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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.

World Food Programme readies emergency assistance for more than 50,000 people fleeing attacks in the northern province of Cabo Delgado

World Food Programme works with Government and NGOs to deliver critical food assistance as fire leaves 45,000 people displaced

World Food Programme readies emergency assistance for more than 50,000 people affected by the attacks

How a World Food Programme humanitarian is helping communities recover two years after their lives were turned upside down by the climate shock

A decade on from the start of the conflict, the World Food Programme continues to support Syrian refugees and their children

One year after the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic, the World Food Programme is working around the clock to respond in a country where more than 6 million people are on the brink

The World Food Programme is working with partners to provide critical support to thousands adjusting to a tough new reality

“This is a scenario I have never witnessed before,” Cyril Noujeim shares his experience in being part of the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) response in Lebanon in 2020.

World Food Programme calls for more than US$130m to reach displaced people and host communities on the brink

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

Four voices from the World Food Programme’s Common Services on overcoming the challenges of keeping the humanitarian community up and running when the pandemic kicked off

World Food Programme resilience projects are empowering people affected by conflict and climate change in Africa

Pioneering staff reflect on 20 years of the UN Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi, Italy

Six stations broadcast practical advice to keep coronavirus at bay

A mother shares her fears as the country's hunger crisis deepens while looming threat of coronavirus adds extra layer

With hundreds of thousands displaced and hunger on the rise, fighting looks set to spill across the Gulf of Guinea

Agency puts expertise and infrastructure at the service of pandemic response and appeals for US$ 350 million as part of consolidated UN funding call

The conflict in Syria is entering its tenth year. Nahi, a humanitarian working for a World Food Programme partner organization in the northwest, describes the situation as close to one million people have been forced from their homes in the largest wave of displacement since December.

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Increasing violence is affecting communities and humanitarian efforts in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

WFP Global Hotspots 2020 highlights countries and regions where rapid assistance and investment are most needed

Conflict and climate change are pushing hundreds of thousands of people out of their homes — and into hunger

The country is teetering on the brink as people struggle to find clean drinking water, medicines and nutritious food