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A record-high number of people across six countries are either already starving or on the brink of disaster, a new report warns today. The latest Hunger Hotspots reveals that an all-time high of 970,000 people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen – ten times more than five years ago. Alongside Nigeria, where violence has bee

In Yemen, one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, seven years of conflict show no sign of abating, nor does rising hunger. As fighting continues to displace tens of thousands while disrupting access to nutritious food for millions of people, over half the population – 16.2 million people – are facing acute hunger, with 5.1 million people at risk of famine.

Some 5.7 million people have been displaced internally in the DRC (the highest in Africa). Of these, some 1.5 million people were displaced in 2022 alone.

The contribution, from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), will help WFP provide cash-based assistance to around 1,150 non-refugee families living across Gaza until 2022. Under the scheme named Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance programme, each family receives a monthly credit on a magnetic card affording them the choice to spend it on the basic commodities they need the most at

What is the Immediate Response Account? The Immediate Response Account (IRA) is WFP’s life-saving funding facility, which allows WFP to rapidly respond to emergencies. IRA-financed assistance can be deployed within 24 hours of the onset of a crisis. What is the importance of the IRA?

“We are extremely grateful for this generous funding from the Government of Japan to support women, men and children who have been driven from their homes by conflict,” said Eddie Rowe, WFP’s Representative and Country Director in Sudan. “Chronic funding shortages are forcing WFP to reduce food rations even for the most vulnerable such as IDPs and refugees.

La evaluación encontró que el piloto fue una experiencia de aprendizaje. En su ejecución, se demostró eficiencias en la agilidad y su capacidad de adaptación. Sin embargo, se evidenciaron algunas ineficiencias en la ejecución, que significaron costos y se visibilizaron en los reprocesos, esfuerzos no planeados y retrasos.

The EU’s contribution comes at a critical time when WFP’s funding needs for Algeria have reached an all-time high in 2022. Earlier this year, WFP was already forced to reduce the size of rations distributed in the camps over a period of six months, from March to August, due to a lack of funds.

As the emergency operation in Ukraine moved into high gear today, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) expressed deep concern about the waning ability of families in embattled areas to find food and also warned that the crisis could have consequences well beyond Ukraine’s borders.