World Food Programme ships aid to decimated Beirut port

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Dec 1, 2020

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The UN’s WFP brings mass deliveries of food and equipment to Beirut as staple food prices spike following the August 2020 blast that levelled the port.

Emily Spindler-Carruthers reports. Vision courtesy World Food Programme.

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