News releases

SUVA, FIJI – A WFP-chartered flight landed in Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on Saturday bringing humanitarian personnel and much needed telecoms equipment and medical supplies to support the island state following a devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake earlier this week.

DAKAR – Over 40 million* people across West and Central Africa are struggling to feed themselves during the 2024 post-harvest season. This number is set to rise to 52.7 million by mid-2025, including 3.4 million people facing emergency levels of hunger (IPC/CH Phase 4) according to a new Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis released this month.

Statement attributable to Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme

ROME – I am shocked and heartbroken by the tragic deaths of three members of the WFP Sudan country team, who lost their lives after an aerial bombardment hit the WFP Field Office Compound in Yabus, Blue Nile State on the evening of Thursday 19 December.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is aware of media reports indicating that WFP marked food bags which were allegedly found in a building previously used by border guard forces in Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar.

UN agencies call for enhanced and increased financing towards agri-food system transformation to combat hunger and malnutrition in the region

PORT SUDAN – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food assistance to more than 800,000 people in famine and famine risk areas across war-torn Sudan since recently launching a large-scale surge in food aid. Recent operational progress is fragile as the situation on the ground is volatile and dangerous.

Aswan, EGYPT – A delegation of representatives from the European Union (EU) and its Member States, led by the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, visited EU and Member States funded development projects in Upper Egypt’s Aswan region implemented in cooperation with the Egyptian Government and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to address global priorities such as education, responding to the climate and refugee crises, women’s empowerment and nutrition.

NAIROBI: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$118 million from the United States Government, through USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, to provide life-saving assistance to over 1 million displaced people in Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.

BANGUI – One-in-three people in the Central African Republic are in the grips of acute hunger (IPC Phase 3 or worse), with the number set to rise in 2025 according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released this month.

Agency Calls for $250M in Funding to Meet Basic Needs across all of Syria

ACCRA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$ 5 million contribution (over 80 million Ghanaian cedis) from the Republic of Korea to provide lifesaving food and nutrition assistance to 187,000 people affected by drought in northern Ghana.

NOUAKCHOTT – A contribution of EUR 4.85 million from the European Union (EU) helped the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) provide vital food and nutrition assistance to 78,000 crisis-affected people in Mauritania in 2024. This donation also contributed to improving households’ access to diverse and sufficient food during the lean season when vulnerable families struggle to feed themselves.

BISHKEK – The Kyrgyz Republic has joined the School Meals Coalition, a global initiative launched by France and Finland in 2021, to offer every child in the world daily access to a school meal by 2030.

NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$22 million from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to strengthen climate resilience and food security for smallholder farmers, livestock holders and marginalised groups, including women and youth in Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan.

Vientiane – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Embassy of Japan signed an agreement today, to deliver critical support to Lao PDR’s disaster relief needs and bolster food security. Under this initiative, emergency food stocks will be provided to disaster-affected vulnerable people through the the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the national agency responsible for disaster relief and improving social welfare. WFP will coordinate the targeting and distribution of these supplies during emergencies.

ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, Cindy McCain, who is also the current Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) principals Champion on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEAH), has convened a new advisory group to strengthen and customize support for victims and survivors of sexual exploitation and abuse.

Kabul – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a €15 million (US$15.8 million) contribution from the European Union (EU) for its activities in Afghanistan. This latest contribution will help local communities prepare for natural hazards and face the devastating effects of climate change, and support farmers for more productive and sustainable agriculture. So far this year, more than 160,000 people were affected by flooding alone, destroying nearly 20,000 homes, and thousands of hectares of agricultural land.

WINDHOEK - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) officially launched a Commodity Voucher Programme at Okauva Village, Ohangwena region, following a generous contribution of US$500,000 (N$9 million) from the Government of Japan.

WINDHOEK - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) officially launched a Commodity Voucher Programme at Okauva Village, Ohangwena region, following a generous contribution of US$500,000 (N$9 million) from the Government of Japan.

BISSAU – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Japan have signed a new agreement to provide school meals to 200,000 children in 850 schools for the next two academic years.

With support from FCDO, Irish Aid and USAID-BHA, three UN agencies launch joint efforts for research and action to reach millions of children and women through evidence-based initiatives for the early prevention, detection and management of wasting.

KIGALI – A delegation of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Board wrapped up a visit to Rwanda where they saw how the UN food agency - the world’s largest humanitarian organisation - is supporting refugees and asylum seekers, and contributing to the Government's development objectives through capacity building and programmes that promote sustainable and climate-resilient food systems.

PORT-AU-PRINCE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling-up its operations in Haiti to meet escalating food needs in the face of a hunger crisis driven primarily by violence and displacement.

RIYADH - At the 16th UN Conference of the Parties (COP16), held from December 2 to 13, 2024, in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will spotlight solutions that enhance community resilience in the face of increasing land desertification that impacts food security and communities.

Islamabad - With the support of the European Union (EU), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has successfully implemented a project with a Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Surge approach in Tharparkar district, Sindh province. This approach aimed to strengthen the government’s health systems to better manage acute malnutrition surges, especially during high-demand periods, without relying on external resources or overburdening the existing health services.