Tag: UN World Food Programme (WFP)
Secure and immediate access is needed for lifesaving aid in Sudan
Fighting in Sudan must stop now before the conflict and the spreading humanitarian catastrophe further ravage the country and...
UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire in Sudan, as death toll mounts
Clashes intensified across Sudan on Monday, as top UN officials urged rival military factions to protect civilians and respect...
Chad: aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger
A dire lack of humanitarian funding has left hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people in Chad...
Local elections present chance to advance peace in Central African Republic
United Nations (UN) Special Representative Valentine Rugwabiza reported on recent progress by the Government, including in election preparations and...
Rwanda steps up fight against neglected tropical diseases
Emmanuel Nyirishema vividly recalls the day his wife told him she was leaving. "My condition was a heavy cross...
Hunger and malnutrition driven by climate crisis and conflict in South Sudan
Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise across the flood, drought, and conflict-affected areas of South Sudan, with some...
U.S Government funding for World Food Programme in Kenya will go into the fight against hunger
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$194.5 million from the United States Government,...
New report reveals the intensity of food crisis on ‘hunger hotspots’, as famine looms in the Horn of Africa
The number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide is expected to continue to rise precipitously, as the food...
UN-WFP scales up assistance as historic drought raises famine threat in the Horn of Africa region
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding assistance in the Horn of Africa as levels of hunger soar...
WFP welcomes Government of Japan’s funding to improve food security of vulnerable Mozambicans
The Government of Japan has disbursed two grants totalling almost US$ 4 million to the United Nations World Food...
First WFP vessel leaves Ukraine, boosting efforts to get food supplies to people threatened by famine
The first maritime shipment of Ukrainian wheat grain for humanitarian operations run by the UN World Food Programme (WFP)...