The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in US foreign funding.
Suspension impacts 5 energy, 4 economic growth, and 5 agri programmes, several others in education and health in Pakistan.
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Humanitarians continue to respond to needs in Syria as security and logistical conditions permit, the UN said on Tuesday. UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported that the cross-border operation from Türkiye into the northwest is running without impediments.
World Food Programme (WFP) and Chad's meteorological agency partner to modernize weather forecasting and enhance climate response in Chad
As part of this initiative, WFP will provide general food distributions to 17,000 vulnerable people across multiple regions, including refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and vulnerable host communities.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a Japanese Yen 200 million (approx. US$ 1.27 million) contribution from the Government of Japan to provide lifesaving food assistance to crisis-affected people across six regions in Cameroon In collaboration with the government,
Residents of the Afghan capital have complained of rising food prices as the local currency lost value against the US dollar in recent days. The currency fell to around 80 Afghanis to the dollar on Monday after hovering around 70 in recent weeks.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said it was providing aid to displaced Palestinians who were returning home in various parts of Gaza following the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.Footage filmed by the WFP shows widespread destruction in Rafah,
Japan and World Food Programme (WFP) join forces to strengthen food security of vulnerable populations in Cameroon
According to the WFP press release, anticipatory action—measures taken before disasters strike—was increasingly integrated into Bangladesh's disaster management framework in 2024. The Standing Orders on Disaster (SOD), first updated to include AA in 2019, continued to guide these efforts.
JOHANNESBURG - Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have no access to basic necessities as conflict escalates in the region. The World Food Programme (WFP) said people also aren’t able to receive medical help as hospitals are overwhelmed. This followed an invasion of the M23 rebel group in the country.