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Imagine being trapped in your hometown with no access to food, water or electricity. Food is running out in the market and you cannot provide for your family.

White trucks of humanitarian aid rumbled through Damascus in a convoy stretching for half a kilometre, moving slowly on the highway and heading towards Douma in Eastern Ghouta.

"When I started, most people thought I was crazy, even my colleagues. Other engineers told me that it wasn't going to succeed."Taleb Brahim reflects on the deep scepticism that greeted his plans for growing barley in the middle of the desert.

World Food Programme (WFP) Policy Programme Officer Judith Lumu opens up about being in the centre of an intricate humanitarian relief operation. The connection is bad. A ringing phone greets me before Judy's voice cuts through the static and says hello.

“Most Sahrawi refugees depend on assistance from the international community,” said WFP Representative and Country Director in Algeria Romain Sirois.

  In the latest outbreak in the Democratic of Congo (DRC), more than 2,800 people have contracted Ebola. More than 1,900 of them have died. Nine months into the response, the epidemic is still contained within the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu.

Micheline Ngalara smiles as she counts money she has just received during a distribution in Djugu territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)."My village is close from here but it's too dangerous to go back," says Michelene — "36 were killed in January." She adds: "Receiving cash is the smartest thing to do to help us here.

A former member of the US Navy, Lucas Alamprese became a nutritionist as he wanted to do something that would make a difference in people's lives.

"Conflict is moving forward and moving fast," says Margot van der Velden, Director of the World Food Programme's (WFP) Emergencies division. She is describing the Central Sahel, a region in Africa including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, where it is estimated 20 million people are living in areas affected by conflict and 2.4 million people are in need of food assistance — a figure that could

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