Sudan: WFP Warns Time Is Running Out To Prevent Starvation In Darfur As Violence Escalates

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur as intensifying clashes in North Darfur’s capital El Fasher hinde… Read more »

Cameroon: Japan and WFP Support Displaced Communities in Cameroon's Crises-Affected Areas

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$ 1.2 million contribution from the Government of Japan to support 36,200 crisis-affected people in Cameroon. The… Read more »

Egypt: WFP and EU Forge New Partnership to Empower Refugees and Host Communities in Egypt

Yesterday, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Egypt and the European Commission's Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) launched a new partnership to empower… Read more »

Sudan: Economic Fallout of Sudan War Deepens Hunger Crisis for Millions

Sudan's war has claimed thousands of lives, forced millions from their homes, and sparked economic turmoil across the region that is deepening the hunger crisis, warns the United… Read more »

Sudan: One Year Into Sudan's War, Its People Yearn for Peace Amid Soaring Hunger

WFP reaches millions of desperate people, but ongoing conflict risks making the world's biggest displacement crisis also its biggest hunger crisis Read more »

Cameroon: Food Assistance to Refugees in Cameroon At Risk of Halt Amid Funding Shortages

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) are today warning that vital food assistance to refugees in Cameroon's Far North, Adamawa, East and… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's War Risks Creating World's Largest Hunger Crisis, Warns WFP Chief

Sudan's war has shattered millions of lives and created the world's largest displacement crisis. Now this catastrophe also risks becoming the world's largest hunger crisis, unless… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's War Risks Creating the World's Largest Hunger Crisis, Warns WFP Chief

Sudan's war has shattered millions of lives and created the world's largest displacement crisis. Now this catastrophe also risks becoming the world's largest hunger crisis, unless… Read more »

Nigeria: Ukrainian Grain Donation Bolsters WFP's Response in Northeast Nigeria Amidst Inflation and Food Price Spikes

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomes a generous donation of 25,000 tons of wheat from the Government of Ukraine that will help provide emergency food… Read more »

Uganda: Japan Provides 2,000 Metric Tons of Rice to Support Refugees in Uganda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda welcomes a generous contribution of 2,000 metric tons of rice worth JPY 300 million (USD 2.2 million) from the Government of… Read more »

Africa: As Sudan's War Rages, Fallout Spreads in Nearby Countries

Kadidja Abakar is haunted by the people she left behind, after fleeing her home in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region. Read more »

Sudan: WFP Calls for Urgent, Safe Access to Feed Millions in Sudan As Fighting Rages Across the Country

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) urgently calls on Sudan's warring parties to provide immediate guarantees for the safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian food… Read more »

South Sudan: Rice to the Rescue - a WFP Project Changes Lives and Diets in Flood-Hit South Sudan

Reaching hundreds of families in two South Sudanese states, the initiative is part of a broader bid to build resilience to a growing climate crisis Read more »

Uganda: Why Funding for Climate Adaptation Is Key to Any Refugee and Hunger Response

Lessons from East Africa's most ambitious and under-resourced response to refugees Read more »

Cameroon: In Cameroon's Conflict-Hit Regions, EU Funding Helps Displaced Families Make Ends Meet

Clashes have displaced 420,000 people in the country's Far North in 2022. Many depend on WFP assistance to survive Read more »

Chad: WFP Operations Risk Grinding to a Halt in Chad As Refugees Flee Darfur Killings

The United Nations World Food programme (WFP) is today warning of a looming halt to its food and nutrition assistance to 1.4 million crisis-affected populations in Chad - including… Read more »

Sudan: Rebuilding 'Home' When There's No Way Back

Six months into Sudan's conflict, WFP's Head of Communications there describes the heartache and loss it has wrought Read more »

Sudan: How a Tea-Seller Displaced By Conflict Led Her Family Away From Hunger

Support from World Food Programme and its partners is providing families nutrition and security as they plan their next steps Read more »

Chad: WFP Races to Support Surge of Darfur Refugees Arriving in Chad

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly scaling up its response on the Chad-Sudan border to support a surge of people fleeing from Sudan. Thousands of people are… Read more »

East Africa: As Sudan's Crisis Escalates, A Fragile Region Feels the Fallout

Despite soaring funding needs, WFP aims to reach millions of conflict-hit people Read more »

East Africa: Crisis Sends Hunger Shockwaves Across the Region

Amid soaring funding needs and displacement, the World Food Programme aims to reach millions of people affected by the conflict with ready-to-eat meals, nutritional support and… Read more »

Egypt: WFP in Egypt Provides Critical Assistance to People Fleeing Violence in Sudan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), launched today an emergency cash assistance programme to support vulnerable people fleeing the conflict in Sudan. WFP's… Read more »

Sudan: WFP Resumes Food Assistance in Sudan

Deliveries aim to reach hundreds of thousands of hungry people, but humanitarian access is challenging Read more »

Kenya: Hit By Multiple Crises, Tens of Thousands of Somalis Flock to Refugee Camps in Kenya

WFP and other humanitarian agencies struggle to assist an influx of refugees reeling from conflict, climate and high prices Read more »

Sudan: Statement From WFP Executive Director Cindy Mccain On Lifting the Temporary Suspension of Life-Saving Assistance Activities in Sudan

As the crisis in Sudan pushes millions into hunger, the World Food Programme (WFP) is immediately lifting the temporary suspension of operations put in place after the tragic… Read more »