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Afghanistan and DRC are among humanitarian emergencies where the UN World Food Programme is being forced to scale back operations

An eyewitness account of one community being pushed to the brink as the World Food Programme is forced to cut food assistance to 10 million people.

WFP’s school feeding programme has been a lifeline for many young Afghans, especially girls, who face shrinking opportunities growing up

European Union support helps WFP reach families in need

WFP races to pre-position food, supporting especially women and girls

The World Food Programme's regional chief, Corinne Fleischer, on why peace is the best long-term solution for the country and those around the world dependent on its grain.

Annual UN meetings backdropped by unprecedented hunger crisis

Eighteen vehicles dispatched to deliver humanitarian assistance amid devastation in the east of the country

In the remote province of Ghor, WFP food assistance provides a lifeline to vulnerable families

Almost half the country’s population – 20 million people – do not have enough to eat

Latest Hunger Hotspots report from the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization confirms the agencies' worst fears

Four years after the Security Council passed the landmark resolution 2417, World Food Programme Head of Emergencies Margot van der Velden explains why in a year of unprecedented hunger marking the anniversary is so important

Mary-Ellen McGroarty, World Food Programme country director for Afghanistan, explains why donors - whose help averted famine over the winter - must continue their support

Lifesaving food remains trapped in a year of catastrophic hunger, with needs outpacing resources to help people going hungry across the world

An eyewitness account from the World Food Programme's Tomson Phiri in Lviv shows how the agency is collaborating to expand its reach as other crisis-hit countries feel the heat

Increased costs set to affect World Food Programme operations and impact the most vulnerable well beyond Ukraine’s borders

How a variety of World Food Programme initiatives are changing people's lives

The World Food Programme needs urgent funding to boost operations as 8.7 million people face famine

Eyewitness account of a country in free fall shows why the World Food Programme must scale up

WFP needs to reach 23 million people with food assistance as conflict, poverty and an economic crisis put lives at risk

World Food Programme calls for action as UN study estimates 22.8 million could face acute hunger during winter months, with 8.7 million people at emergency levels

‘Having an impact on people’s lives is a feeling that moves you from the gut’

WFP racing against clock to provide most vulnerable with life-saving food - but funding is short

World Food Programme calls for urgent funding to avert 'total catastrophe' as humanitarian flights to Kabul resume

Head of WFP's office in Herat describes the days the city fell and why he decided to stay