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Satellite imagery has a key role in increasing the efficiency of a humanitarian response

The World Food Programme (WFP)'s Yemen Country Director Stephen Anderson reflects on the crisis gripping Yemen. Here is what he saw on his trip to Hodeidah.

Learn more about WFP operations in Nigeria.

Every year on 19 August, World Humanitarian Day pays tribute to those who dedicate — and sometimes sacrifice — their lives to humanitarian work. World Food Programme (WFP) staff around the world share what it means to work every day to save and change millions of lives.

Learn more about the biggest humanitarian air operation in the world managed by the World Food Programme (WFP)

With conflicts raging and hunger on the rise again, what does the man who warned the world about famine see in the forecast? I paid WFP Chief Economist Arif Husain a visit to find out.

Good nutrition from conception to a child's second birthday ensures a healthy start in life. Mothers — and fathers — across the globe share their experiences.

In May this year the UN Security Council passed a resolution that acknowledges the link between hunger and conflict. Karina and Daniel — two of WFP's newly trained Storytellers in Bidibidi, Uganda, tell us why peace in South Sudan is the only solution to hunger.

In landlocked Malawi, climate change and recurrent droughts are challenging people's futures. The World Food Programme (WFP) is using creative ways to help build resilience.

Cash transfers enable WFP to give faster support to people people in need

Conflict robs nation of its Independence celebrations

Logistician Jenna Lusaka is bringing her skills to some of the Pacific's most remote communities

Three years of siege have stripped many in the northeastern city of their livelihoods, forcing people like Ali to roam the ruins searching for scraps to survive

I'm a GIS Officer. I make maps that allow humanitarian organizations to deliver lifesaving assistance

World Food Programme (WFP) assistance supports the most vulnerable Palestinians in the face of a collapsing economy and increasing restrictions

How World Food Programme (WFP) assistance is helping refugees in 32 countries

How a new project gives immediate recycling solutions to Beirut and long-term skills for its most vulnerable populations

Historic UN Security Council resolution recognizes link between conflict and food insecurity

Humanitarian groups are warning that millions will need food assistance this year. Here is a breakdown of what is driving the situation — and the solutions

A day in the life of one of the 260,000 children benefiting from Tunisia's national school meals programme, supported by the World Food Programme (WFP).

The unique role of adolescents in the household means that they can be agents of change to improve the health and nutrition of their families, peers and communities.

‘I hope that with a better life my children will go to school and graduate, and can have a bright future'

World Food Programme (WFP) engineer Daniela Villar on monsoon preparations in refugee camps in Bangladesh and being a woman in the male-dominated world of engineering

Rebuilding homes and lives three years after Nepal's earthquakes

The upsurge in violence in Eastern Ghouta has forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes and into makeshift shelters set up across rural Damascus