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Pope Francis in DR Congo: WFP highlights Africa’s biggest hunger crisis

·February 2, 2023·2 min read

Millions of Congolese face severe food insecurity, particularly in the northeast, where fighting has uprooted millions of people. As part of his three-day DRC visit, the Pope is expected to meet families displaced by conflict in the east. This staggering number includes more than half a million uprooted from their homes...

Syria: WFP chief calls for action now, as hunger soars to 12 year high

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·January 30, 2023·3 min read

WFP Executive Director, David Beasley, said that if we don’t address this humanitarian crisis, “things are going to get worse than we can possibly imagine”. Following 12 years of brutal conflict, an economy crippled by runaway inflation, a currency that has collapsed to a record low and soaring food prices,...

UN agencies warn again of record hunger next year in West and Central Africa

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·December 9, 2022·3 min read

More than 35 million people, including 6.7 million children, are currently unable to meet their basic food and nutrition needs, according to latest analysis from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme (WFP). Numbers could rise unless urgent and long-lasting solutions...

South Sudan: Conflict and climate crisis drives rising hunger |

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·November 4, 2022·2 min read

Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in areas affected by flood, drought and conflict, and some communities are likely to face starvation unless aid is sustained, and climate adaption measures are scaled up. Roughly two-thirds of the population, more than 7.7 million people, will not have enough to eat...

Amidst escalating needs and soaring hunger, refugees caught in the eye of the perfect storm |

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·June 20, 2022·1 min read

Impossible choices Hamstrung by funding constraints, WFP is having to prioritize assistance to ensure that vital food reaches the most vulnerable families first – often leaving refugees without support at a time where food assistance is the difference between life and death. As WFP is forced to institute ration reductions...