News releases

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar – The World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on supporting vulnerable households from six regions of Madagascar in producing enough food, withstanding future shocks, and working towards self-sufficiency, in line with the country’s national priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals.

KABUL – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), with support from the European Union (EU), hosted the first in a series of workshops on food safety standards in Kabul from 15 – 16 September. The training, which focused on dried fruits and nuts, brought together key stakeholders including the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Afghan Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Afghan exporters and food safety experts.

ROME – Recent escalations by the Houthi de facto authorities are intolerable. The arbitrary detention of WFP and United Nations staff members, forced entry into UN offices, destruction and seizure of property, and coerced actions against national staff are unacceptable and have severely compromised the ability of WFP and other UN and humanitarian organizations to reach vulnerable communities in northern Yemen.

KYIV —The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a generous contribution of €14.7 million from the European Union to provide people living in frontline areas with food and cash assistance, as well as sustain essential logistics services for humanitarian actors.

“Gaza: Stories of Hope and Resilience” presents Ahmed Muhanna’s artwork, offering a personal lens on life, loss and resilience in Gaza amid deepening hunger.

BRUSSELS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), with the support of the European Union (EU), is launching “Gaza: Stories of Hope and Resilience”, a travelling art exhibition that brings the work of Gazan painter Ahmed Muhanna to European audiences for the first time. Opening in Brussels on 15 September, the exhibition will tour nine cities across Europe through October 2025.

New WFP report shows a 20 percent increase in just four years of the number of children receiving meals in school through domestic programmes; national governments are leading the global expansion, prioritizing children’s well-being.

ROME – Nearly 80 million more children are now receiving school meals through government-led programmes than in 2020 — a 20 percent increase that brings the global total to at least 466 million children, according to the latest edition of The State of School Feeding Worldwide, a flagship biennial report released today by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

DAKAR/JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI: Twenty million more children in Sub-Saharan Africa are now receiving school meals through government-led programmes than in 2022, according to the latest edition of the State of School Feeding Worldwide, a flagship global biennial report released today by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

CAIRO, Egypt – Children benefiting from national school meal programmes across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increased by 22 percent in the past two years alone, despite conflict, economic downturn and the region’s complex humanitarian landscape.

ABUJA, Nigeria – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes recent contributions from donors since warning that operations would be forced to shut down in July. This includes new funding from the United States of America to support emergency food and nutrition assistance for communities affected by conflict in Northeast Nigeria. The conflict has pushed more than 5 million people into acute hunger, and more than 2.5 million children are malnourished.

YANGON – The Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have launched the Responding with Emergency Assistance for Conflict-affected Household (REACH) – a humanitarian initiative delivering emergency aid to conflict-hit families in Myanmar, where hunger is deepening amid ongoing violence, mass displacement, and the devastating March 2025 earthquake.

Port Sudan/Nairobi – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today a generous contribution of US$7 million from the Republic of Korea. This vital funding will help to provide critical food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable communities in Sudan, where famine has been confirmed in parts of the country and hundreds of thousands face catastrophic levels of hunger.

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.

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.

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.

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.