The continent, whose countries suffer from famine, refugee and other humanitarian crises, is sometimes forgotten, Cindy McCain, the executive director of the U.N. body, says.

After 30 years of developing future agriculture leaders, The World Food Prize is expanding its Youth Institute model to Africa.

A drone strike destroyed three trucks in a World Food Programme (WFP) aid convoy in the town of Mellit in Sudan’s North Darfur region on Tuesday, a local official and witnesses said.The convoy had ...

Organisations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations. Maiduguri, Nigeria – ...

UN aid teams in Gaza say that they’re only able to get less than half the lifesaving food support that is needed into the war ...

World Food Programme Statement on Israeli Attack on Aid Seekers Jul 24, 2025 WFP Statement: On the morning of 20 July, a 25 truck WFP convoy carrying vital food assistance crossed the Zikim border ...

The WFP says aid is being cut by 60 percent for the most vulnerable groups including pregnant women and disabled people.

The stakes could not be higher. Food insecurity fuels desperation—it drives up crime, stokes ethnic tensions, and pushes ...

Almost one in three people in the Gaza Strip are going for days without eating, the UN's food aid programme has warned.

The UN's World Food Program claimed that "one in three people in the Gaza Strip has gone days without eating", according to information provided by Hamas-controlled Gaza's Ministry of Health.

Famished locals in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarians warn a wartime blockade ...

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $400-million loan to help the Philippines improve food security and address poor nutrition amid rising climate and disaster risks.