South Sudan: Hunger Crisis Deepens in South Sudan With Returnees Fleeing War and Children Hit Hardest

Alarming new food security data from South Sudan shows that 57 per cent of the population will be acutely food insecure through the 2025 lean season with returnees fleeing the war… Read more »

Cameroon: WFP Responds to Severe Flooding in Cameroon That Affects Over 400,000 People

Recent flooding in Cameroon has affected more than 400,000 people and upended lives and livelihoods, as the country grapples with acute food insecurity amid rising food prices,… Read more »

Libya: USAID and WFP Address Food Insecurity for Sudanese Refugees in Libya

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a donation of US$3.25 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau of Humanitarian… Read more »

Mali: WFP Responds to Devastating Floods in Mali That Have Affected 350,000 People

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its lifesaving response to people affected by the devastating floods in Mali. Since the start of the rainy season in… Read more »

Africa: 'Nothing Left' - Floods Leave Trail of Hunger in West and Central Africa

WFP scales up to reach nearly a million people across the region Read more »

Western Sahara: WFP and EU Mark First Year of Multi-Annual Partnership in Support of Sahrawi Refugees

This month, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union (EU) mark one year of the multi-annual partnership between the two organisations that helped WFP… Read more »

Kenya: WFP Welcomes U.S.$37 Million From U.S. Govt to Support Refugees in Kenya

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$37 million from the United States Government to provide critical food and nutrition assistance to… 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 »

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 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Chad: 'We Lost Everything' - Sudanese Refugees Arrive in Chad As Difficult Times Loom

WFP and other humanitarians fear a perfect storm, as refugee influx from Sudan's unrest is compounded by upcoming rains, lean season and a funding crunch Read more »

Togo: The European Union and WFP Provide Emergency Food Assistance to Conflict-Affected People in Northern Togo

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its emergency food assistance to more than 30,000 people affected by the spill over of the Sahel armed conflict in the… Read more »

Chad: WFP and UNHCR Call for Urgent Funds to Avert More Ration Cuts to Refugees in Chad

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today that WFP will be forced to make additional cuts to already dwindling food assistance to… Read more »

Sudan: Japan Provides Critical Support to Refugees and Internally Displaced People in Sudan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$1 million from the Government of Japan to provide life-saving food assistance to hundreds of… Read more »

Ethiopia: 100,000 New Somali Refugees Arrived in Ethiopia in the Past Month, UN and Partners Are Calling for Urgent Funding

As needs grow and refugees continue to arrive, UN agencies and partner organizations today appealed for $116 million to provide life-saving assistance to Somali refugees seeking… Read more »

Malawi: Food Prices Skyrocket As Cost of Cyclone Freddy Becomes Evident in Malawi

Prices of staple foods are soaring in Malawi, ten days after Tropical Cyclone Freddy made its second passage over the southern African country, worsening levels of food insecurity… Read more »