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Food during lockdowns

How to ensure poor people in cities can still get it | ASTRID R.N HAAS | More than half of all African countries have now imposed lockdown measures aimed at flattening the curve of new COVID-19 infections. The reason for taking such drastic measures while infection rates are still relatively …

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IMF, WTO warn against export controls on medical supplies, food

Washington, United States | AFP | The growing use of export restrictions by governments can be “dangerously counterproductive” as the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic, the IMF and WTO warned Friday. The two institutions called on global leaders to commit to refrain from imposing or tightening controls on product sales, as they did at …

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Food demands overwhelm Luweero district COVID-19 task force

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luweero district COVID-19 task force is overwhelmed by demands of food. On Saturday Luweero District Task Force led by Resident District Commissioner Phoebe Namulindwa and LCV Chairman Ronald Ndawula embarked on distribution of food targeting people affected by the lockdown. Ndawula says that by Wednesday, …

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WFP cuts refugee’s food to Uganda by 30%

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Food Programme has cut the amount of food rations given to refugees in Uganda by 30%. Uganda currently hosts over 1.4 million refugees from South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi among other countries. Titus Jogo, Adjumani refugee desk officer, says …

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Refugees in Arua town struggling to access food in camps

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan refugees living in Arua town are demanding for transport to access food in the camps. Following the ban on public transport, over 30,000 refugees are currently locked up in Arua town making it difficult for them to travel to the camps to …

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