ADEN, YEMEN – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its emergency response in Yemen. This is happening as thousands of families have been forced to flee their homes due to renewed fighting along the country’s western coast. WFP has already provided food assistance to 45,000 people and is preparing to assist an additional 1.5 million people if the conflict intensifies. This latest crisis comes at a period of critically low funding for WFP’s Yemen operations which could limit how quickly and widely the agency can respond.
This is a transcription of what was said by Matthew Hollingworth, WFP’s Assistant Executive Director for Programme Operations – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's Geneva briefing.
DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti – The Government of Djibouti today assumed management of a strategic Humanitarian Logistics Base previously run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), marking a major step in national efforts to strengthen food security, emergency preparedness and regional supply chains.
KHARTOUM, Sudan - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a USD 5 million contribution from the Republic of Korea to provide emergency food assistance to 365,000 people and nutritious school meals to 23,000 children as Sudan faces one of the world’s largest hunger crises.
N’DJAMENA, Chad – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Japan today signed an agreement for a JPY 200 million contribution, equivalent to USD 1.3 million or XAF 706,000,000 to provide school meals and malnutrition prevention services to communities in food-insecure and crisis-affected areas of Chad.
HARARE, Zimbabwe – The Government of Japan has contributed JPY 200 million, approximately USD 1.3 million, to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support food and nutrition assistance for refugees and asylum seekers at Tongogara Refugee Settlement.
KATHMANDU, Nepal – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its response in Nepal as some communities devastated by flash floods and landslides remain isolated by damaged roads, destroyed infrastructure, and challenging terrain. Emergency food assistance was dispatched and distributed to affected areas within hours of the disaster, and specialist logistics teams have been deployed to help humanitarian partners reach the most isolated locations.
YANGON, Myanmar – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has activated a free-to-user emergency cargo transport service to bolster the humanitarian response to severe flooding in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region. By making its logistics capacity available to all humanitarian partners, WFP is accelerating the delivery of life-saving relief to flood-impacted communities.
KHARTOUM, Sudan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemns the aerial attack that hit two trucks carrying WFP food assistance outside of Dilling, South Kordofan, on 30 August 2026. The trucks were destined for Kadugli, South Kordofan, and were clearly marked with WFP banners and flags.
JERUSALEM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that due to critical funding constraints, it is cutting in half the number of people it can support with food assistance in the West Bank. The reduction comes at a time when food needs have more than doubled since 2023.
KATHMANDU, NEPAL - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes the Government of Australia's contribution of AUD 2 million to support emergency food assistance and logistics operations for communities affected by the devastating floods in northern Nepal.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of 2,400 mt of rice from the Government of the Republic of Korea, valued at USD 2.9 million, that will support food assistance for 100,000 refugees and vulnerable host communities in Ethiopia.
DAMASCUS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have officially launched the second phase of the ROK–WFP REACH initiative, providing USD 5 million in life-saving food and nutrition assistance to approximately 38,000 of the most vulnerable people across Syria over the next 12 months.
DAKAR, Senegal – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed the recognition of the Sahel Integrated Resilience Initiative as a United Nations World Restoration Flagship, recognizing the large-scale efforts to restore degraded land and strengthen food security across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
JUBA, South Sudan –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has today welcomed a timely contribution of JPY 350 million (approximately USD 2.2 million) from the Government of Japan to support lifesaving nutrition assistance for vulnerable women and children in South Sudan.
Statement attributable to Carl Skau, Acting Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) following remarks delivered during the United Nations Security Council open debate: Food Under Fire: The Security Council’s Role in Mitigating Global and Local Food Crises.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The European Investment Bank (EIB), through its development arm EIB Global, is providing a grant of up to €4 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support the development and rollout of tailored climate-risk insurance products for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. It is the first climate-risk insurance project backed by the EIB. This was announced at the ongoing United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP 17 in Mongolia.
RAMALLAH, Palestine – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today signed and exchanged an international agreement with the Government of Japan for a grant of JPY 500 million (or approximately USD 3.1 million) to deliver lifesaving food and nutrition assistance to Palestinians facing severe food insecurity.
YANGON, Myanmar – The Republic of Korea today announced an additional USD5 million in funding to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Myanmar. The contribution comes at a critical time, as WFP analysis warns that up to 5 million people could be pushed into acute food insecurity if the ongoing elevated food and fuel prices persist.
BOGOTA, Colombia – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up emergency operations in Colombia, reaching survivors in some of the country’s most affected and vulnerable regions with critical food assistance following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck on 10 August.
