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A federal grant is helping the mission with $700,000 to remodel a warehouse on its lot off East Platinum Street to expand its kitchen and homeless services.

Within weeks, a famine could be declared in Somalia, affecting hundreds of thousands of people

DOLLOW, Somalia (AP) — Within weeks, a famine could be declared in Somalia, affecting more than 850,000 people in two of the country's worst drought-affected areas plus thousands of people in displacement camps.

Within weeks, the U.N. could declare a famine in Somalia, affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

A federal grant is helping the mission with $700,000 to remodel a warehouse on its lot off East Platinum Street to expand its kitchen and homeless services.

BEIRUT -- When the bulk cargo ship Laodicea docked in Lebanon last summer, Ukrainian diplomats said the vessel was carrying grain stolen by Russia and urged Lebanese officials to impound the ship.

Protesters tell VOA they have waited almost four months for promised handouts by the World Food Program and are struggling to feed their families

Blantyre, Malawi - In Malawi, hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers held protests Tuesday over delays for promised cash assistance to buy food. Protes

BEIRUT (AP) — When the bulk cargo ship Laodicea docked in Lebanon last summer, Ukrainian diplomats said the vessel was carrying grain stolen by Russia and urged Lebanese officials to impound the ship.

Many Islanders are back to school or work 10 days after post-tropical storm Fiona hit Prince Edward Island on Sept. 23, but thousands of Maritime Electric customers still do not have power.