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WFP has provided High Energy Biscuits and rations of wheat flour, salt, vegetable oil and pulses. Distributions across both provinces are ongoing, while needs assessment teams are gathering information in earthquake-hit areas to uncover the full extent of the damage and determine priority humanitarian needs. ‘’This is an emergency on top of an emergency.

A number of other passengers travelling with the delegation sustained injuries during the attack. The three fatalities have been identified as the Italian Ambassador to DRC, Luca Attanasio, an Italian embassy official, and a WFP driver. The delegation was travelling from Goma to visit a WFP school feeding programme in Rutshuru when the incident took place.  WFP will work with nationa

A woman sobs into her dark shawl, her body nestled amid the rubble of Afghanistan’s earthquake-hit village of Naib-Rafi. Nearby, a man digs through the rocky debris, hoping to salvage precious grain.  “As you see, everything we own is buried,” says grandmother Ziba, whose daughter was killed in the quakes that hit Afghanistan this past week. “We can’t dig it out.

The mud structures housing some of Nepal's poorest people never stood a chance – survivors of Friday’s 6.4 magnitude earthquake, which killed 157 people in the country, are sleeping rough after their homes were destroyed. The World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting the Government of Nepal and partners in mobilizing relief supplies for families who find themselves suddenly without their hom

However, we must not prevent an entire organization from delivering on its mandate to serve people in desperate need.  The harrowing events that have been snowballing in Gaza since 7 October have left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and on the brink of famine.

 The floods tore through Halima Mustapha’s home in northeastern Nigeria late at night, giving the 27-year-old mother and her family no warning. They fled minutes before the building collapsed, unable to take even the most basic necessities.“We have not experienced this kind of flooding before,” says Mustapha, a widow and mother of two.

Protection risks in the Far North are diverse due to the complex, multiple and mixed situations of displacements, caused by armed conflict, intercommunal violence and natural disaster. In 2022, the main protection risks reported were related to theft and destruction of property, kidnapping and killings.

“Conflict, climate extremes and economic shocks: the Horn of Africa region is facing multiple crises simultaneously.

On normal Friday afternoons, the dusty streets of Wad Madani, in east-central Sudan, are filled with the call to Muslim prayer.

 The World Food Programme is working with the Government of El Salvador to respond to devastating floods in the country that have killed 12 people, after an intense storm struck Central America over the weekend. In coming days, WFP is ready to complement the government’s efforts to provide food assistance to people who have left their homes and found refuge in shelters and to the communi