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6 May 2021

Acute hunger at five-year high, study warns, as famine looms for millions

Global Report on Food Crises confirms World Food Programme and humanitarian community's worst fears over critical nutrition

Zero Hunger Food Security Conflicts Climate Campaigns

Yemen Burkina Faso South Sudan

30 April 2021

How school meals are empowering girls in South Sudan

How World Food Programme school feeding is enabling aspirations by motivating families to keep their daughters in school

Development Food Security Gender Nutrition School feeding Zero Hunger

South Sudan

27 April 2021

‘The toughest Ramadan’: Soaring prices deny Syrians basic foods

A World Food Programme field monitor testifies to people's ongoing suffering after ten years of conflict

Food Prices Food Security Zero Hunger

Syrian Arab Republic

21 April 2021

Honduras: Climate change, coronavirus and caravans

How the World Food Programme is helping to break the cycle of hunger and migration in Central America's Dry Corridor

Refugees and migration Zero Hunger Food Security

Honduras

20 April 2021

Tired of conflict: Displaced people in Darfur yearn for peace — and home

Conflicts Emergencies Food Security Refugees and migration

Sudan

14 April 2021

Haiti: Coronavirus, high food prices and how beans became a luxury

World Food Programme support is a lifeline for families on the brink as the pandemic hammers the economy

Cash transfers Food Security

Haiti

7 April 2021

World Health Day: ‘People in Burundi know they are hungry but not that they suffer malnutrition’

As the World Food Programme warns of famine, spotlight on one country where efforts are being made to push back

Nutrition Food Security Funding Zero Hunger

Burundi

6 April 2021

Mozambique: ‘The worst part was hearing the gunshots and screams and wondering, will we be next?’

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

Conflicts Emergencies Food Security Logistics and delivery networks Refugees and migration

Mozambique

6 April 2021

DRC refugees in Uganda sow community ties amid urgent funding shortfall

A World Food Programme-backed farming project empowers new arrivals and Ugandan nationals with income-generating tools, as lack of money puts millions at risk in the region

Food Security Funding Gender Refugees and migration Smallholder Farmers

South Sudan Uganda

31 March 2021

WFP supports Rohingya refugees after blaze destroys homes

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

Cash transfers Emergencies Food Security

Bangladesh

31 March 2021

Mozambique: WFP responds as attack on Palma displaces thousands

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

Emergencies Food Security

Mozambique

26 March 2021

‘Conflict of sounds and smells’: A blind couple in Syria look to a better future

World Food Programme support empowers Aleppo residents Abdallah and Rania to expect good times with their baby boy

Cash transfers Food Security

Syrian Arab Republic

23 March 2021

Cyclone Idai anniversary: ‘My great satisfaction is watching families rising up again’

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

Climate Disaster risk reduction Emergencies Floods Food Security

Mozambique

19 March 2021

Cameroon: Women’s cooperatives create ‘family’ bonds amid crisis

How a resilience-building initiative backed by the World Food Programme and Korea is empowering communities recovering from displacement — and enabling new friendships

Food Security Refugees and migration Resilience Smallholder Farmers

Cameroon