
Increasing Risk of Hunger in Hotspot Areas Warns New United Nations Report
A new United Nations report found that acute hunger is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries between June and November of 2023.

A new United Nations report found that acute hunger is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries between June and November of 2023.

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are trapped in a hunger emergency as the region lurches from crisis to crisis.

WFP is gearing up for a large-scale emergency response to Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to make landfall this Sunday in Myanmar and Bangladesh.

WFP warns that an additional 2.5 million people in Sudan are expected to slip into hunger in the coming months as a result of the ongoing violence in the country. This would take acute hunger in Sudan to record levels.

The number of people experiencing acute hunger rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC).Â

World Food Program USA has been honored with two Stevie awards in the 21st Annual American Business Awards.

World Food Program USA today released a new report – Dangerously Hungry: The Link Between Food Insecurity and Conflict – which examines the ways hunger acts as a driver of conflict around the world.

Cindy H. McCain joins the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) as the new Executive Director today. She warns that the world faces an unparalleled food crisis that requires the Rome-based agency to urgently raise more resources.

At a time when 345 million people face crisis levels of hunger, school meals are a critical safety net for vulnerable children and households.

Prices of staple foods are soaring in Malawi, ten days after Tropical Cyclone Freddy made its second passage over the southern African country.