Food Aid
Thousands of low-income Tunisians benefit from free iftar meals
2008-09-11
Tunisian organisations and volunteers offer meals and home-delivered food to the needy during Ramadan, providing a much-needed service during the holy month.
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Mauritania receives seeds to fend off food crisis
2008-06-15
Some 20 truckloads of sorghum, millet, maize and cowpea seeds were distributed to six regional centres in Mauritania on Friday (June 13th) as part of...
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Spain donates $2.7m to Western Saharan refugees in Algeria
2007-10-07
Spain has donated $2.7m to assist thousands of Western Saharan refugees in southwest Algeria, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement o...
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WFP calls for urgent aid to Mauritania
2007-10-03
The UN World Food Programme called for urgent international aid to Mauritania on Tuesday (October 2nd). Mauritania was recently ravaged by floods and...
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Morocco sends second consignment of humanitarian aid to Mauritania
2007-08-20
Morocco sent a second consignment of humanitarian aid to the Mauritanian town of Tintane, where floods killed two, left some 10,000 homeless and caus...
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Algeria sends humanitarian aid to floods victims in Mauritania
2007-08-19
After Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, Algeria dispatched humanitarian aid to Mauritania on Thursday (August 16th), Algeria’s APS and Mauritania's AMI rep...
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Western Sahara Red Crescent calls for urgent help to refugees in Algeria
2007-08-15
In a statement on Tuesday (August 14th), the Western Sahara Red Crescent called on donor countries, UN organisations, and NGOs to send urgent aid to...
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Tunisia sends aid to flood victims in Mauritania
2007-08-15
Tunisia sent a plane with urgent humanitarian aid on Tuesday (August 14th) to the victims of floods that struck Mauritania’s town of Tintane, TAP rep...
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EC pledges 10m euros to aid Sahrawi refugees
2007-08-09
The European Commission announced Wednesday (August 8th) it will disburse 10m euros for the Sahrawi population living in camps near Tindouf in wester...
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Nouakchott authorities open reception centres for beggars
2007-07-31
In an effort to curb the growing begging phenomenon in Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott authorities will open reception centres, where the beggars wi...
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UAE, Saudi Arabia donate food relief to Mauritania
2007-06-13
A UN World Food Programme (WFP) press release on Tuesday (June 12th) announced that the UAE has donated $1m to a school meals programme in Mauritania...
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Mauritanian government appeals for emergency food aid
2007-06-03
Mauritania's government launched an international appeal Friday (June 1st) for emergency food aid, AFP reports. The agency quotes Mohamed Ould Moham...
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Algeria to import 20,000 tonnes of powdered milk to cover shortage
2007-04-12
The Algerian government has decided to import 20,000 tonnes of powdered milk to bring an end to a shortage caused by rising prices on the international market. At least 78 dairy companies ceased production when the price of powdered milk nearly doubled.
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World Food Programme urgently needs $14.4m for operation in Mauritania
2007-03-07
UN World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director for Mauritania Gian Carlo Cirri said Tuesday (March 6th) that the programme needs $14.4m for its progr...
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