This is a summary of what was said by Abdallah Aldawart, WFP’s Country Director for Sudan (speaking from Kosti, Sudan, via Zoom) – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
PORT SUDAN, Sudan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that the humanitarian situation in El Obeid – the capital of Sudan’s North Kordofan state - is rapidly deteriorating as displacement towards the city grows, driving up humanitarian food needs. This risks reversing some of the fragile gains achieved over the last several months when WFP scaled up its food assistance efforts in Sudan to support communities at-risk of famine.
Here are the latest updates on food security and WFP’s operations in the area and across the country.
CAIRO, Egypt – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of over USD 24 million from the Government of the United States to support food assistance for more than 150,000 vulnerable refugees and crisis affected populations in Egypt, helping sustain essential assistance and support stability amid growing needs.
WINDHOEK, Namibia - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a USD120,000 (NAD 1.97 million) contribution from the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil to help improve food security and production, strengthen livelihoods, improve nutrition, and build resilient food systems across Namibia, reinforcing a partnership that began in 2019. The funding is expected to benefit more than 1,000 people.
ADEN, YEMEN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a USD10 million contribution from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to support vulnerable communities in Yemen. The complementary funding will address urgent food insecurity while helping communities strengthen their resilience to future shocks.
BEIRUT, Lebanon – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of USD 1 million from the Government of Japan to provide life-saving in-kind food assistance to 59,000 vulnerable people affected by the recent escalation of conflict.
9 July 2026, Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), together with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced a three-year extension of the Benazir Nashonuma Programme to protect an additional 3.3 million children and women from malnutrition across Pakistan.
JUBA, South Sudan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Government of South Sudan have activated the country’s first-ever drought anticipatory action plan, directly shielding over 65,000 people in Budi and Kapoeta North counties from severe, climate-induced food insecurity.
BAGHDAD – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in partnership with the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and with financial support from Global Affairs Canada (GAC), has launched the MURUNA (“resilience” in Arabic) project to strengthen Iraq’s climate resilience.
CAIRO, Egypt – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that Khufu, the winning film of the first edition of the “Eish” Short Film Competition in Egypt, has been selected for the Pardi di Domani International Competition at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, taking place from 5 to 15 August 2026 in Switzerland. The selection brings a locally rooted story on food security to one of the world’s leading stages for independent cinema.
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of USD 1.2 million from the Government of Japan to provide daily nutritious school meals to more than 14,000 children in Somalia’s Southwest and Jubaland states through February 2027.
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board’s approval of a USD 30 million climate adaptation project that will directly benefit 73,500 people and help vulnerable communities in Tajikistan strengthen resilience to climate change and protect food security and livelihoods.
ABUJA, Nigeria – The United Nations World Food Programme warned today that Nigeria’s food security crisis is worsening faster than previously anticipated. Conflict is driving hunger in some northern states, particularly the northeast, to levels not seen in almost a decade.
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – The Pacific Community (SPC) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week brought together logistics and warehouse officers from six Pacific national disaster management offices (NDMOs) for the first Humanitarian Warehouse Exchange under the Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program (PHWP), strengthening the skills needed to move relief supplies quickly when disasters strike.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes the announcement of Pakistan’s first Anticipatory Action Strategy, marking a major milestone in the country’s efforts to strengthen disaster risk management and reduce the impact of climate-related hazards on vulnerable communities. Anticipatory action helps safeguard lives, livelihoods and critical assets by using risk forecasts to trigger early funding and action before hazards strike. This approach marks a shift from responding to disasters to acting ahead of them to reduce their impact.
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of USD 1.2 million from the Government of Japan to provide daily nutritious school meals to more than 14,000 children and 178 school support staff in Somalia’s Southwest and Jubaland states through February 2027.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up food assistance, logistics and telecommunications support in eastern DRC, where Ebola is spreading through communities already hit by conflict, displacement and severe hunger.
This is a summary of what was said by the World Food Programme’s (WFP) Country Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), David Stevenson, to whom quoted text may be attributed – at a press briefing in Geneva today.
At the International Social and Behavioral Change Communications Summit, WFP highlights innovative approaches empowering people to make healthier food choices.
Panama City/Bangkok - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) showcased how integrating social and behavior change approaches across its programs is critical to improving diets and ending hunger at the International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit, held this week.
ROME/PORT SUDAN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that the rapidly deteriorating situation in and around El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan in Sudan, risks unleashing a new wave of violence and mass displacement. This threatens to deepen the country’s already catastrophic hunger crisis.
ROME/PORT SUDAN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that the rapidly deteriorating situation in and around El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan in Sudan, risks unleashing a new wave of violence and mass displacement. This threatens to deepen the country’s already catastrophic hunger crisis.
KYIV, Ukraine – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine signed a memorandum today at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk to extend their school meals cooperation into the 2026/2027 school year, after helping to provide 40 million free, nutritious school meals to 275,000 children in frontline regions of Ukraine in 2025/2026.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution from the European Union (EU) of approximately 265 million Sierra Leonean leones (€11.5 million) aimed at strengthening child nutrition and local food systems. More than 25,000 people are expected to benefit from the funding.
KYIV — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a new contribution of €15 million from the European Union (EU) to support cash assistance to Ukrainians living in frontline areas and to sustain humanitarian logistics.
