Reports from the region have suggested the staff members worked for the World Food Program and the U.N.Development Program.

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It's part of the "eco-school" program in Gud-Chantier, a village in Senegal's Fouta region along the country's border with Mauritania.

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Cassela says the World Food Program has delivered 117 metric tons of food to the region this month and hopes to deliver a total of 435 metric tons in August.

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Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, while announcing the financial package under the Backward Region Grant Fund program, said the government's decision wasn't influenced by politics.

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Toyota announced a 90-day deferred first payment program to assist consumers in the region.

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But they have also slowed considerably since their peak in 2010, and have come under harsher scrutiny both in Pakistan and the West, rendering the program's future in the region uncertain.

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