As the Ebola outbreak spreads across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, WFP is providing food assistance, nutrition support and logistics services to help vulnerable families and support containment efforts.
In Bangladesh's flood-prone Kurigram district, a WFP resilience programme – which includes growing once-disparaged 'frogs' umbrellas' mushrooms – helps women fight hunger and malnutrition, and build futures.
Learn key facts about the 2026 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, including how the virus spreads and why it is worsening hunger and food insecurity.
Pope Leo XIV urged action on hunger, calling food a fundamental human right and warning conflict is driving food insecurity worldwide, during a visit to WFP headquarters in Rome.
El Niño is a powerful climate pattern shaping global weather. Here we explain how it drives hunger and how the World Food Programme (WFP) responds to protect vulnerable communities.
For World Refugee Day on 20 June, the World Food Programme (WFP) highlights how refugees across Africa are using farming and agricultural programmes to tackle hunger, build food security and self-reliance, and strengthen bonds with host communities.
Haiti is facing one of the world’s most severe hunger crises, with millions unable to access enough food. Here, the World Food Programme's outgoing Country Director Wanja Kaaria shares frontline insights on food insecurity in the country, the challenges facing humanitarian operations, and what gives her hope amid escalating violence and displacement.
From Indonesia to Afghanistan, fortified biscuits travel 15,000 km across closed borders and conflict zones to reach Afghan schoolchildren who rely on WFP meals.
In his new role as WFP’s Acting Executive Director, Carl Skau gives his take on a global hunger crisis where conflict, rising costs and funding cuts are pushing food insecurity higher while aid struggles to keep pace.
In South Sudan’s Jonglei State, families like Chol’s are trapped by conflict, displacement and rising hunger, as violence destroys livelihoods and leaves communities struggling to survive without food or support. Countrywide, more than half of the population faces crisis hunger levels.
WFP's two top Ebola responders in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sib Ollo and Olivier Nkakudulu, describe how we are moving health workers, medical supplies and food assistance to support the battle against the deadly Bundibugyo virus and soaring food insecurity – drawing on the lessons of past Ebola outbreaks
WFP is delivering vital food and nutritional assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in Akobo East, as insecurity, infrastructure damage and the onset of the rainy season hamper operations.
In Ituri Province, a rare Ebola strain is colliding with widespread food insecurity. WFP is moving responders and supplies, keeping air access open, and providing food and nutrition support to affected families
Speed and accuracy save lives in humanitarian settings. WFP is deploying artificial intelligence to help ensure food assistance reaches the right people and in the right amounts.
Four years ago, donor mobilization and a massive humanitarian scale-up by WFP and partners averted famine in Somalia. Now, as needs soar, funds dry up and drought's fallout pummels the Horn of Africa nation, the race is on to stop another hunger catastrophe
Despite WFP food and other support, damaged bakeries, supply restrictions and rising costs are limiting bread production, piling fresh hardship on conflict-weary Gazans
As conflict, flooding, displacement and economic shocks converge, millions of people across South Sudan are facing emergency levels of hunger. The World Food Programme is racing to deliver food and nutrition assistance in hard‑to‑reach areas, but access and funding constraints threaten to leave families without support.
