The Latest Breaking News from WFP

With Ukraine farmers on frontlines, U.N. food chief warns of 'devastation'

The U.N. food chief warned on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine was threatening to devastate the World Food Programme's efforts to feed some 125 million people globally because Ukraine had gone "from the breadbasket of the world to breadlines."

Reuters · Mar 29, 2022

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: No let up in attacks on Chernihiv

Russia-Ukraine news from March 30: Ukrainian officials say attacks on Chernihiv have not eased despite Russian pledge.

Al Jazeera · Mar 29, 2022

A life of isolation for Syrian refugees in Jordan’s Azraq camp

Opened in 2014, the remote refugee camp was built in response to overcrowding at Zaatari, Jordan’s largest facility.

Al Jazeera · Mar 29, 2022

US Lawmakers Push for Global Food Aid Funding as UN Warns of Famine

The United States must increase food aid to prevent millions of people starving as Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens global grain supplies, members of the US Senate's bipartisan hunger caucus said. Congress passed $13 billion in aid for Ukraine on March 9, but the $2.65 billion earmarked in the package…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 23, 2022

U.S. lawmakers push for global food aid funding as UN warns of famine

The United States must increase food aid to prevent millions of people starving as Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens global grain supplies, members of the U.S. Senate's bipartisan hunger caucus said.

Reuters · Mar 23, 2022

Sudan: Russian influence and Ukraine war stir domestic tensions

Officials courted Russian influence but the interference and the war in Ukraine are catalysing tensions back in Sudan.

Al Jazeera · Mar 18, 2022

World Food Programme says food supply chains 'falling apart' in Ukraine

A World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Friday that food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with key infrastructure such as bridges and trains destroyed by bombs and many grocery stores and warehouses empty.

Reuters · Mar 18, 2022

‘Take from the hungry to feed the starving’: UN faces awful dilemma

Agencies forced to cut back aid in Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Ethiopia despite growing need as funds go to Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2022

Aid agencies race to get food supplies to Ukrainian cities at risk of siege

Efforts to stock up Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro are under way as the wider repercussions of the conflict are felt in Yemen and Lebanon

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2022

A green island turns red: Madagascans struggle through long drought

With precious few trees left to slow the wind in this once fertile corner of southern Madagascar, red sand is blowing everywhere: onto fields, villages and roads, and into the eyes of children waiting for food aid parcels.

Reuters · Mar 17, 2022