Afghanistan faces enormous recovery needs after more than two decades of war, civil unrest, and recurring natural disasters. Despite recent progress, millions of Afghans still live in severe poverty with crumbling infrastructure and a mine-riddled landscape.

Ongoing insurgency activities in the country are increasingly affecting internally displaced persons (IDPs). Lack of assistance can negatively affect the resettlement process of those IDPs who do not have alternative sources of income.

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Chad

Chad is a low-income, food-deficit country, where economic development is inhibited by a landlocked location. Malnutrition is one of the main problems faced by the local population. Poor farming practices and limited access to food make the population vulnerable to food insecurity.

The country suffers from internal conflict and spill-over effects from crises in neighbouring countries. Tensions between ethnic groups in the north and south contribute to political instability. In addition, Chad hosts an increasing number of refugees from Sudan's Darfur region and refugees from the Central African Republic.

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Democratic Republic of Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is struggling to stabilise a fragile democracy. Massive displacements of population, war-related sexual violence, exploitation of children and the burning of schools and other social premises are recurrent. Millions of Congolese continue to live in crisis conditions caused by years of civil war and insecurity.

With over 73 percent of the population lacking access to adequate food, acute malnutrition is widespread.

Ethiopia

Natural disasters, including floods, continually strike in Ethiopia, leaving more than eight million people in need of food aid. Widespread flooding combined with poor mid-year harvests have worsened an already difficult humanitarian situation.

Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa. As one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, with large-scale problems of chronic and transitory food insecurity, Ethiopia remains vulnerable to the possibility of famine due to climate change, environmental degradation and relatively low levels of rural investment.

Kenya – Drought-affected people

Poverty, low economic growth, drought-prone arid lands and high population growth cause increasing hunger in Kenya . The country is prone to severe and rapid food insecurity caused by climatic shocks. Most families in the arid and semi-arid lands are subsequently extremely vulnerable and chronically food-insecure.

Kenya – Somali and Sudanese refugees

WFP is feeding some 235,000 refugees in Kakuma and Dadaab camps; in addition, 25,000 host community members in Kakuma benefited from food-for-assets (FFA) activities in August.

As the political situation in neighbouring Somalia remains unstable, WFP aims to maintain a rotating buffer stock in Dadaab and Kakuma to facilitate an immediate response in the event of a large influx of refugees or if floods render the roads impassable. However, current cereal stocks in the camps is not sufficient to serve as a buffer stock.

occupied Palestinian territory

Palestinians have experienced a dramatic decline in their living standards and a significant regression of the economy. While the current political and economic crisis continues, food security remains a major concern.

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Somalia

Active in Somalia since the 1960s, WFP currently focuses on helping those affected by the prolonged civil war and natural disasters. To date, across the country, around 2.2 million people receive food aid.

Somalia remains in a precarious food security situation, the result of more than 15 years of civil conflict, recurrent drought, crop failures and severe floods. Chronic food shortages and malnutrition persist.

Global acute malnutrition rates are above the emergency level. Poor road conditions and insecurity pose a major challenge in food aid delivery in the south, especially during the rainy season.

Southern Africa Regional Project

Southern Africa suffers from an ongoing series of shocks, including erratic climate conditions and economic constraints that are exacerbated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

WFP provides assistance in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Sudan

Africa's largest country is poorly developed and ridden with conflict. Most of the country's 35 million people are subsistence agro-pastoralists surviving on less than one US dollar a day. The country is struggling to recover from more than two decades of civil war, while a separate conflict still rages in Darfur .

Uganda

WFP contributes to the food security of over 2 million people in Uganda, including IDPs, refugees, infants, pregnant and lactating women, HIV/AIDS-affected people, drought-affected people, orphans and street children.

Prolonged civil strife, high population growth rate, extensive poverty and a growing disparity in income distribution challenge the country’s economy. Since the mid-1980s northern Uganda has experienced violent conflicts and insurgency as a result of rebel activity, causing gross violation of the rights of the child, and loss of opportunity for an entire generation of children.