CAIRO, Egypt – The Locarno Film Festival announced that Khufu, the winning film of the first edition of the “Eish” Short Film Competition launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Zest and El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) in Egypt, has won the Pardino d’Argento (Silver Leopard) Arts3 Foundation award for the International Pardi di Domani Competition at the 79th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
JUBA, South Sudan – More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing further access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today.
YANGON, Myanmar – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency response in Myanmar as monsoon floods threaten to push vulnerable communities deeper into hunger.
LILONGWE, Malawi - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has signed an agreement with the Government of Japan for a contribution of JPY 300 million (USD 1.9 million) to provide critical food assistance for 170,000 food-insecure people during Malawi’s October to March lean season, when food stocks are low and families struggle to meet their daily food needs.
YAOUNDE – 12 August 2026 – The Government of Japan has contributed JPY 200 million (approximately USD 1.25 million or XAF 708,000,000) to support the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in providing emergency food assistance to more than 13,000 refugees and internally displaced people affected by food insecurity in Cameroon.
KAMPALA, Uganda – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), have launched the Energy and Self-Reliance Programme (ENSER), a joint initiative to accelerate a shift from humanitarian relief to sustainable livelihoods for refugees and host communities in Uganda's West Nile sub-region. The initiative comes as funding shortfalls have forced reductions in humanitarian assistance, increasing pressure on refugee families to find new pathways to self-reliance.
ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a USD 30 million contribution from the Republic of Korea (ROK) to launch the second phase of the ROK-WFP REACH initiative (Responding with Emergency Assistance for Conflict-affected Households), providing emergency food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable populations affected by conflict, displacement, and economic shocks.
KABUL, Afghanistan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over a deepening child malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan, warning that funding shortfalls are forcing life-saving food and nutrition programmes to be scaled back at the very moment they are needed most. Without urgent support, WFP and its partners will be unable to prevent more children from becoming dangerously malnourished, putting lives at risk in the coming months.
Rome, Italy | Tuesday, 4 August – CIMMYT, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center , and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), today signed a landmark global agreement to strengthen the world’s ability to feed people in a crisis while building more resilient agricultural systems for the future.
BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Government of Lebanon and the UN, with generous funding from the European Union, launched today an intervention to assist conflict-affected farming households and protect agricultural livelihoods across the country. This support is part of a larger multi-year programme funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, WFP and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently scaling up food assistance, logistics, telecommunications and air services in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where Ebola has evolved from a localized health emergency into the fastest-spreading outbreak on record.
YAOUNDÉ, 29 July 2026 – The Government of Cameroon, through the Ministry of Basic Education (MINEDUB), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) signed a EUR 3.6 million contribution agreement under the Cameroon Basic Education Support Project (CAMBESP) to expand home-grown school feeding in the Adamawa, East and Far North regions.
KATHMANDU, Nepal - The Government of Nepal and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched two reports that highlight the remarkable progress made in strengthening food security, nutrition, education, climate resilience and social protection through strong national leadership and partnerships.
TEHRAN, Iran – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a EUR 3.08 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to support vulnerable refugees and conflict-affected people in Iran, helping sustain life-saving assistance over 12 months.
BUJUMBURA, Burundi – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that food assistance for more than 130,000 refugees in Burundi - most of them fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – risks drawing down unless urgent funding is received.
DHAKA, Bangladesh – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) activated anticipatory action and shock-responsive social protection last week for communities facing severe flooding in Bandarban district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, reaching 75,000 people with cash assistance before flood risks intensify. The support is designed to help families meet immediate needs, protect livelihoods and avoid deeper crisis as rains continue.
CARACAS – A month after two powerful earthquakes struck north-central Venezuela, the World Food Programme (WFP) continues to provide food assistance to communities impacted by the devastation. This unprecedented response, tailored to different needs in each affected area, has already reached more than 100,000 people and, with proper funding, hopes to reach a total of half a million over the next two months.
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.
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.
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.
