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Dialo Koumba knew the violence spreading across her homeland would someday hit her village in western Burkina Faso. But when armed assailants killed her neighbours one night, she and her three co-wives ditched careful plans to sell their livestock before fleeing.  “Our departure was brutal,” recalls Kouma, 50, who has since joined her husband in northern Côte d’Ivoire.

ROME/NEW YORK – Alarming new food security projections for Sudan published today show that Sudan is facing a devastating hunger catastrophe on a scale not seen since the Darfur crisis in the early 2000s, warn the heads of three United Nations agencies.  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have

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Any loss of life in humanitarian service is unacceptable and I demand immediate steps to guarantee the safety of those who remain. Aid workers are neutral and should never be a target.

Through this contribution WFP will reach up to 150,000 people entering Egypt at the borders with ready- to-eat food packages over a period of three months.

McCain takes up the vital role at a time when the unprecedented global food crisis is pushing millions of people deeper into hunger, with a particular impact on the lives of women and girls. “Hunger puts more people- particularly women and children - at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse,” said McCain and stressed that "Seeking food or humanitarian assistance should never be a choice to sacr

“This is a significant initiative in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to achieve nutritional security in the state, which is focused on food security.

Thousands of people have crossed into South Sudan as they flee ongoing conflict in Sudan. WFP is on the ground and supporting the new arrivals, but this additional response is putting pressure on an already severely underfunded operation.

Recently there has been progress in getting urgently needed food and nutrition assistance through Chad’s re-opened Adre border crossing, which is enabling WFP to provide the people of Sudan with the regular support they urgently need. WFP has assisted around 8.4 million people in Sudan since the war began 500 days ago in April 2023. Latest operational updates from WFP’s operations in Sud