WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

Jul 07, 2023, at 06:58 pm

New York: Funding constraints mean that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to limit emergency aid to only 6.2 million of the most vulnerable people in need across West Africa, scaling back from an initial target of assisting 11.6 million, the agency announced on Wednesday.

World Food Programme reaches deal to supply food to 185,000 children in Venezuela

Apr 21, 2021, at 05:23 pm

New York: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has signed an agreement with the Government of Venezuela to begin operations to provide the most vulnerable children in the South American country with nutritious school meals, it announced on Tuesday.

Three killed in attack on UN World Food Programme convoy in DR Congo

Feb 23, 2021, at 10:34 pm

New York: The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a World Food Programme (WFP) staff member, together with an Italian embassy official, were killed on Monday during an attack on a UN convoy in the east of the country, the agency has said.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to World Food Programme

Oct 09, 2020, at 09:02 pm

Stockholm:  The Nobel Peace Prize was given to the World Food Programme on Friday.

World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 09, 2020, at 08:30 pm

Stockholm/IBNS: Food-assistance branch of the United Nations, World Food Programme (WFP), won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Drought and conflict leave millions more hungry in 2017 – UN-backed report

Mar 23, 2018, at 02:20 pm

New York, Mar 23 (JEN): Driven largely by climate disasters and conflict, levels of acute hunger surged in 2017, leaving some 124 million people across 51 countries facing hunger crises –11 million more than the previous year, according to a new United Nations report.