Africa: Wars, Airdrops and Pythons - Covering Hunger Up Close

WFP's outgoing TV Chief Jonathan Dumont talks about the importance of giving voice to the 'hidden hungry' - and of empathy Read more »

Africa: Why Small Victories Matter When It Comes to Hunger and Disability

'No woman with a disability should be coerced into sharing her food or cash with a male community member because custom dictates she cannot manage her own resources' Read more »

Africa: WFP Global Outlook - 'Thing Have Never Been So Bad' - Hunger Rises Amid Funding Cuts

With two famines confirmed, funding and innovation must be accompanied by the political will to achieve peace Read more »

Africa: WFP to Prioritize Feeding 110 Million of the Hungriest in 2026 As Global Hunger Deepens Amidst Uncertain Funding

Agency to double-down on scaling innovation, technology, and private sector collaboration to drive greater impact, and efficiencies Read more »

Africa: New FAO-WFP Report Warns of Shrinking Window to Prevent Millions More People Facing Acute Food Insecurity in 16 Hotspots

Conflict and violence are driving extreme hunger in six major crises Read more »

Africa: COP30 - How Anticipatory Action Helps People Prepare As Extreme Weather Strikes

The World Food Programme is marking ten years of anticipatory action, working with partners to improve forecasts and tailor activations ahead of emergencies Read more »

Africa: WFP Statement Regarding Staff Expulsions By Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) confirms that the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed us that two of our top leaders in Sudan have been designated as… Read more »

Africa: Funding Cuts - Six Critical WFP Operations At Risk

As humanitarian aid dries up, these countries are especially vulnerable Read more »

Africa: WFP Warns That Six Critical Operations Are Facing Significant Food Aid Pipeline Breaks By Year-End

New WFP report, 'A Lifeline at Risk', finds that 13.7 million WFP food aid recipients could be pushed into emergency levels of hunger as support is cut Read more »

Africa: The Missing Peace - How Only an End to Conflict Can Stop Spiralling Hunger

The World Food Programme's most challenging operations have a simple message Read more »

North Africa: WFP Report Reveals School Meals As a Powerful Economic Engine and Lifeline in Middle East and North Africa, Reaching 23.5 Million Children

Children benefiting from national school meal programmes across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increased by 22 percent in the past two years alone, despite conflict,… Read more »

Africa: Feeding the Future - Africa Surges Ahead On School Meals

Millions of new students are benefitting from school meals, as governments increasingly take leadership of WFP-supported programmes Read more »

Africa: 20 Million More Children in Sub-Saharan Africa Now Receive Govt-Led School Meals - WFP Report

DAKAR/JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI: Twenty million more children in Sub-Saharan Africa are now receiving school meals through government-led programmes than in 2022, according to the… Read more »

Africa: Global Hunger Declines, but Rises in Africa and Western Asia - UN Report

This year's The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report also examines the causes and consequences of recent food inflation Addis Ababa -- An estimated 8.2 percent… Read more »

Africa: From Uganda to Angola, Africa's Refugees Face Soaring Hunger, Shrinking Aid

A funding shortfall is forcing WFP and other humanitarian organizations to cut assistance to some of the world's most vulnerable people Read more »

Africa: FAO and WFP Early Warning Report Reveals Worsening Hunger in 13 Hotspots

Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali remain hotspots of highest concern, and Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned as a hunger hotspot to watch Read more »

Africa: Understanding Famine - What It Is, How You Can Act

Learn more about this rare and deadliest form of hunger, which is spreading in Sudan and threatens Gaza and elsewhere - and how WFP is fighting it Read more »

Africa: From Kansas to Kakuma - How Us Wheat Helps Power Humanitarian Aid

American farmers play a key role in WFP's hunger-fighting mandate Read more »

Africa: WFP and Unicef Fight Child Wasting Where It Hits Hardest

Joint global partnership aims to tackle the deadliest form of malnutrition Read more »

Africa: Does Artificial Intelligence Hold the Key to Ending Hunger?

Technology is already making a telling difference to humanitarian efforts Read more »

Africa: WFP Warns of Deepening Hunger in West and Central Africa As Needs Reach New Highs

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) sounded the alarm today as persistent conflict, displacement, economic deterioration, and recurrent extreme weather in West and… Read more »

Africa: Explainer - How WFP's Supply Chain Works to Tackle Hunger

With budgets tight and crises mounting, getting food from A to B isn't just a matter of logistics - it's a lifeline for people the World Food Programme serves Read more »

Africa: Flying Against Hunger - WFP's UNHAS Delivers in Emergencies

The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service is saving lives in places like Madagascar, Haiti and the Central African Republic - even as a funding shortfall bites Read more »

Africa: Tens of Millions At Risk of Extreme Hunger and Starvation As Unprecedented Funding Crisis Spirals

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that 58 million people risk losing life-saving assistance in the agency's 28 most critical crisis response operations… Read more »

Africa: Culinary Expert, Christian Abegan, Named WFP Chef Advocate in West and Central Africa

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced Christian Abégan, -renowned culinary expert, author and TV Host, as its new Chef Advocate for food security,… Read more »