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Once, she relied on food assistance to survive, now she helps distribute it. This is a story of how one woman has defied the odds and became a successful trader in an unforgiving city and country where one needs more than just hard work to succeed. Thanks in part to the World Food Programme's cash assistance activities, Nyajiik Alier Mago has succeeded where many have dared to try but ul

Sudan used to be one big country. In 2011 it split into two. South Sudan, the newly independent state, was born. But Sudan and South Sudan share more than a name. Take the simple grain farmed in the north and exported to its southern neighbour, for example.

From the air, the water stretches in all directions up to the horizon across the still vastness of South Sudan. To the people who struggle to live here, the marshes at times of conflict provide an element of protection, but also pose a challenge. People cannot reach the town of Nyal bordering on the South Sudan marshes by road, so they have to take small canoes and risk attacks.

If South Sudan were a child, she would have turned seven today. At that age, children would quite naturally be the apple of their parents' eyes and a delight to onlookers alike. Running, full of life and gleeful, warming even the hardest of hearts. But, therein ends the comparison. In the imagination. And reality sets in. South Sudan is like no other 7-year-old.

In the Holy month of Ramadan, Yemen is facing critical shortages of food. The generous contribution will greatly help Yemenis follow their practices and traditions during this important time. WFP plans to use this contribution to provide millions of families with monthly food rations of flour, pulses, vegetable oil, sugar and salt.

24 May marks the second anniversary of the UN Security Council adopting unanimously Resolution 2417, acknowledging the link between conflict and hunger and condemning the use of starvation as a weapon of war.

Fortunately, since we talked about this back in April the world really listened. Donors, leaders all over the world responded, they acted. Countries large and small took extraordinary measures to save the lives of their citizens and support their economies, spending $17 trillion on fiscal stimulus and central bank support.

South Sudan - Market Price Monitoring, 2016