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U.N. food agency WFP wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

U.N. food agency WFP wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

TERJE SOLSVIK and NERIJUS ADOMAITIS THE United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), has won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict. The Rome-based organisation says it helps some 97 million people in about 88 countries each year, and that one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. "The need for international solidarity and multilateral cooperation is more conspicuous than ever," Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, told a news conference. The WFP is a driving force in efforts…
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