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UN Air Service Slashes Fleet By Nearly A Quarter

More than 600 aid organisations use UNHAS in 21 countries (Credit: AFP)

The UN's air service which flies humanitarian workers and cargo to hard-to-reach corners of the world has been forced to slash its global fleet by almost a quarter due to funding cuts, the World Food Programme (WFP) told AFP.

WFP, which manages the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), received 45 percent of its funding from the United States last year and is one of the organisations most affected by President Donald Trump's foreign aid cuts.

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