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New WFP figures indicate additional 130 million lives and livelihoods will be at risk

Information saves lives when global health is on the line

A mother shares her fears as the country's hunger crisis deepens while looming threat of coronavirus adds extra layer

Work to save and change lives continues in the face of pandemic

Chief economist Arif Husain explains how cutting-edge tech is supporting assistance by agency and wider humanitarian community

With hundreds of thousands displaced and hunger on the rise, fighting looks set to spill across the Gulf of Guinea

Director of Nutrition separates fact from fiction at a time when a healthy diet is more important than ever

Virus risks undermining efforts to reverse trend of rising hunger

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the WFP-run UN Humanitarian Air Service is delivering against the odds

Two World Food Programme nutrition experts on how to protect the most vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic

After five years of conflict in Yemen, five people reflect on what this has meant for them and their families. Their stories highlight the human cost of Yemen's war, yet at the same time the country's amazing resilience, dignity and hope.

With the worst drought in decades devastating his country, a World Food Programme humanitarian shares his take

South Sudan is among East African countries experiencing invasions on a scale not seen since 2003–2005 in West Africa

Agency puts expertise and infrastructure at the service of pandemic response and appeals for US$ 350 million as part of consolidated UN funding call

US$500,000 worth of kit set to assist Chinese government efforts to treat patients and stem the spread of coronavirus

How flexible contributions made a telling difference to WFP's work in 2019

Avoiding protectionism, monitoring prices and supporting the vulnerable through social safety nets can limit the impact of the outbreak

The World Food Programme' s support for hard-hit communities working towards self-reliance requires urgent investment

With World Food Programme support, Abdulkader Akkam rehabilitated four bakeries for vulnerable people in Aleppo

Out of more than 12 million people we support there each month, they are the ones the most likely to go hungry

As the world commemorates women's month, we ask women in South Sudan about what equality means to them.

The conflict in Syria is entering its tenth year. Nahi, a humanitarian working for a World Food Programme partner organization in the northwest, describes the situation as close to one million people have been forced from their homes in the largest wave of displacement since December.

Nutritious to the core, beans, lentils and co are a key part of WFP food assistance — and take centre stage on World Pulses Day

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Six families from around the world describe how assistance from the World Food Programme is changing their lives