WFP Stories
Once the ongoing distribution process ends, WFP says it will no longer be able to provide life-saving assistance in the region.
The report attributed the crisis to fighting, economic problems, rising food prices, disease outbreaks and extreme weather conditions including drough...
Developed with technical and financial support from the World Food Programme, the policy focuses on expanding the acreage under irrigation, improving...
The 109 NGOs, including CARE, Amnesty International, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and ActionAid, are reiterating that the UN-led humanita...
The statement came after the WFP said last week that it urgently required $274 million to maintain support for just the 2.5 million most acutely food...
The ministers insist that without adequate funding, Africa will remain vulnerable to food shortages, environmental stress, and economic instability.
WFP aims to reach 470,000 people in Upper Nile and Northern Jonglei during the ongoing lean season, the hungriest period of the year that runs through...
The group blamed the crisis on recent funding shortfalls following the withdrawal of vital humanitarian assistance by the United States and other dono...
WFP noted that the situation for many Sudanese refugees is already dire, more than two years since war erupted between Sudan’s national army and param...
Food aid, once a lifeline for many, is now hard to come by. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned that funding cuts, largely driven b...
The decision is part of a phased transition “launched in late 2024, in agreement with the Ethiopian government and donors,” to transfer food relief op...
Laurent Bukara, WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, described the hunger and desperation unfolding in parts of Khartoum as “severe.”
This alarming development comes amid a surge in refugee numbers, driven by escalating conflict and drought in neighbouring Somalia and South Sudan, le...
More than 10 million people in Ethiopia are gravely short of food, including 3 million displaced by conflict and extreme weather conditions, as well a...
WFP has warned that its life-saving operations are severely hampered by significant funding shortfalls, with 3.6 million of the most vulnerable indivi...
On April 11, the RSF and their allied armed groups stormed Zamzam, Sudan's largest displacement camp, which used to host at least 500,000 people near...
Two years of devastating conflict have transformed Sudan into the world’s largest hunger crisis, with nearly half the population, approximately 24.6 m...
Those facing acute hunger are classified as Phase 3 or higher in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Of the 28 million in Congo,...
The agency would consolidate its eastern and southern African operations and run both from Nairobi.
The Kenya Meteorological Department’s climate outlook for March-May 2025 predicts varied rainfall patterns, with some areas expected to receive near t...
The organisation says it has secured Sh12.5 billion ($97 million) for the entire year but estimates that it will require Sh16.85 billion ($130.5 milli...
The UNHCR is struggling to feed existing refugees in Malawi due to a funding crisis at the UN's World Food Programme
The U.N. also will end 2024 having raised about 46% of the $49.6 billion it sought for humanitarian aid across the globe, its own data shows. It’s the...
In the Zamzam displaced persons’ camp, children were dying for months before it was found to be in famine.
The report identifies a range of problems in the WFP’s Sudan response, including an inability to scale up its operations.
Some of the food is intended for 14 areas of the country that face famine or are at risk of famine, including the Zamzam camp in the Darfur region.
Some of the food is intended for 14 areas of the country that face famine or are at risk of famine, including Zamzam camp in the Darfur region.
WFP distributed its last remaining food stocks in the north to partners and kitchens sheltering newly displaced families, but these are barely enough...
Some 800,000 people in 29 states in Nigeria have been affected by floods as of September 2024, WFP said.
Cindy McCain and Franklyn Frimpong, the UNHAS chief of aviation, have been discussing the importance of the life-saving service.
