WFP staffer shot and killed in Yemen

New York: A long-serving staffer with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been shot and killed in Yemen.

WFP forced to slash food aid as half of all Haitians go hungry

New York: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been compelled to reduce the number of people receiving emergency food assistance in Haiti due to a lack of funding, affecting around 100,000 people, the agency reported on Monday.

Syria: UN agencies reach families with food in the besieged town of Darayya

New York, June 11 (Just Earth News):The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday announced it delivered food for the first time since 2012 to the besieged town of Darayya, a suburb of Damascus, as part of a joint UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) convoy.

UN agency launches food voucher scheme for families in Yemen

New York, Mar 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations food relief agency has begun distributing vouchers to assist nearly 120,000 people living in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, with plans to reach one million people across the country by the end of 2016.

UN agency sounds warning over Iraqis displaced to country's South

New York, Jan 28 (IBNS) The United Nations has said today that many recently displaced Iraqis in the south of the strife-riven country are facing a “critical” humanitarian situation.

Flood victims in Malawi in urgent need of food, other relief aid, UN warns

New York, Jan 24 (IBNS) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday that it has begun distributing high-energy biscuits in Malawi following the devastating flooding that displaced more than 100,000 people and reportedly killed at least 50 others in recent weeks.

Life-saving food aid in jeopardy for millions of Syrians, warns UN agency

New York, Sept 19 (IBNS) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday warned that it is running out of funds to provide food for almost 6 million Syrians receiving its life-saving assistance.