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WFP sends in food aid by sea

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    A cargo ship chartered by WFP was due to arrive in Guinea Bissau today carrying 445 mt of food aid, urgently needed by tens of thousands of civilians. A WFP news release said this was the first time since fighting broke out nine months ago that the food agency had been allowed to send in food by sea. The statement added that Bissau residents were also facing power and water shortages.

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