food insecurity

Food is distributed by WFP in Herat in western Afghanistan in August 2021.
© WFP

First humanitarian flight to Kabul marks 'turning point' in crisis: WFP 

14 September 2021
Humanitarian Aid

The return of humanitarian flights to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a turning point in the crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. 

A woman sorts French beans that she harvested at a cooperative farm in Taveta, Kenya.
© FAO//Fredrik Lerneryd

Conflict, climate change, COVID, forces more people into hunger

12 July 2021
Health

Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around the world is stunted, UN agencies warned on Monday. 

High food prices are making nutritious food unaffordable for millions of families around the world.
© WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud

Amid COVID job losses, ‘high food prices are hunger’s new best friend’, WFP warns

8 July 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with high food prices are making it hard for millions of families to get enough to eat, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday. 

People affected by Tropical Storm Amanda in El Salvador have received cash transfers enabling them to buy food supplies.
© WFP/David Fernandez

Climate crisis and economic shocks leave millions food insecure across Central America

23 February 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Reporting that hunger has increased almost fourfold in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua in the past two years, the World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday warned that 1.7 million people are in the ‘emergency’ category of food insecurity, calling for $47.3 million now, to provide urgent food assistance.

World Food Programme food distribution in Somalia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WFP/Ismail Taxta

‘Triple threat’ adds to long-standing crises menacing food security in Somalia – FAO

17 February 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Poor rainfall, flooding and desert locusts are contributing to extreme food insecurity in Somalia, threating 2.6 million people, the UN agriculture agency said in a new analysis released on Wednesday.
 

In Burkina Faso, the number of people facing a critical lack of food has increased.
UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

Burkina Faso ‘one step short of famine’, warns UN food relief agency

19 October 2020
Humanitarian Aid

Unless access is urgently granted to humanitarian organizations, thousands in the Central Sahel will be “pushed into further destitution”, the UN emergency food relief agency warned on Monday.  

WFP food distribution to Internally Displaced People in Kikuku, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
WFP/Ben Anguandia

Millions ‘on the edge’ in DR Congo now in even greater danger of tipping over: WFP

14 August 2020
Humanitarian Aid

Millions of lives could be lost to hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid escalating conflict and worsening COVID-19 transmission, the UN emergency food relief agency has warned, urging the international community to step up support for the African nation.

In Harare, Zimbabwe, a single mother of three relies on food assistance from the World Food Programme (WFP) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WFP/Claire Nevill

Ravages of acute hunger will likely hit six in 10 in Zimbabwe: WFP

30 July 2020
Humanitarian Aid

The World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently seeking more international support to prevent millions of Zimbabweans plunging deeper into hunger. The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated an already severe hunger crisis in Zimbabwe, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.

Rania and her eldest daughter, Amani, stand in the entrance to their home in a camp for internally displaced people in Lahj, Yemen.
WFP/Mohammed Awadh

Waiting to declare famine ‘will be too late for Yemenis on brink of starvation’

10 July 2020
Humanitarian Aid

In Yemen, fears of famine have resurfaced as UN humanitarians also warned on Friday that 360,000 severely malnourished children could die unless they continue to get treatment and aid is stepped up. In an urgent appeal for funding, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that it needs $200 million per month to maintain assistance in the war-torn country.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Food Programme (WFP), is distributing electronic cash cards to 1,500 families in El Alto and La Paz, Bolivia.
WFP/Morelia Eróstegui

Food is best vaccine against chaos, insists UN World Food Programme head

29 June 2020
Humanitarian Aid

Tens of millions more people are likely to go hungry this year because of the COVID-19 crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday, as it announced plans for a massive boost to its global aid operation so it can reach them.