News releases

Vientiane – Germany through its Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has signed an agreement with Lao PDR’s Ministry of Education and Sports to support the country's largest social safety net, the school meals programme. This initiative, in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) aims to reduce rural poverty by supporting local agriculture in supplying food to schools. This support is part of the Accelerating School Meals project, a contribution of EUR 22 million from BMZ to WFP for a five-year (2023 – 2028) period to Lao PDR, Sierra Leone and the School Feeding Trust Fund.

DHAKA – In support of the government-led response to Cyclone Remal, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been assisting affected communities through its cash-for-work programme to bolster their recovery and rebuilding efforts.

DHAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency assistance to communities affected by the severe flooding in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts in northeast Bangladesh.

DILI– Starting today, the Government of Timor-Leste, supported by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), will provide food assistance to over 18,000 people affected by the impact of El Niño for the next three months. This initiative, led by the Ministry of Social Solidarity, the Civil Protection Authority and Inclusion, and other line ministries, will also distribute Super Cereal, a specialised nutritious food, to pregnant and breastfeeding women to prevent malnutrition.

LOME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a US$2 million contribution from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to populations hardest hit by the spill-over of the Sahel conflict in northern Togo.

BRIDGETOWN – As the Caribbean braces for Hurricane Beryl, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on standby to join regional and national response efforts. This first hurricane of the year in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to significantly impact multiple countries in the eastern Caribbean.

DAR ES SALAAM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of 120 metric tons of nutritious dates from the Government of the State of Qatar to complement WFP’s food assistance to nearly 200,000 Congolese and Burundian refugees in north-western Tanzania.

ANTANANARIVO – The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of 10,000 metric tons of rice from the Republic of Korea (valued at US$ 9.4 million) to boost its emergency humanitarian response to people affected by climate change in Madagascar.

HAVANA – Mongolia has contributed US$ 1 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Cuba to support the food security and nutrition of pregnant women and vulnerable people registered for the Social Assistance programme in the provinces of Villa Clara and Cienfuegos.

New data reveals that over 750,000 people are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity with 25.6 million people in crisis levels of hunger

Yangon - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemns the looting of food supplies and burning of its warehouse in Maungdaw in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State last Saturday.

The midpoint meeting between COP28 and COP29 emphasises climate-resilient agri-food systems as key to solving interconnected climate and food crises.

June 20, 2024 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU) have joined forces by signing an agreement to enhance agricultural development and investments in Armenia's food systems.

ROME – The latest food security assessment on Gaza confirms the concerns of the World Food Programme (WFP) about the ongoing levels of severe hunger across the Gaza Strip and shows the critical importance of sustained access to all areas of Gaza.

VIENNA - The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced the establishment of the “OPEC Fund’s Food Security and Climate Adaptation Facility", a pioneering initiative to strengthen climate-resilient food systems and improve food security in the most vulnerable regions of the world.

NAIROBI – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$37 million from the United States Government to provide critical food and nutrition assistance to refugees in Kenya. This contribution will enable WFP to increase rations for vulnerable refugees and resume cash transfers in Dadaab and Kakuma until December 2024.

DAKAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its lifesaving food and nutrition assistance programme in West and Central Africa, targeting 7.3 million people during the ongoing June-August lean season – when food stocks run out and hunger peaks. The programme – which kicks off in June – supports national governments’ lean season response plans in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Nigeria.

JOHANNESBURG – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of EUR 3 million from the European Union (EU) to support the continuation of nutritional support and services to the most vulnerable urban communities in Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

JERUSALEM – As fighting escalates in the south and centre of Gaza, the toll on civilians is devastating, and the continued hostile operating environment make it near-impossible for humanitarian operations to deliver desperately needed food aid, warned WFP’s Deputy Executive Director, Carl Skau as he today concluded a two day- mission to Gaza.

We, the Principals of the affected United Nations (UN) entities and International Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), call for the immediate and unconditional release of all personnel held in Yemen by the Houthi de facto authorities.

PORT SUDAN/NAIROBI — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced today that the AfDB-financed Sudan Emergency Wheat Production Project had increased wheat production in the country by up to 70% in targeted project locations across five states in the last year. This development comes at a critical time as Sudan is facing a looming hunger catastrophe due to the ongoing conflict, which also impeded the past agricultural season.

KYIV – Thanks to generous funding from the government of France and private donors, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) helped schools serve 5.6 million hot meals for close to 90,000 primary school children in the 2023-2024 academic year in Ukraine.

Tehran, Iran – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is pleased to announce a generous humanitarian contribution of €1.5 million from the European Union (EU) to bolster its operations in support of Afghan refugees in Iran. This significant contribution will be directed towards supporting 33,000 refugees residing in 20 settlements across the country through cash-based transfers.

Islamabad– The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) acknowledges the Government of Japan’s generous contributions under three projects that provided emergency assistance for the stabilization of food-insecure people in the flood-affected areas of Pakistan, implemented in Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

PORT SUDAN – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently expanding its emergency food and nutrition assistance in war-torn Sudan amid the looming threat of famine, as conditions for civilians deteriorate and fighting intensifies in battle zones like El Fasher and Khartoum