Effective for five years, the agreement was signed in New Delhi between Elisabeth Faure, WFP Country Director in India and Manoj Ahuja, Agriculture Secretary, Government of India, in the presence of Honourable Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
The warehouse contained enough stocks to feed nearly 1.5 million severely food insecure people for one month in Gezira State, where a new offensive has forced more than 300,000 people to again run for their lives.
“Sudanese people who are already desperate and fleeing the fighting have now been robbed of the critical assistance they need.
The 10 August 2023 attack targeted a heavy Mi-26 helicopter shortly after take-off from Ouahigouya in the Nord region destined for besieged areas across the Sahel region where thousands of families have been cut off from access for months.
Thankfully, all passengers and crew members on board were uninjured.
WFP calls on all groups and parties to the conflict to guarantee the safety and secur
Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa, has recently graduated to low-middle-income country status. Despite recent economic growth, poverty rates stand at 79 percent, with 42 percent of the population living in extreme poverty.
Delivering aid in the midst of a crisis or building food security for vulnerable communities requires reliable, sustainable infrastructure. The lack or poor quality of roads, bridges, ports or airfields hampers the efforts of humanitarian agencies during emergencies. It also hinders development, leaving communities isolated and making access to food difficult and dangerous.
Sharing the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola with Haiti, the Dominican Republic is an upper-middle-income country, ranking 80 out of 189 countries in the 2021-22 Human Development Index.
“This latest support from the UK is helping WFP to reach more than two million food-insecure people across Afghanistan through the harsh winter,” said UK Minister of State for Middle East, South Asia and the UN Lord (Tariq) Ahmad.
Japan’s timely contribution, totalling 1,304 metric tonnes of cereals, pulses, and vegetable oil, will support food-insecure communities during the upcoming 2024/25 lean season—from October this year to March next year—ensuring the most vulnerable families receive essential assistance in time.
"Japan is committed to supporting communities in need of emergency food assistance.
A 14-truck food convoy – the first by WFP since it paused deliveries to the north on 20 February – was turned back by the Israeli Defence Force after a three-hour wait at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint.
“Although today’s convoy did not make it to the north to provide food to the people who are starving, WFP continues to explore every possible means to do so,” said Carl Skau, WFP’s Deputy Executive Di