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Mother visits WFP-supported nutrition clinic in Al Kalakla, Jabal Awila

Families in Sudan Pushed to the Brink Amidst Brutal Conflict and Famine as WFP Resources Dry Up

WFP is struggling to keep lifesaving emergency operations running. Sudan’s shows no signs of slowing down.

WFP Scales up Operations in Gaza as Ceasefire Passes 100 Days

One hundred days into the ceasefire, the World Food Programme (WFP) has significantly expanded its lifesaving operations across the Gaza Strip, reaching more than 1 million people each month.

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People collect bags of food after an air drop outside Pieri in Jonglei State

WFP Intensifies Emergency Response as Conflict Escalates in Jonglei, South Sudan

February 19, 2026

WFP is scaling up its emergency response to reach people forced to flee spiraling conflict in South Sudan’s Jonglei state.

Joint UN Convoy Brings Vital Aid to Cut-off Communities in Sudan’s South Kordofan State

February 18, 2026

A UN interagency convoy has reached Dilling and Kadugli, South Kordofan, with lifesaving humanitarian supplies to assist over 130,000 people.

WFP Calls for Safe Humanitarian Access as Conflict Escalates in South Sudan’s Jonglei State

January 30, 2026

WFP is today on all parties to the conflict to urgently halt military operations, de-escalate the situation and allow safe humanitarian access to deliver lifesaving food assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan’s Jonglei State.

Conflict affected Sudanese fleeing to other parts of Sudan

New FAO-WFP Report Warns of Shrinking Window to Prevent Millions More People Facing Acute Food Insecurity in 16 Hotspots

November 12, 2025

A new joint report by FAO and WFP warns that acute food insecurity is deepening in 16 hunger hotspots, which could drive more into famine.

Assistant Executive Director Visits Nutrition Clinic

Hunger and Malnutrition Deepen as Conflict and Access Constraints Persist in South Sudan

November 7, 2025

South Sudan continues to face a severe food and nutrition crisis, which is threatening to deteriorate further.

Tumusifu Manishimwe receives an electronic voucher

WFP, FAO Call for Urgent Action as Hunger Deepens in DRC

October 29, 2025

FAO and WFP warn today of the escalating humanitarian crisis in the DRC with acute food insecurity remaining stubbornly high.

Farhia Ali and her daughter Ruqiya at a health clinic in Mogadishu.

WFP Warns That Six Critical Operations Are Facing Significant Food Aid Pipeline Breaks by Year-End

October 15, 2025

New WFP report, ‘A Lifeline at Risk’, finds that 13.7 million WFP food aid recipients could be pushed into emergency levels of hunger.

Millions Risk Losing Access to Humanitarian Food Assistance Amid Funding Slowdown in South Sudan

July 22, 2025

WFP has reached over 2 million people with lifesaving assistance in South Sudan so far this year. However, a severe funding shortfall threatens ongoing support, placing millions at risk of losing aid.

WFP Airdrops Food to Prevent Catastrophe as Hunger Surges in Conflict-Hit Parts of South Sudan

July 7, 2025

WFP began airdropping emergency food assistance to thousands of families in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, where surging conflict has pushed some communities to the brink of famine.