The Latest Breaking News from WFP

Distraught Myanmar relief camp dwellers received final handouts from the World Food Programme on Wednesday as the UN agency begins halting aid to a million people in the country because funding has dried up.

Moves by US, UK and other donors to cut aid mean ‘high malnutrition rates, starvation and death’, say experts

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has arrived in Bangladesh on a four-day visit to review the situation of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees amid the fear of aid cuts that could seriously affect them

Rohingya refugees in crammed Bangladeshi camps say they are worried about a U.S. decision to cut food rations by half beginning next month, while a refugee official says the reduction will impact the nutrition of more than 1 million refugees and create social and mental pressure

Tensions are again rising between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar.

Decision made after attempts to raise more funds had been unsuccessful, agency tells authorities

World Food Programme says ‘severe funding shortfalls’ to force cut in monthly food vouchers from $12.50 to $6.

Warnings of 'huge impact' on nutrition in Cox’s Bazar as amount allocated to each refugee is more than halved

The pause in USAID funding is exacerbating the hunger crisis in Sudan and compounding the challenge for relief workers.