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New food alert platform helps humanitarians combat hunger

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) released its next-generation platform on Thursday known as HungerMap Live, a digital monitoring and intelligence site that integrates food securit...

New food alert platform helps humanitarians combat hunger

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) released its next-generation platform on Thursday known as HungerMap Live, a digital monitoring and intelligence site that integrates food securit...

World Food Programme warns Lebanon facing food security crisis due to US-Iran war

'What we're witnessing is not just a displacement crisis; becoming a food security crisis,' says WFP country director

WFP seeks US$36, 5 million for food assistance

Masimba Makwembere THE World Food Programme (WFP) says it requires US$36, 5 million over the next six months to continue providing food... To access this content, please...

Namibia's food security improves despite climate shocks: WFP

WINDHOEK, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Food security in Namibia has improved compared to last year, though climate-related shocks continue to strain vulnerable communities, the World Food Pr...

World Food Programme slashes Syria aid, affecting 7.2 million as funding crisis deepens

The World Food Programme has halved emergency food aid in Syria due to funding shortages, leaving millions vulnerable despite signs of stabilization.

Funding shortfalls force deep cuts to Syria food assistance: WFP

Millions of Syrians are at growing risk of hunger after severe funding shortages forced the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to halve emergency food assistance, cutting support for hu...

Somalia: Racing to Reverse the Hunger Tide

[WFP] Four years ago, donor mobilization and a massive humanitarian scale-up by WFP and partners averted famine in Somalia. Now, as needs soar, funds dry up and drought's fallout p...

'Food security is national security,' McCain warns as WFP faces funding pressure

This week, the head of the world's largest humanitarian organization is stepping down. Cindy McCain has led the World Food Programme for three tumultuous years, through unprecedent...

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

[WFP] 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 t...

South Sudan: 'There Is No Food' - Multiple Crises Push South Sudan Deeper Into Hunger

[WFP] As conflict, flooding, displacement and economic shocks converge, millions of people across South Sudan are facing emergency levels of hunger. The World Food Programme is rac...

School Meals and Refugee Education in Chad

In Chad, education is the path to a more stable future free of long-term hardship, yet millions of children remain out of school. Education Cannot Wait announced a $20 million gran...

Food security remains fragile: WFP

THE World Food Programme (WFP) says the country’s food security situation remained fragile last month due to uneven rainfall and rising prices... To access this content,...

Food security remains fragile: WFP

THE World Food Programme (WFP) says the country’s food security situation remained fragile last month due to uneven rainfall and rising prices... To access this content,...

Urgent coordinated financing to reverse rising hunger transform agrifood systems across Africa FAO

A new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ECA the World Food Programme WFP and the African...

Sudan: 'Humanitarian Aid to Sudan Imminent' - WFP

[Dabanga] Several convoys carrying life-saving food assistance, have departed from outside the country and are on their way to Sudan to support the most vulnerable groups, the UN W...

Rising hunger & malnutrition hit Afghan women, children hardest amid shrinking aid, WFP warns

World Food Programme warns Lebanon facing food security crisis due to Iran war

By Olivia Le PoidevinGENEVA, April 10 (Reuters) - Lebanon is facing a food security crisis as the Iran war disrupts supplies of goods inside the country, the United Nations World F...

Afghan mothers and children face worsening hunger crisis, WFP warns

Afghanistans deepening malnutrition crisis is pushing mothers and children to the brink, the UN World Food Programme has warned, as mass returns from neighbouring countries and sev...

Cameroon: Empty Cooking Pots, Rising Hunger in Cameroon

[WFP] WFP and other humanitarians are stretching lean budgets to support millions reeling from conflict, displacement and climate shocks in the Central African nation

WFP says food insecurity, aid cuts hampering Ebola response in DR Congo

The Ebola outbreak and food insecurity are deeply intertwined, the World Food Programme’s Ituri bureau chief told the Associated Press on Monday.

How South Korea’s Rice Donation Is Supporting Families in Syria

South Korea has donated 2,400 tons of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support food-insecure families in Syria. The contribution comes as humanitarian agenc...

Afghan mothers and children face worsening hunger crisis, WFP warns

Afghanistan’s deepening malnutrition crisis is pushing mothers and children to the brink, the UN World Food Programme has warned, as mass returns from neighbouring countries and se...

World Food Programme Warns Lebanon Facing Food Security Crisis Due To Iran War

A fragile two-day-old ceasefire has halted the campaign of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, but it has not so far calmed the situation in Lebanon.