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News Hour: World Vision, the World Food Programme (WFP) and government of Malawi will implement a food aid programme worth at least US$56 million to reach 1,039,049 people – over 80 percent of which is food...

News Hour: Countries around the world are already engaging in diverse and interesting ways to implement the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were adopted by the United Nations last year, says a new report launched...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a €100 million (US$113 million) contribution from the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development toward its programmes supporting vulnerable Lebanese families and Syrian refugees...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$2 million from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) – half of a multiyear contribution to the Saemaul Zero Hunger Communities Project...

News Hour: Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd on Monday revealed he wants to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the next UN secretary general, asking Canberra to endorse his nomination, reports BSS. A growing list of candidates...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (NSC) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve the analysis and dissemination of food security statistics...

News Hour: The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, will visit Malawi next week at a time when the country is facing its worst food security crisis in decades. Ms....

News Hour: To mark this year’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the Government of Ghana this week launched an information campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking. The campaign will run through the end of...

News Hour: The United Nations children joined world leaders to launch a new partnership and fund to make ending violence a public priority and a collective responsibility. End Violence Against Children – The Global Partnership brings...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today stepped up its search for innovative solutions to spur progress towards Zero Hunger by launching an Innovation Accelerator to identify and nurture new, bold responses to...