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“Thanks to the support of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and the Chin State Government, WFP food has reached communities in Samee,” said Stephen Anderson, WFP’s Country Director in Myanmar. “Priority now is to provide lifesaving assistance to people affected by conflict in other parts of southern Chin State, including those in and around Paletwa Town.

The monthly vouchers are valued at Rs.15,000 (US$ 40) and will enable more than 2,000 women to buy much-needed food, and are delivered alongside antenatal care provided by the Public Health Division of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). Food inflation in Colombo set a record high of 57.4 percent in May, and widespread shortages of fuel for cooking and transport means poor families are struggl

The two agencies will expand their partnership, launched in June, to provide food support for people in areas outside of Tripoli, including Zawiya, Misrata, Benghazi and Zwara, as well as continuing in Tripoli. Coronavirus infections have surged in the country, rising from 200 reported cases in June to nearly 28,000 cases.  COVID-19 related movement restrictions and curfews, as well as the

The latest analysis by the Cadre Harmonisé  indicates an increase in acute food insecurity of more than 50 percent since the situation in Burkina Faso was last assessed in March.

“Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable and we welcome the Government of Ethiopia’s commitment to investigate and hold accountable those responsible,” said WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain.

With this funding, WFP in collaboration with the Government of Mali, will implement two multi-year projects targeting families and communities severely affected by persistent conflicts, climatic shocks and rising food prices in Bandiagara, Douentza, Gao, Gourma-Rharous, Koulikoro, Mopti, San, Segou and Timbuktu.  Communities in Central Mali will receive conditional food and nutritional ass

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 agreement was signed between HE Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Royal Court Advisor and Supervisor General of KSrelief, and Ms. Cindy McCain, WFP’s Executive Director.  The USD 5 million will be allocated to WFP operations in Gaza for life-saving food assistance provision to internally displaced Palestinians.

Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million people in Ethiopia who are facing a combination of conflict in the north and climate shocks – drought – in the south while dwindling resources mean food and nutrition support may run dry from next month, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today.

The suspension of aid comes at the worst possible time for the people of South Sudan as the country faces a year of unprecedented hunger.