UN food agency wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The World Food Programme has won the prize for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict
09 October 2020 - 14:31
Oslo/Geneva — The UN food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict.
The Rome-based organisation says it helps about 97-million people in about 88 countries each year, and that one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat...
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