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The Rome-based organisation has been feeding people in some of the world's most dangerous and precarious places, with the coronavirus pandemic seen pushing millions more into hunger

WFP runs a logistics service that has dispatched medical cargoes to over 120 countries throughout the pandemicAt one point at the height of the pandemic, as airlines were cutting back flights, the WFP was running the largest operational airline in the world

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the winner for this year's peace prize on Friday at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) at the Nobel Institute in Oslo

NSCN(IM) is the largest rebel group holding back from signing a peace deal with govt

The framework agreement is hollow, no more than an intent to work towards an agreement

The NSCN (I-M), a key player in the peace accord, was the primary signatory when the pact was inked in 2015It has, however, been playing hardball with the Centre, with several of is members recently defecting to the Naga National Political Groups, which became a signatory to the pact in 2017

NSCN (I-M) faction has adopted a procrastinating attitude to delay the settlement raising the contentious symbolic issues of separate Naga national flag, Centre saidEndless negotiation under the shadow of guns is not acceptable, said Centre

Abiy, 43, took office after widespread protests pressured the longtime ruling coalition and hurt one of the world's fastest growing economiesAbiy Ahmed released tens of thousands of prisoners, welcomed home once-banned opposition groups and acknowledged past abuses

Yes, we know—no Nobel prize is to be awarded posthumously. But still. He ought to have been awarded while he was alive. But he wasn’t. It’s time an exception is made for greatness

Apart from disarmament, the bedrock of a solution is political assimilation