JUBA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of NOK 128.6M (US$ 12.5 million) from the government of Norway. This timely contribution will enable WFP to provide life-saving food and nutritional assistance to vulnerable populations across South Sudan, while also strengthening community resilience and supporting critical common services that underpin humanitarian operations in the country.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up to deliver life-saving assistance to more than 210,000 of the most vulnerable people displaced by the recent violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). While some food supplies are already pre-positioned in the conflict area, WFP urgently needs USD 67M million to continue assistance for three months.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), today launched a cash assistance programme for Jamaicans severely impacted by category 5 Hurricane Melissa in October.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The Government of Ethiopia’s Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the refugee response in Ethiopia is on the verge of collapse. Without an immediate injection of funds, essential life-saving services—including food, water, and healthcare—for over 1.1 million refugees will cease within weeks.
FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO say hunger, malnutrition, disease and the scale of agricultural destruction remain alarmingly high
Rome/Geneva/New York – The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis for Gaza confirms that no areas of the Strip are currently classified in famine following the October ceasefire and improved humanitarian and commercial access. This welcome progress remains extremely fragile as the population continues to struggle with massive infrastructure destruction and collapsed livelihoods and local food production, given restrictions on humanitarian operations.
SEOUL / ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced acclaimed South Korean actress Moon So-ri as its newest WFP Goodwill Ambassador.
DAMASCUS, Syria – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Ministry of Economy and Industry, is expanding and extending its Subsidized Bread Programme through March 2026,thanks to a generous contribution from the United States government. Beginning in January 2026, distributions will support over 300 bakeries nationwide, some of which were previously rehabilitated by WFP, providing daily bread assistance to more than 4 million people.
KABUL, Afghanistan – Over 17 million Afghans are facing acute food insecurity this winter, as the scale and severity of hunger and malnutrition deepens, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). New food security figures from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report for Afghanistan indicate that three million more women, men, and children face acute hunger or worse (IPC3+) compared to the 14.8 million last year.
BANGKOK / ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the appointment of Chef Willment Leong as its newest Goodwill Ambassador.
JUBA, South Sudan – The Government of Germany has contributed EUR 28.5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) operations to assist tens of thousands of people affected by the worsening food insecurity and nutrition crisis across South Sudan.
This is a summary of what was said by WFP Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, Ross Smith, to whom quoted text may be attributed – at a press briefing In Geneva today. Mr Smith participated in the briefing remotely from Rome.
GENEVA/ROME – I would like to share the latest updates from WFP about circumstances in Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions as well as our operational response.
KABUL – The European Union has provided a €25 million contribution through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to boost community resilience and ensure more nutritious diets for people across Afghanistan.
A practical, cost-effective tool places preventing sexual exploitation and abuse at centre of humanitarian programming
Rome — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a first-of-its-kind Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) Risk Mapping Package. It was developed for the Food Security Cluster, which is co-led by FAO and WFP, and coordinates food security responses during and after a humanitarian crisis in 34 operations around the world.
YANGON, Myanmar – More than 12 million people in Myanmar will face acute hunger in 2026, with a projected one million people hitting emergency levels that will require lifesaving assistance, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today. Intensifying conflict and a sharp jump in displacement now risks pushing an underfunded hunger crisis to breaking point.
PORT SUDAN - The UN World Food Programme (WFP), together with the Kassala State Government and Minister of Agriculture, celebrated the start of the sorghum harvest at an official event in Wad Al Hilu, Kassala on Tuesday that brought together local Government officials, community leaders, farmers, and WFP staff.
DAKAR, Senegal – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a regional innovation hub in Dakar to accelerate the development of sustainable, locally-led solutions in addressing hunger and malnutrition in West and Central Africa.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has scaled up its emergency response in Sri Lanka following the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwa, thanks to a generous AUD 1.5 million contribution from the Government of Australia. This support is enabling WFP to deliver life-saving fortified food and provide cash assistance to families most affected by the disaster.
MANILA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and veteran Filipino actor Joel Torre’s restaurant chain JT’s Manukan Grille officially launched “JT’s Meals for the Kids,” a partnership that seeks to support schoolchildren and food-insecure families in the Philippines.
COX’S BAZAR – On 3 December, the Government of Bangladesh, the Embassy of Ukraine, the Embassy of Sweden, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received 3,000 metric tonnes of sunflower oil contributed through the Grain from Ukraine initiative. Grain from Ukraine is a humanitarian food program launched by the Government of Ukraine to make Ukrainian food commodities available for WFP’s crisis response. The sunflower oil, worth US$7 million, was funded by the Government of Sweden.
KINGSTON / HAVANA / PORT-AU-PRINCE – One month after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached more than half million people with emergency food assistance and is pivoting toward recovery. WFP is working with governments and communities to lay the foundations for long-term resilience; introducing cash-based support where markets are functional, restoring livelihoods and repairing essential services.
Panama/Santiago de Chile – A new report by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reveals the transformative potential of public food procurement from smallholder farmers to strengthen food security and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean.
SEOUL/ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a USD 17 million core contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, strengthening WFP’s ability to provide lifesaving assistance worldwide.
LUSAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the appointment of Zambian international soccer player Patson Daka as a WFP Goodwill Ambassador. Daka will use his platform on and off the pitch to raise awareness and advocate for WFP’s work towards ending hunger, with a focus on youth, nutrition, resilience building and community development.
CAIRO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a €3 million contribution from the European Union (EU) that will support delivering faster, more efficient, and better-coordinated humanitarian responses over the next two years across the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe (MENAEE), one of the world’s most crisis-prone regions.
DILI, Timor–Leste - The Government of Japan and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today signed an agreement to strengthen Timor-Leste’s national school feeding programme in 2026.
