Global Disruptions to Supply Chains Are Driving Tomorrow’s Hunger Crisis
March 31, 2026
This is a transcript of what was said by Corinne Fleischer at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
WFP News
Topic: Conflict
One Year After Myanmar Earthquake: New Global Shocks Threaten to Push Survivors Back Into Hunger
March 27, 2026
As Myanmar marks one year since the earthquake last March, WFP warns that communities are now being hit by renewed hardship.
Effects of the Middle East Conflict: Fuel Prices, Civilians and Hunger
March 17, 2026
The recent escalation of conflict in the Middle East has triggered far-reaching consequences for communities both within and beyond the region. The crisis is rapidly evolving. Below,
WFP Projects Food Insecurity Could Reach Record Levels as a Result of Middle East Escalation
March 17, 2026
(WFP) is warning today that the total number of people around the world facing acute levels of hunger could reach record numbers in 2026 if the escalation in the Middle East continues to destabilize the world’s economy.
WFP Delivers Lifesaving Assistance to Families Caught in Conflict in Afghanistan
March 15, 2026
WFP has begun rapidly mobilizing a large-scale emergency response for communities in Afghanistan impacted by the conflict with Pakistan.Â
WFP Warns Rising Food and Fuel Prices Risk Pushing Global Hunger Higher as Humanitarian Needs Grow
March 9, 2026
WFP is warning that surging food and fuel prices driven by the escalation of the conflict could have ripple effects that will worsen hunger.
Why Does Hunger Still Exist? And How Do We Solve It?
February 23, 2026
In our modern society, why are people still hungry? Even though there’s more than enough food to feed everyone, millions of people experience hunger.
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.
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