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Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) says 450 new telecommunication sites will be built in the country, of which tenders have been sent out for the construction of 90 sites, while contracts for a further 33 sites have already been awarded. Najibullah Haqqani, Acting Minister of Communications and Information Technology, has said that there are still

The United Nations released $125 million from its emergency relief fund Tuesdat to boost underfunded humanitarian operations in 14 countries around the world, saying needs are skyrocketing. Afghanistan and Yemen top the list of recipients, with each getting $20 million, followed by Burkina Faso and Myanmar at $9 million each and Mali, Haiti and Venezuela at $8 million each. The U.N. Central Emergency Relief Fund known will also provide $6.5 million to both Central African Republic and Mozambiq...

The UN World Food Program says it had to cut rations to another two million Afghans this month.

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The United Nations released US$125 million from its emergency relief fund Tuesdat to boost underfunded humanitarian operations in 14 countries around the world, saying needs are skyrocketing.

In the midst of a stagnating economy, political turmoil, gang violence, and natural disasters, decreased funding of the UN World Food Program (WFP) puts a 100,00 Haitians at the risk of starvation. According to the Voice of America, Haiti has the second highest per capita food insecurity in the world, with an estimated 4.9 million residents in need of assistance. While the WFP aims to provide meals to 2.3 million Haitians this year, it estimated that the agency will fall short of this goal by at

BENWOOD MT. LEBANON CHURCH We can be tongue tied, say tongue twisters or the cat may get our tongue but many never get tongue tired. Our tongues tend to get us in a lot of trouble and everyone...

It was Labor Day in 1939 when horrible news was reaching America about the start of World War II. Nazi Germany had invaded Poland on Sept. 1 and the United

"Nation-wide, a crippling shortage exists within this 'hidden workforce,'" writes columnist Steve Grineski.

Security problems in Somalia have kept Western aid workers at arm’s length. Famine relief efforts are instead being coordinated by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which works with humanitarian groups from a host of Muslim countries.