News releases

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a EUR 9 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to launch a transformative three-year project aimed at reducing biodiversity loss and improving the quality of life for communities living in and around protected areas in Sierra Leone.

ANTANANARIVO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a timely contribution of JPY 300 million (approximately US$2 million) from the Government of Japan to support humanitarian food assistance to 48,000 vulnerable people in Madagascar’s Great South and Southeast.

Juba, Germany, has provided another 65 million USD to UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to strengthen community resilience to various shocks in South Sudan.

Ramallah – The Government of the Republic of Korea today announced USD 30 million in humanitarian assistance to support lifesaving interventions in Gaza through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in coordination with the Palestinian government.

JERUSALEM – Safe, unfettered humanitarian access to reach the most vulnerable families is the top priority right now, World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain said after visiting the Gaza Strip where she witnessed firsthand immense destruction and desperation.

NEW DELHI: The Government of India and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have taken an important step in their partnership to address global hunger by signing an agreement that outlines plans for future collaboration.

DAMASCUS, Syria – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has mounted an emergency response in southern Syria which aims to reach the entire population of As-Sweida and crisis affected families in surrounding areas with food assistance in the coming weeks. The expanded operation builds upon assistance WFP has been providing across As-Sweida, Dar’a and Rural Damascus, following a recent surge in violence that has displaced thousands and left communities struggling to survive.

FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition

Joint FAO/UNICEF/WHO/WFP News Release

ROME/GENEVA/NEW YORK – More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released today. Famine conditions are projected to spread from Gaza Governorate to Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis Governorates in the coming weeks.

Ramallah – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed the lifesaving contribution of JPY 500 million (US$3.3 million) from Japan to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to Palestinians facing severe food insecurity due to the conflict in Gaza and also escalating violence in the West Bank.

MANILA – On World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) officially welcomes back Kristina ‘KC’ Concepcion as a WFP Goodwill Ambassador. Formerly WFP Philippines’ National Ambassador Against Hunger, KC returns to champion universal access to school meals in the Philippines.

Kabul, Afghanistan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan welcomes a critical €13 million contribution (US$15 million) from the European Union to support half a million vulnerable people for three months with emergency assistance.

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Half a million refugees and the most vulnerable Cameroonians risk being cut off from humanitarian food assistance in the coming weeks as resources reach critically low levels, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today.

COLOMBO – The newly-appointed Representative and Country Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Sri Lanka, Philip Ward, has formally presented his letter of credentials to Hon. Vijitha Herath, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, at the Ministry premises.

Dakar, Senegal: On 12 August, a WFP-chartered helicopter landed in Solle, north-west Burkina Faso, to deliver humanitarian cargo.

Nacala, Mozambique - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a €3 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to support a regional initiative aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) specifically in Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Sittwe, Myanmar – The World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently calling for more humanitarian support in Rakhine State, where a deadly combination of conflict, blockades, and funding cuts is driving a dramatic rise in hunger and malnutrition.

LILONGWE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomes a generous contribution of JPY 300 million (approximately US$ 2.06 million) aimed at supporting critical food assistance for vulnerable communities in Malawi.

New strategic shift aims to move beyond emergency response to community-based prevention efforts.

Kabul, Afghanistan – UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) today launch a joint action plan to stop child wasting in Afghanistan, marking a decisive shift towards integrated, prevention-focused programming that reinforces the importance of maternal nutrition, local food solutions and the convergence of facility and community-based services. Above all, it reflects a renewed ambition to not only treat but also stop wasting by addressing its root causes and delivering results at scale for the most vulnerable children.

GAZA, Palestine – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) continues to bring convoys of food aid into Gaza virtually every day but dire operating conditions prevent the delivery of life-saving supplies at the scale needed to push back escalating starvation. At the same time, increasing lawlessness inside the territory is hindering supplies from reaching the most vulnerable people.

KABUL – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$3.5 million from the Government of Indonesia to support WFP’s school feeding activities in Afghanistan. With this contribution, WFP will procure over 1,200 metric tons of fortified biscuits, which will cover school meals for 200,000 girls and boys in primary schools for three months.

HARARE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of JPY 200 million (approx. US$1.3 million) from the Government of Japan to support 32,000 vulnerable people with nutritious food assistance in Zimbabwe.

The population in El Fasher faces starvation and humanitarian needs continue to escalate as access to the besieged city has been cut off despite WFP’s scale up across Sudan


PORT SUDAN, Sudan – One year since famine was first confirmed in Sudan’s Zamzam camp in North Darfur, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warns that the families trapped inside the besieged state capital, El Fasher, face starvation. The city is cut off from humanitarian access leaving the remaining population with little choice but to fend for survival with whatever limited supplies are left.

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – Nearly 3.2 million people in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean are food insecure, according to the latest Food Security and Livelihoods Survey by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In 2025, 30 percent of Caribbean people reported eating less than usual; which is in line with the trend over the last 4 years arising from increased food costs that accompanied global geopolitical factors.

BUJUMBURA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$1 million from the Government of Japan to provide lifesaving food assistance to 18,000 people affected by floods and droughts in Burundi.