
As Ebola spreads in Eastern DRC, WFP warns food assistance is vital to containing the outbreak
WFP scales up food aid, logistics and telecom support in eastern DRC as Ebola spreads amid conflict, displacement and severe hunger.

WFP scales up food aid, logistics and telecom support in eastern DRC as Ebola spreads amid conflict, displacement and severe hunger.

WFP warns escalating violence in Sudan’s El Obeid could trigger displacement and worsen the country’s already catastrophic hunger crisis.

There’s currently an outbreak of the Ebola virus in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.

WFP teams in eastern DRC share how they move health workers, supplies and food to combat Ebola and growing food insecurity.

WFP has scaled up its emergency response in Akobo, South Sudan, delivering vital food and nutrition aid to people facing catastrophic hunger.

WFP is urgently scaling up its emergency response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), working with the Government, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to help contain the Ebola outbreak.

A summary of remarks from WFP Assistant Executive Director Matthew Hollingworth on the ongoing crisis in Somalia.

Conflict, displacement and restricted humanitarian access leave nearly 19.5 million people – two out of every five people in Sudan – facing crisis levels of acute food insecurity.

Food insecurity and malnutrition worsen across Somalia as the first famine risk since the 2022 crisis is confirmed amid the compounding effects of multiple shocks.

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