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WFP and its partners must also be allowed to distribute wheat flour and food packages directly to families – the most effective way to prevent widespread starvation.
Read More +A handful of bakeries in south and central Gaza, supported by the World Food Programme (WFP), have resumed bread production after dozens of trucks were finally able to collect cargo from the Kerem Shalom border crossing and deliver it overnight.
Read More +In response to an urgent funding shortfall warning from WFP last week, World Food Program USA today launched the Emergency Hunger Relief Fund.
Read More +Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024 in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) released today.
Read More +Populations across the Gaza Strip are at risk of famine as fighting has surged again, border crossings are still closed and food is dangerously scarce.
Read More +Conflict, displacement, economic deterioration and recurrent extreme weather in West and Central Africa are driving millions of people towards emergency levels of hunger.
Read More +The World Food Programme has depleted all its food stocks for families in Gaza.
Read More +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.
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