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UN food agency steps up help to Niger

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A UN food agency says it wants to double the number of people it feeds in drought-stricken Niger, aiming to reach some 8 million by the end of the year.

 

But the World Food Program said Tuesday it only has half the money necessary to fund its scaled-up operation, whose cost has soared to $213 million. (AP)

 

 

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