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Bill Gates, left, founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, talks about the Purchase for Progress initiative which will aid poor farmers as he is joined by Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda and Josette Sheeran, executive director of United Nations World Food Programme during a press conference a the UN on September 24, 2008 in New York City. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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Five men convicted in the 2008 slaying of a U.N. worker in Kenya were sentenced to 56 years each in prison, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Airlifts of food to famine-stricken Somalia were beginning Wednesday, the U.N. World Food Program said.
The number of people who may need emergency food assistance in the Horn of Africa could grow if spring rains are low, the World Food Program warned.
Women are the "secret weapon" in the global fight against hunger as they make up most of the world's farming workforce, the World Food Program said.
The World Food Program said from Rome that it needed open humanitarian corridors to deliver much needed food aid to the Libyan people.
With food aid on its way, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it's "absolutely vital" that displaced Libyans get the aid they need.
Turmoil across the Middle East in conjunction with a steady rise in food prices serves as a warning about food security, the World Food Program said.
Drought-wracked Kenya still urgently needs food aid and a U.N. official said Friday a shortage of donations will reduce monthly rations.
The U.N. World Food Program says it needs an immediate donation of $3 billion to avoid cutting its services around the world.
The U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday one of its staff was gunned down while monitoring a school feeding program in the southern part of Somalia.
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