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WFP barges depart for Juba along Nile

A WFP barge convoy left the port of Kosti on Monday to deliver emergency food aid to some 392,000 people along the Nile river corridor. In a statement received today by IRIN, WFP said the convoy is scheduled to distribute 2,500 mts of food to people in 33 locations in both rebel- and government-held areas before arriving in Juba in early January. This is the third WFP barge convoy to Juba in the last six months, the statement added.

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