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A World Food Program food distribution site in Bentiu, South Sudan. The U.N. says nearly 5 million people in the country do not have enough food, and in one region people are already dying of starvation
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5 Million in Sudan at Risk of Starvation: UN

United Nations, US: The United Nations appealed Friday for Sudan’s battling factions to allow delivery of humanitarian relief to fend off looming “catastrophic” hunger. Some five million Sudanese could face calamitous food insecurity
Taliban prisoners walk as they are in the process of being potentially released from Pul-e-Charkhi prison, on the outskirts of Kabul on July 31, 2020. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on July 31, 2020 ordered the release of 500 Taliban prisoners as part of a new ceasefire that could lead into long-delayed peace talks. (Courtesy: AFP / Wakil Kohsar)

Taliban doesn’t recognise Afghan govt: Spokesman

Kabul: Just ahead of the planned intra-Afghan peace negotiations which are likely to take place soon in Doha, Taliban has said that it does not recognise the government in Kabul as a legitimate
4 years ago
A handout photo provided by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) shows samples of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, in Moscow, Russia (Courtesy: Reuters)

Russian Covid Vax: First batch produced, RDIF shares sample photo, mass vaccination by Dec

Less than a week after it announced registering the world’s first vaccine against coronavirus, Russia has produced the first batch of it and may begin mass vaccination by December. The Interfax news
4 years ago
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