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World Food Program, a frequent partner with LDS Church, wins Nobel Peace Prize as hunger surges

(Hani Mohammed | AP file photo) A displaced Yemeni man receives food aid provided by the World Food Program, at a school in Sanaa, Yemen, Aug. 25, 2019. The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 for its efforts to combat hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic, recognition that shines light on vulnerable communities across the Middle East and Africa that the U.N. agency seeks to help, those starving and living in war zones that may rarely get the world’s attention.