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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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Carl Skau visiting the Omari camp near the Pakistan border

Afghan women and children pay the price as crises converge and funding shrinks

May 14, 2026

Mothers and children in Afghanistan are hardest hit by a growing malnutrition crisis, as multiple crises converge.

Wheat seeds and fertilizers distribution in AS-Sweida governorate

WFP scales back food assistance in Syria amid funding shortfalls

May 13, 2026

Critical funding shortfalls are forcing WFP to significantly scale back its operations in Syria.

Food distribution to displaced families sheltering in a public school in Beirut

Lebanon: New IPC analysis shows conflict escalation pushing nearly a quarter of population into acute food insecurity

April 29, 2026

A sharp escalation in violence has reversed recent food security gains in Lebanon and pushed the country back into crisis.

Nyanrch Nier poses for a portrait inside a makeshift shelter made from pieces of cloth

Hunger intensifies in South Sudan as 7.8 million people face high acute food insecurity and 2.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition

April 28, 2026

This was originally posted on wfp.org Conflict and displacement drive worsening crisis, with risk of famine in hardest-hit areas; nearly 700,000 children in danger of