The Latest Breaking News from WFP

The United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region’s worst hunger crisis in decades

UNICEF, WFP call for support for hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting, with women and children bearing the brunt.

For over a year now, authorities in Nigeria have been resettling people displaced by the fighting between government forces and Boko Haram, Islamic militants who launched an insurgency in 2009 with northeastern Borno state as the epicenter of the fighting

A top United Nations official says that he is concerned that Lebanon’s ports and airport might be taken out of service, with serious implications for getting food supplies into the county

PRCS and WFP reports reveal dire food situation in northern Gaza, with 90% of children facing 'food poverty'. Lack of food supply due to military operation...

1 million people in northern Gaza face hunger as food deliveries have stopped, raising fears of famine. International efforts are underway to address the c...

THE Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) will cost the NHS Scotland £85 million over the next five years, the SNP have warned.

The UN Security Council extended on Monday its authorization of the multinational policing mission in crime-ravaged Haiti, but without any call to transform it into a UN peacekeeping mission, as floated by Port-au-Prince.

Humanitarians are enlisting entertainers and creators to reach impassioned youth during climate week events that coincide with the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meetings

Escalating conflict in Lebanon leads to dire humanitarian crisis with water scarcity and mental health needs.

Israel struck multiple targets in Lebanon on Sunday, after killing the Iran-backed Hezbollah group's leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday. Iran has vowed to avenge his death, while Lebanon's top Christian cleric has urged diplomacy in what risks turning into a wider Middle East conflict.