Location: Sudan
WFP Executive Director David Beasley congratulated leaders of Sudan and one of the country’s rebel groups for agreeing to principles to resolve their conflict including that freedom of religion would be guaranteed to all Sudanese in a civil, democratic federal state.
More than 30,000 Ethiopians have crossed across into Sudan, fleeing conflict in their home region. We urgently need additional funding to save their lives.
The number of acutely hungry people in the world may increase by more than 100 million this year, and some countries could be headed for famine.
The flooding is the worst Sudan has seen in nearly a century. We're scaling up to help thousands of devastated families across the country.
First the first time in nearly eight years, three WFP-contracted barges sailed to South Sudan with enough food to feed 370,000 people for one month.
3 women, 3 very different stories, 1 training program—giving vulnerable young people a voice.
In South Sudan, the combined effects of civil war and drought have left nearly 5 million people food-insecure.
“I am leaving with anger and sadness because hunger is forcing me to leave my homeland."
Escalating violence on top of climate disasters, sky-rocketing prices and the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing millions more people into hunger.
Mutinta Hambayi works for WFP in Malawi. Here she talks about her work as a nutritionist, some of the biggest misconceptions about her job and what she finds most rewarding about her job. My role includes… heading a Nutrition Unit with a diverse Nutrition and HIV portfolio in a large operation in Malawi, reaching 2.8 million people this […]