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    UN, NGO and General News Round-Up

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    The WFP has resumed work in northern Somalia after its operations there were temporarily halted following the coordinated series of deadly bomb attacks in the city of Hargeisa last month that killed two UN staff members. The UN agency reported that it has distributed 522 tons of through various projects in the region in the past week. Kitchen cutlery and other utensils were also delivered to 105 schools to help with the school feeding program. But ongoing security concerns in northern Somalia means the food deliveries have been slow, according to WFP.

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