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Hunger's global hotspots: 22 July 2008 (Jul 24)
Facts, figures and the lastest updates from WFP's high profile emergencies.


Somalia faces dire crossroads as insecurity and drought combine (Jul 18)
Attacks on aid workers on the ground and threats to ships delivering food aid to Somalia are jeopardising the lives of millions who now need urgent food assistance, WFP said.


Fear and Desperation in North Kivu (Jul 16)
This is the world of the displaced in North Kivu, a mesmerising sweep of volcanoes of lakes in eastern Congo, but also the home to human suffering on a catastrophic scale as violence continues to force thousands from their homes.


Food needs rise in eastern Congo as violence continues (Jul 16)
WFP warned today that greater numbers of people fleeing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were stretching the agency's resources to the limit as thousands gather in camps in search of safety.


Fifth WFP-contracted transport staff member killed in Somalia (Jul 15)
Gunmen killed an agent for a WFP-contracted transport company amid growing insecurity in southern and central Somalia, WFP said. He was the fifth staff member of a WFP-contracted trucking company killed in Somalia this year.


WFP welcomes G8 resolve to tackle hunger (Jul 15)
The World Food Programme welcomes the commitment shown by global leaders at the G8 summit in Japan to support efforts to soften the impact of high food prices on the poor.


Fourth WFP-contracted driver killed in Somalia this year (Jul 9)
Gunmen shot and killed a WFP-contracted truck driver in southern Somalia, the fourth driver delivering WFP food assistance killed this year, WFP said.


Hunger's global hotspots: 8 July 2008 (Jul 8)
Facts, figures and the lastest updates from WFP's high profile emergencies.


Cyclone Nargis: Two months later (Jul 7)
Much of the destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis – the merciless storm that struck Myanmar two months ago – is still visible. Large portions of the country's cultivable land and vital crops have been flooded and rendered useless by the catastrophic tidal surge that drove inland from the Indian Ocean.


WFP expands food assistance to Ethiopia in response to government's urgent appeal (Jul 4)
WFP is expanding operations to reach 4.6 million people in Ethiopia with emergency food assistance, in response to the government's urgent appeal for food and nutrition assistance to avoid hunger-related deaths in coming months.
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