The countries that will receive food aid - including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, South Sudan, Sudan, and Haiti - are among the most stricken by hunger.
The US department of agriculture and the US Agency for International Development will distribute $1bn (R19.22bn) in US commodities to countries with high hunger rates, the agencies said on Thursday.
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