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Ending conflict is ‘number one thing’ to reduce world hunger, new WFP chief says

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Reducing conflict is the single most effective way to tackle global hunger, the new head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Luke Lindberg, said on Wednesday, noting that conflict drives two thirds of the acute food insecurity affecting 266 million people worldwide.

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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same WFP chief's remarks on ending conflict to reduce hunger, with no conflicting facts.

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Ending conflict is ‘number one thing’ to reduce world hunger, new WFP chief says Reducing conflict is the single most effective way to tackle global hunger, the new head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Luke Lindberg, said on Wednesday, noting that conflict drives two thirds of the acute food insecurity affecting 266 million people worldwide.

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