Acute Malnutrition Threatens Half of Children Under Five in Yemen in 2021: UN
February 12, 2021
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen continues to exert a terrible toll on children, warns UN agencies FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO.
WFP News
Topic: Understanding Hunger
Coronavirus Could Push More People to Move out of Necessity as Hunger Surges Among Migrant and Displaced Communities Says New UN Report
November 10, 2020
The world’s 164 million migrant workers, especially those working in the informal sector, are some of the worst hit by the pandemic.
New WFP Report Shows Access to Food Grossly Unequal as Coronavirus Adds to Challenges
October 16, 2020
A new report exposes the destructive impact of conflict, climate change and economic crises, now compounded by COVID-19, in driving up hunger.
Global Report on Food Crises Reveals Scope of Food Crises as COVID-19 Poses New Risks to Vulnerable Countries
April 21, 2020
A new report finds that rates of acute hunger worldwide are the highest they’ve been since the report’s inception.
COVID-19 Will Double Number of People Facing Food Crises Unless Swift Action Is Taken
April 21, 2020
Today, WFP released a report announcing that COVID-19 could push more than a quarter of a billion into hunger by the end of 2020.
Locusts in East Africa: A Race Against Time
February 25, 2020
The locust upsurge affecting East Africa is a graphic and shocking reminder of this region’s vulnerability. Yet as ancient as this scourge is, its scale today is unprecedented in modern times.
WFP Expands Emergency Operation in Zimbabwe as Drought and Economic Hardship Plunge Millions Into Hunger
December 3, 2019
Zimbabwe’s hunger crisis – the worst in more than a decade – is part of an unprecedented climate-driven disaster gripping southern Africa. WFP plans to more than double the number of people it is helping by January to 4.1 million.
UN Report: World Hunger Is Still Not Going Down After Three Years and Obesity Is Still Growing
July 15, 2019
The authors of the report call for a profound transformation of food systems if we’re going to provide sustainably-produced healthy diets for a growing world population.
