Africa: New FAO-WFP Report Warns Worsening Hunger Puts 13 Hotspots at Significant Risk

Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine remain hotspots of highest concern, with northeast Nigeria and Somalia joining the list as acute hunger risks deteriorate towards… Read more »

Africa: From Food Aid to Farming - How Refugees in Africa Are Building Food Security

For World Refugee Day on 20 June, the World Food Programme (WFP) highlights how refugees across Africa are using farming and agricultural programmes to tackle hunger, build food… Read more »

Africa: 'Food Is a Fundamental Human Right' - Pope Leo XIV At WFP

Pope Leo XIV urged action on hunger, calling food a fundamental human right and warning conflict is driving food insecurity worldwide, during a visit to WFP headquarters in Rome. Read more »

Africa: 'I Have Never Seen Anything Like It' - Reflections From a Worsening Hunger Crisis

In his new role as WFP's Acting Executive Director, Carl Skau gives his take on a global hunger crisis where conflict, rising costs and funding cuts are pushing food insecurity… Read more »

Africa: Every Meal Counts - How WFP Is Using AI to Reach More People, Faster

Speed and accuracy save lives in humanitarian settings. WFP is deploying artificial intelligence to help ensure food assistance reaches the right people and in the right amounts. Read more »

Africa: How the Mideast Crisis Is Deepening Hunger Far Beyond the Front Lines

As the conflict's spillover leads to spiking prices in parts of Asia and Africa, WFP says keeping humanitarian supply chains open is essential to prevent millions more from tipping… Read more »

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 »