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ROME – Ambassador Hisham Mohamed Badr, Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations Agencies in Rome, becomes the President of the World Food Programme’s Executive Board at a critical time, with hunger rising around the globe at an alarming rate.

Ekta was a promising and committed young professional who was committed to using her skills to ensure food reached some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

Research shows that if global temperatures keep rising to hit the 2° C mark, an additional 189 million people could become food insecure. In a 4°C warmer world, this number could increase by as many as 1.8 billion people.

Excerpts from David Beasley’s remarks at the High-Level Ministerial Event on Humanitarian Situation in Yemen – New York, 22 Sept 2021 “There’s good news and bad news actually.

Excerpts from David Beasley’s remarks at the Food Systems Summit in New York, 23 Sept 2021 “Now is the time to roll up our sleeves because, you know, children can’t eat empty promises. It’s up to us to deliver and make food security and nutrition a reality.” “If we’re struggling today to reach the 7.7 billion people, imagine having 10, 11, 12 billion people on earth.

Amhara region – the frontlines of the conflict in Ethiopia - has seen the largest jump in numbers with 3.7 million people now in urgent need of humanitarian aid. Of the people across northern Ethiopia in need of assistance, more than 80% (7.8 million) of them are behind battle lines.

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

There are currently three reviews underway, examining the facts surrounding the incident on Monday, 22 February, in which the Italian Ambassador to DRC, Luca Attanasio, his security escort, Vittorio Iacovacci, and WFP driver, Mustapha Milambo, were killed.  The reviews are being conducted respectively by the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) and by the Ital

My name is Rocco Leone and I am the Deputy Country Director for the United Nations World Food Programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  I am sure that you will understand that the past few days have been very difficult for me, my colleagues, and our families.  The experience of what happened on Monday was both tragic and traumatic and

“People have scattered in many different directions since the recent attacks in Palma, Cabo Delgado Province. Survivors are traumatized. They’ve had to flee leaving behind all their belongings and families have been separated”, said Antonella Daprile, WFP Country Director in Mozambique. “We met a young mother who fled the violence with her two daughters.