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Saudi Arabia lifesaving date shipment to feed 100,000 conflict affected Mozambicans

MAPUTO - The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), has delivered 23 metric tonnes of premium Saudi dates to support more than 100,000 vulnerable women, children, and families in northern Mozambique who are suffering from the impacts of conflict and displacement.

WFP delivers food inside Gaza amid restrictions and growing insecurity

GAZA, Palestine – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) continues to deliver life-saving food assistance inside Gaza despite deteriorating security, limited access, and growing desperation of communities in need of food assistance. A recent WFP assessment shows nearly one person in three is not eating for days, placing more people at risk of starvation. More than 700,000 people have been forced to relocate since March 18 as an estimated 85 percent of Gaza is now considered an active militarized zone.
Conflicts Emergencies Logistics and delivery networks Food assistance Food security Palestine

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC and WFP team up in support of Zero Hunger

SEOUL – Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have joined forces to raise awareness about the global food crisis and inspire action through the power of sport. Announced at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium on 21 June, this partnership marks the first time a K League club will feature the WFP logo on its official team uniforms — sending a powerful message of hope and solidarity both on and off the field.
Partnerships Hunger Republic of Korea

Timor-Leste strengthens logistics coordination for emergency preparedness

DILI – As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen national disaster response capacity, the Civil Protection Authority (CPA) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), with support from the Logistics Cluster’s Field-Based Preparedness Project (FBPP), are hosting the second Humanitarian Logistics Preparedness Workshop this week in the capital Dili.
Disaster risk reduction Supply chain Partnerships Timor-Leste

Acute food insecurity deepens in the Government-controlled areas of Yemen amid severe funding cuts and economic downturn

Aden, 22 June 2025 – The food security situation in the Government-controlled areas of southern Yemen is dire, with nearly half of the population acutely food insecure and struggling to find their next meal. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP), and UNICEF have warned that the food insecurity crisis is likely to worsen in the months ahead.
Food security Conflicts Food systems Funding Yemen
Photo: WFP/Benjamin Anguandia. WFP delivered emergency food assistance to displaced families in Goma, DRC.

FAO and WFP early warning report reveals worsening hunger in 13 hotspots: Five with immediate risk of starvation

Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali remain hotspots of highest concern, and Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned as a hunger hotspot to watch

ROME – A new joint UN report warns that people in five hunger hotspots around the world face extreme hunger and risk of starvation and death in the coming months unless there is urgent humanitarian action and a coordinated international effort to de-escalate conflict, stem displacement, and mount an urgent full-scale aid response.
Food security Rome-based agencies Emergencies Sudan Palestine South Sudan Haiti Mali

Food insecurity in Lebanon returns to near pre-conflict levels - but gains remain fragile, new report shows

21 per cent of Lebanon’s population faces acute food insecurity, projected to worsen by the summer.

BEIRUT – Under the patronage and in the presence of Lebanese Minister of Agriculture Dr. Nizar Hani, and with the participation of WFP Representative and Country Director in Lebanon Mr. Matthew Hollingworth, Acting FAO Representative in Lebanon Ms. Veronica Quattrola and a number of experts and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Lebanon: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report for the period of April to October 2025 was launched at the Ministry’s headquarters in Beirut.
Food security Refugees and migration Food systems Lebanon

WFP expands footprint in Khartoum as families starts to return to devastated capital

This is a summary of what was said by Laurent Bukera, WFP Sudan Representative and Country Director (speaking from Port Sudan via Zoom) – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

GENEVA – I’ve just returned from Khartoum State, where WFP opened a new office in Omdurman – Khartoum’s twin city. This marks a key milestone in re-establishing our presence closer to the communities we serve and reaffirms WFP’s commitment to deliver.
Sudan

Statement on WFP aid operations in Gaza

Overnight, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) dispatched 59 trucks carrying life-saving food assistance intended for northern Gaza. The aid convoy, transporting 930 metric tons of wheat flour, was stopped along the way and offloaded by hungry civilians in critical need of food to feed their families. Community responses of relief, gratitude and urgent pleas for more trucks reinforce the desperation of the situation.
Logistics and delivery networks Conflicts Emergencies Palestine

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