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

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

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As conflict continues in Syria, the European Union and the World Food Programme are stepping in to help displaced families such as Um Ali's

As a child, she received emergency nutritional support from the World Food Programme where she is now a monitor helping Burundian refugees

For generations, people have suffered conflict and violence—now, projects teaching former combatants and victims how to produce food are showing the way

Stalled peace and instability are creating a bleak future for the newest country in the world

As the World Food Programme receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, WFP veteran and Country Director in Chad, Claude Jibidar reflects on the link between conflict and hunger, food and peace

Watch live event to mark WFP's acceptance of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

UN agency in call for funds—and peace—to avert a deepening humanitarian crisis

World Food Programme at hand as people worry about their next meal and conflict continues

World Food Programme staff in a country with a history of conflict reflect on their roles on the front lines

World Food Programme humanitarian in Libya reveals how conflict changed his country — and that the path to peace comes through working together.

World Food Programme calls for funds as fighting prompts an exodus straining a country ravaged by two cyclones

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

Mapping technology helps World Food Programme staff traversing mountainous terrain identify safe routes to reach vulnerable people

Award spotlights conflict, climate change and coronavirus as drivers of a deepening global hunger crisis

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

Make food a tool for peace instead, urges Executive Director

Syrian returnees unable to rebuild their lives amidst a backdrop of meteoric rise in prices including food. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) continues to provide food for displaced families and returnees reaching 4.6 million people each month.

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.

People are facing unprecedented levels of hunger as multiple shocks hit the war-torn country

The World Food Programme is working with USAID to meet the nutritional needs of mothers and children

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

Three experts discuss the significance of UN Security Council resolution 2417 and cast a look at hunger, peace and security in the post-COVID world