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Despite ongoing unrest and attacks by armed groups in Haiti, WFP has been ramping up operations in Port-au-Prince, assisting communities affected by violence. Over 93,000 people were assisted in May through a large-scale food distribution in Cité Soleil, one of the most vulnerable, insecure and hard-to-reach neighbourhoods of the capital.

Sudan’s war has triggered the world’s largest hunger crisis, as the fighting continues to devastate lives and livelihoods. More than half the population (26 million) is now facing acute hunger – including 755,000 people facing catastrophic conditions, with hunger-related deaths already being recorded. One in every two Sudanese is struggling to put enough food on their plates every single day.

WFP is deeply concerned about the safety of civilians caught up in the violence as military operations continue across northeastern Syria, around the towns of Ras al-Ayn in Hasakeh and Tell Abyad in Raqqa. WFP has so far provided immediate food assistance to more than 83,000 people fleeing towns in northeast Syria. The humanitarian situation is dire especially for those arriving at the collectiv

Mozambique was affected by several consecutive natural shocks in the first months of 2019 that affected people’s food and nutrition security.

WFP Chief David Beasley addressed the UN Security Council to warn that in many vulnerable countries the economic effects of the COVID19 pandemic could cause more deaths from hunger than the virus itself especially in areas of conflict like NE Nigeria, DR Congo, Yemen and South Sudan. “This is obviously a great danger that many more people will die from the broader economic and social consequences

Three consecutive years of drought coupled with a sharp recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a third of the population in Southern Madagascar struggling to put food on the table. With severe malnutrition rates continuing to spiral and many children forced to beg in order to help their families eat, urgent action is required to prevent a humanitarian crisis.

DAMASCUS – After a decade of upheaval, conflict and displacement, Syrians are facing the worst humanitarian conditions since the start of the crisis, with millions of people sliding into hunger in the last year alone, according to the United Nations World Food Programme.

Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province is in the grips of a spiraling crisis as thousands of people flee their homes amidst violence, warns the United Nations World Food Programme. Recent attacks in Palma have affected 50,000 people. Many have fled Palma to Pemba on boats making their perilous journey over choppy waters.

In more than 50 countries, WFP’s Food Assistance for Assets (FFA) programme works with people in fragile and degraded landscapes to address their immediate food needs while also promoting the building or rehabilitation of assets—from water ponds to community gardens to roads—to improve their resilience and access to food.

The settlement, predominantly occupied by the San community- indigenous groups, have been growing vegetables as a supplement to their traditional approach of surviving by hunting antelopes and gathering wild plants. Since June 2021, 45 community members have grown tomatoes, carrots, cabbages, spinach, and pumpkins.