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ADDING INSULT TO INJURY? SHARP RATION CUTS LEAVE DARFUR ON A DIET KHARTOUM – Despite the horrific suffering of millions of vulnerable people across Sudan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that a severe shortage of funds has forced it to make drastic cuts in food rations from May.
WFP WARNS OF DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA JERUSALEM – Ahead of an international donor conference this week on the reconstruction of Lebanon in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the situation in Lebanon must not be allowed to overshadow the rapidly deteriorating living conditions of the people in Gaza.
MORE MISERY IN KENYA: WFP FORCED TO CUT FOOD RATIONS TO REFUGEES NAIROBI – As a result of insufficient funding, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to reduce food aid rations to some 230,000 Somali and Sudanese refugees living in two camps in remote areas in northeast Kenya.
JAPAN HELPS WFP FEED THOUSANDS OF POOR AFGHANS KABUL – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed another major food shipment of 3,900 tonnes of rice from the Government of Japan as part of a larger pledge that includes other food commodities destined to help thousands of Afghans.