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Added on the 30/04/2019 11:24:39 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Emergency food supplies are loaded into a World Food Programme (WFP) helicopter at Pemba Airport in northern Mozambique. Destined for Ibo Island, if successful it will be the first WFP aid flight to reach the area. IMAGES of workers loading supplies
Aid workers arrive in Pemba after a powerful cyclone pounded northern Mozambique Thursday and Friday, leaving one person dead and wrecking homes and communications, barely a month after the country was hit by one of the worst storms in its history. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces in Kyiv a further $2 billion in military aid for Ukrainian forces holding back Russian onslaughts at several points across the sprawling front. The announcement comes at a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba weeks after Washington approved a $61 billion package of aid for the country following months of delays in Congress. SOUNDBITE
Hundreds of Gazans rush towards aid trucks carrying flour and canned food in Gaza City. Ten trucks have crossed into the Gaza Strip transporting aid from several countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt as well as the World Food Programme. But as fighting enters its fourth month, the World Health Organization has warned that its ability to provide aid and support hospitals was "shrinking". IMAGES
A French military aircraft is loaded with humanitarian aid destined for Gaza, at Orléans-Bricy air base, south of Paris, before taking off for Egypt. Alarm has surged over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war rages into a seventh week. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.