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How conflict and extreme weather have displaced millions and fuelled severe food insecurity in the Horn of Africa country

A funding shortfall is forcing WFP and other humanitarian organizations to cut assistance to some of the world’s most vulnerable people

UN report raises alarm over 13 emergencies, including five - Gaza, Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, and Haiti - where people face the immediate threat of starvation

Learn more about this rare and deadliest form of hunger, which is spreading in Sudan and threatens Gaza and elsewhere – and how WFP is fighting it

With emergency food assistance shrinking and malnutrition at record levels, millions need World Food Programme support as they struggle to get by

American farmers play a key role in WFP's hunger-fighting mandate

Joint global partnership aims to tackle the deadliest form of malnutrition

With funding and commitment, WFP can scale up food assistance to the most vulnerable, Eric Perdison says

Machines gather dust in bakeries and pots sit empty at hot-meal points as a new report confirms hunger is sliding towards starvation and famine

Artificial intelligence is already used in a variety of ways in humanitarian work. It can save time and money, meaning that every dollar spent has that extra reach and ability to make more impact.

WFP races to provide food assistance to millions on the brink

Reaching the most deprived areas of Port-au-Prince takes coordination and patience

WFP and Central Africans reach out to war-displaced newcomers, in a country facing its own insecurity and hunger challenges

WFP warns millions at risk of growing hunger and malnutrition as country is buffeted by a raft of shocks

Innovation steers the World Food Programme’s child malnutrition response

For millions in Sudan, WFP food assistance is the only barrier against catastrophic food insecurity

Urgent action is needed as already vulnerable people enter the lean season amid escalating violence, the World Food Programme's South Sudan chief warns

After rapidly deploying to the worst-affected areas, WFP aims to scale up support

With budgets tight and crises mounting, getting food from A to B isn’t just a matter of logistics – it’s a lifeline for people the World Food Programme serves

Assessments ongoing to quantify humanitarian needs

As new findings show record-high hunger in Africa’s second-largest country, a severe funding crunch and insecurity hamper WFP’s efforts to reach tens of thousands of desperate people in the northeast

The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service is saving lives in places like Madagascar, Haiti and the Central African Republic - even as a funding shortfall bites

Rapid scale-up needed to save lives and address humanitarian needs

Quake feared to worsen already serious food insecurity

Without urgent funds to support one of the World Food Programme’s biggest emergencies, groups most vulnerable to malnutrition will be hit hardest