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Bakers in Kabul toil to satisfy Afghans for whom ‘a meal is incomplete’ without bread

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Bakers in Kabul toil to satisfy Afghans for whom ‘a meal is incomplete’ without bread

Every day before dawn, Jamil Ghafori gets to work on the floor of a cramped Kabul bakery with five other men churning out thousands of traditional flatbreads – the staple of every Afghan meal. The common bread Ghafori has made for 27 years is fluffy with a satisfying crunchy edge, where each piece has been … Read more

Nigerian Government pledges to expand school meals programme by 2030

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Nigerian Government pledges to expand school meals programme by 2030

The Nigerian government, alongside other global leaders, has pledged to expand school meal programmes, targeting the inclusion of an additional 10 million children by 2030. This commitment was announced at a global summit where governments, multilateral development banks, UN agencies and philanthropic organisations joined forces to combat childhood hunger and improve education access in Rio … Read more