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Africa: New Thinking Needed On Refugee Food Aid
UNIRIN, 7 July 2014
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have launched an urgent appeal to address a funding shortfall that has already resulted in food ration cuts for a… Read more »
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Sudan: More Malnourished Children Die in Gireida Camps, South Darfur
Dabanga, 2 July 2014
The number of children dying as a result of diarrhoea, malnutrition, and a lack of health care, is rapidly increasing in the Gireida camps in South Darfur. Read more »
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Sudan: Food Cuts - Darfur Refugees Resort to Eating Poisonous Seeds
Dabanga, 2 July 2014
The Darfuri refugees in the 12 eastern Chad camps are suffering from an acute shortage of food. Read more »
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Africa: UN Forced to Cut Food Rations to African Refugees
VOA, 2 July 2014
The United Nations World Food Program is reducing food aid to nearly 800,000 refugees in Africa. Read more »
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Africa: WFP - African Refugee Camps 'No Longer Attract Global Awareness'
DW, 3 July 2014
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) and refugee agency UNHCR have appealed to governments for more money to help feed refugees in Africa. Cuts in daily food rations have already… Read more »
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South Sudan: Aid Agencies Seek Assistance As Food Shortages Hits 800,000 African Refugees
Sudan Tribune, 2 July 2014
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that funding difficulties, compounded by security and logistical problems, have forced cuts… Read more »
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Africa: Heads of WFP & UNHCR Issue Urgent Appeal As Food Shortages Hit Nearly 800,000 Refugees in Africa
WFP, 1 July 2014
The heads of the United Nations refugee agency and World Food Programme warned today that funding difficulties, compounded by security and logistical problems in some countries,… Read more »
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Africa: Child Rugby Stars Take Centre Stage As WFP Promotes "Tackle Hunger" Partnership
WFP, 3 July 2014
Children from schools receiving United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) daily meals will compete on Friday in an exhibition match to promote WFP's Tackle Hunger partnership with… Read more »
New Thinking Needed On Food Aid for Refugees
A substantial increase in the need for food assistance has led to a sizeable funding shortfall, prompting UN agencies to cut food aid to refugees, and has also prompted a new approach to crises.
