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WFP URGES WORLD LEADERS TO FOCUS MORE ON HUNGER AND POVERTY IN AFGHANISTAN LONDON - As international leaders and donors gather here for the Conference on Afghanistan on Tuesday and Wednesday, the United Nations World Food Programme is calling on the world community to focus more of its energy and attention on the millions of poor and hungry people in Afghanistan.
LIBYA MAKES FIRST DONATION TO WFP -- FOR MILLIONS AT RISK IN DARFUR, CHAD KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme today welcomed its first ever contribution from the Government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
WFP LAUNCHES MAJOR AIR OPERATION FOR FLOOD VICTIMS IN SOMALIA, KENYA NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme today launched a regional air operation to provide fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to transport aid workers and humanitarian assistance to more than a million people in Somalia and Kenya hit by the worst floods in years.
WFP FACES MAJOR SETBACKS & DEVELOPMENTS IN ITS ABILITY TO DELIVER URGENT AID TO LEBANON , Overnight bombing of the highway north from Beirut to the Syrian border has cut the road in at least three places and reportedly destroyed critical bridges. This could effectively sever the vital humanitarian lifeline between Lebanon and the outside world.