Libya: UN Food Aid Arriving Via Newly-opened Humanitarian Corridor

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2011 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it has started moving food aid through a new humanitarian corridor into western Libya to reach areas heavily affected by the fighting.

“Securing this humanitarian corridor is a first vital step in reaching thousands of hungry people affected by the conflict, in particular women, children and elderly people, whose food supplies are running alarmingly short,” said WFP Executive Director…