ANGOLA LUANDA – The United Nations World Food Programme said today a lack of funding had prompted it to wind down all its food aid operations in Angola by the end of the year, after three decades of direct involvement in the country.
BUJUMBURA, The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the lethal combination of poor rains, crop disease and extreme poverty has left 2.2 million Burundians in need of food aid in 2006.
WFP URGENTLY SENDS MORE EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO CONFLICT VICTIMS IN DRC KINSHASA – The United Nations World Food Programme said today that urgently needed WFP food aid was being airlifted aboard helicopters from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) for thousands of people fleeing fighting in Katanga Province of the eastern DRC.
JAPAN MAKES A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO CONSOLIDATION OF PEACE IN SUDAN YOKOHAMA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of US$13 million from the Government of Japan to WFP’s emergency operation to assist the people of Sudan who have been affected by two decades of conflict.