Chad
April 22, 2025
Fighting one of the highest levels of hunger in the world, the people of this Sahelian country in central Africa are also among the most affected by the global climate crisis.
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Cote d’Ivoire
April 22, 2025
Côte d’Ivoire remains one of the best-performing economies in sub-Saharan Africa, but malnutrition and food insecurity are still ravaging rural communities.
WFP Warns of Rising Hunger and Malnutrition in Ethiopia as Humanitarian Needs Outpace Resources
April 22, 2025
Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Ethiopia as ongoing conflict, regional instability, displacement, drought and economic shocks leave millions without sufficient nutritious food, WFP warned today.
WFP Calls for Urgent Access to Preposition Food in Sudan as Rainy Season Risks Cutting off Roads to Starving
April 11, 2025
WFP is urgently calling for unimpeded access to immediately preposition food assistance across key locations in Sudan, as deliberate obstruction by parties on the ground and the approaching rainy season threaten to render vast areas of the country inaccessible by road.
Hunger Hotspots in South Sudan at Tipping Point as Food Insecurity Nears Record Levels
April 9, 2025
Vulnerable families in the northeast of South Sudan are at a critical tipping point as conflict escalates and hunger nears record levels, WFP warned today.
Conflict and Rising Food Prices Drive Congolese Into One of the World’s Worst Food Crises According to New IPC Data
March 27, 2025
FAO and WFP today announced that new data from the latest IPC analysis reveals the highest number ever recorded of acutely food insecure populations in the DRC.
Senior U.N. Aid Officials Sound Alarm on Mozambique’s Triple Crisis
February 28, 2025
Senior United Nations humanitarian officials are appealing for urgent global action to address a trio of crises – conflict, climate shocks and a deteriorating socio-economic situation – confronting Mozambique.
WFP Forced To Pause Food Distributions in Sudan’s Zamzam Camp as Fighting Intensifies
February 26, 2025
Intense fighting in Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region has forced the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to temporarily pause the distribution of life-saving food and nutrition assistance in the famine-hit camp for displaced people.
WFP Alarmed at Soaring Hunger as More Flee Displacement Camps in Eastern DRC
February 20, 2025
WFP has partially resumed food assistance in parts of Goma in eastern DRC, delivering vital nutrition supplies as three weeks of fighting continues to worsen access to food for the most vulnerable.
WFP Delivers Lifesaving Nutrition Supplies to Remote Communities in Madagascar via Unmanned Aircraft
February 20, 2025
The United Nations World Food Programme has, for the first time in three months, delivered lifesaving nutrition supplies for malnourished children in the remote region of Farafangana in southeastern Madagascar.
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