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Nitesh Patel is worried, about Yemen and Sudan in particular. Should coronavirus get a foothold in either of these countries, the nutrition adviser — based at the World Food Programme (WFP) Cairo Regional Bureau — says the consequences will be catastrophic.

In a prefabricated classroom in Aleppo city, students of different ages lean over their notebooks, pen or pencil in hand, writing their lessons or drawing pictures.

Each month the World Food Programme delivers emergency food assistance to 4.8 million people across Syria.

Story by Martin Karimi "Rebels sporadically attacked homes, looting and killing people," says Kika Ngakani Dalida. "They attacked us one night — because they thought that my husband had cash on him. That is when we decided to leave for our safety." The mother-of-three is a refugee living in the Kalobeyei settlement, in Turkana County, northwestern Kenya.

The coronavirus is threatening millions of people already vulnerable due to food insecurity, malnutrition and the effects of conflict, climate change and other disasters. The World Food Programme (WFP) is working around the clock to maintain food-assistance programmes which offer a lifeline to 87 million people.

By Lena Savelli Morning's barely broken when women start arriving at the primary school in Saré Bidji, an arrondissement in the southern region of Kolda in Senegal — plastic jerry cans, filled to the brim with water, balanced on their heads.

By Tatenda Macheka I was born and raised in Zimbabwe, where more than half of the population— 7.7 million people — are currently struggling to feed themselves because of the ongoing drought. The country's culture and history are part of me. When Zimbabwe experienced the El Niño-effect drought in 2016, I was working for WFP as a communications assistant.

Seven-year-old Peter Mabor has seen the same plane so many times that he has built his own toy version from mud, and mimics the aircraft's movements as it flies low and begins to drop its load. Here in Ganyiel they call the aircraft gwad, meaning "large wings". "It is white.

 Japanese cuisine and statistics are two of my passions. And while I rarely indulge both at once, there's a common thread: there are, in both, any number of ways to slice and dice things. Some of these ways are basic; others, much more refined.Take GDP. You could hardly get more basic. To pursue the cooking analogy: let's say you have guests for dinner.

The first time you meet Jenna Lusaka and start chatting about work, it doesn't take long to figure out one thing: for Jenna, logistics is more than just a job. "Anyone can be a logistician but not everyone can do the job well. Being a good logistician comes from having a love of it.