Acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories, according to a new United Nations report.
Haiti today marks another grim milestone, as the number of people facing acute hunger has now reached half of the country’s population, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis.
World Food Program USA is deeply concerned by the escalating conflict in Lebanon. We are closely monitoring the unfolding situation and stand ready to support the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s response.
Torrential rains have unleashed catastrophic floods in West and Central Africa, affecting over 4 million people in 14 countries, WFP today warns.
WFP Assistant Executive Director Stephen Omollo addresses the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in Sudan.
After more than 15 months of war in Sudan, a catastrophic combination of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints has resulted in famine in a camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur Region.
Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Nations specialized agencies.
The latest food security assessment on Gaza confirms WFP’s concerns about the ongoing levels of severe hunger across the Gaza Strip and shows the critical importance of sustained access to all areas of Gaza.
Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots,” a new United Nations early warning report has revealed today.
More than 30 million people across Southern Africa have been affected by a severe drought. Millions could be pushed into acute hunger unless support is urgently mobilized to scale before the next lean season, warn the United Nations and partners.
