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WFP assisted a record 115.5 million people amidst disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Pioneering staff reflect on 20 years of the UN Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi, Italy, where G20 Ministers will discuss logistics in humanitarian response this week

In the northern region of Tigray, Aster and her husband rely on World Food Programme support to survive — with the risk of famine imminent for some 350,000 people, WFP is calling for funds to assist 2.1 million

Together, we can be the generation that ends hunger

How in backing schools, the World Food Programme boosts both health and literacy in rural areas

Most of what we know about conflict we see on TV and in movies. Malish James, who has hopped from refugee camp to refugee camp since fleeing South Sudan as a child, knows what it’s like first hand. Now he’s telling his story to the world

The World Food Programme marks international refugee day with a visit to the Mantapala refugee settlement in Zambia

The World Food Programme marks international refugee day by checking in with young talents from the Democratic Republic of Congo living in Malawi

Famine — driven by conflict and fueled by climate shocks and the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — could soon become a reality for millions of people. Below, the World Food Programme’s acting director of nutrition, Allison Oman Lawi, explains what famine is — and spells out the urgent need for action to avert it

Humanitarian agencies including the World Food Programme scrambled to provide assistance to people fleeing Goma

The World Food Programme appeals for vital funding and decisive political action to break the corrosive cycle of conflict and hunger

World Food Programme unveils interactive Storymap charting its response to the coronavirus pandemic in the region

World Food Programme training is empowering farmers in Zambia to increase their yields of crops that can withstand shocks

World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization empower communities with agriculture and trade skills

In a Q&A to mark food safety day, Caroline Mwendwa reveals experiences of shortages that inform her work as a WFP food technologist

World Environment Day special: World Food Programme calls for funds as people suffering droughts and floods face a struggle to survive

To mark World Environment Day, a look at one way the World Food Programme is supporting people to work wonders with waste

Why the World Food Programme changes lives — and lightbulbs

As food becomes more expensive, more and more people fall into food insecurity in the Western African country

World Food Programme aims to make staying in hometowns a better option than risking exploitation in the goldmines of the north

World Food Programme at hand as violence fuels hunger, prompting many to flee their homes

World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization empower communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — the country with the biggest number of people going hungry

Pandemic takes heavy toll on vulnerable communities who must buy food on credit, reduce meal portions or limit the number of daily meals 

A livelihoods project backed by the World Food Programme empowers people to bee independent

Software part of wider drive to improve efficiency in humanitarian assistance through Artificial Intelligence