Half a Million Cameroonians at Risk as WFP Faces Critical Funding

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that half a million refugees and vulnerable Cameroonians risk losing humanitarian food assistance in the coming weeks as resources run critically low. Without urgent funding, WFP will have to stop aid at the end of August for over 240,000 people who fled conflict.

The organization will also cut nutrition support for more than 200,000 children and mothers and halt school meals for 60,000 children. Assistance had already been reduced in July, including for 26,000 Nigerian refugees in Minawao camp. In 2025, WFP provided lifesaving aid to 523,000 people, including internally displaced families, refugees, and vulnerable host communities.

Gianluca Ferrera, WFP's Country Director in Cameroon, said that funding gaps would reverse these gains and make food security, education outcomes, and overall community stability worse. An estimated 2.6 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity between June and August 2025, particularly in the Far North and Northwest regions. An additional US$65.5 million is urgently needed to maintain assistance through January 2026.