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Six years of conflict have taken a devastating toll on millions of people, and now famine is a stark reality without urgently needed funding.

High-level donor conference convened by UN hears millions are at risk of starvation without immediate intervention

As the World Food Programme launches a major new report, the organization's school feeding director Carmen Burbano discusses the impact of 39 billion missed meals

Lack of funds and obstacles on the ground lead to increasing hunger for millions of Yemenis

With four countries on the brink of catastrophe, Margot van der Velden urges the world to step up

What a year it's been—below, a selection of our favourite stories to usher in 2021

A look back at the year in which WFP stepped up to unprecedented challenges and fed 100 million people in 88 countries

Elaf and Amina are survivors of an ongoing conflict — their displaced families are supported by the World Food Programme. Below, they offer a touching glimpse of their worlds.

Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme identify 20 countries as hunger hotspots, with Burkina Faso, Yemen, Nigeria's North East and South Sudan facing the highest threat

As needs spiral upwards, WFP calls for urgent financial support and unhindered humanitarian access

Moved by the tragedy in Yemen, 20-year-old Nicola Parfitt decided to make her voice heard — and gained 12,000 followers

The United Nations World Food Programme's saves food stored at the Red Sea Mills near Hodeidah nearly two years after Yemen's war had cut off access to half of the agency's stock of wheat in the country.

WFP urgently needs US$737 million to continue to deliver food assistance until the end of the year

While recorded infections are low, the pandemic is believed to be sweeping across the country undetected. In a country beset by conflict and climate shocks, funding is required fast

Two World Food Programme nutrition experts on how to protect the most vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic

After five years of conflict in Yemen, five people reflect on what this has meant for them and their families. Their stories highlight the human cost of Yemen's war, yet at the same time the country's amazing resilience, dignity and hope.

Out of more than 12 million people we support there each month, they are the ones the most likely to go hungry

An interview with WFP's programme policy officer Itaru Furuta

Updates on WFP operations in the country

The statement, delivered on 17 June, highlighted the difficulties WFP is facing in providing humanitarian assistance in the war-torn country

Seven women share their experiences of extreme hardship during Ramadan in war-torn Yemen

As the Yemen Pledging Conference opens in Geneva, the World Food Programme (WFP) is urging large-scale nutrition funding to save lives now and help the country recover when peace comes.

"Hold me, Orpheus. Hold me tight." Amid the world's worst humanitarian crisis, echoes of Greek tragedy haunt WFP's Head of Television.

World Food Programme (WFP) Director of Supply Chain Jakob Kern reflects on the challenges and triumphs of working in the world's most heated crises

Life of an aid worker on Yemen's front line