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The U.N. World Food Program plans to cut its staff by a third. Donations from Europe and Britain have flagged, and cuts by the Trump administration forced the humanitarian organization to downsize.
Fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State is pushing people into famine, according to the United Nations food agency.
In recent years, the situation has worsened, driven by a “perfect storm of conflict, climate change, and COVID,” according to the director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP ...
The World Food Programme has run out of food, the United Nations agency said Friday, 54 days after Israel imposed a complete blockade on the Gaza Strip. “Today, WFP delivered its last remaining ...
The U.N.'s World Food Programme says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across ...
The World Food Programme said on Friday it had run out of food stocks in Gaza due to the sustained closure of crossings into the enclave, while Gaza authorities said Israeli airstrikes had killed ...
The World Food Program is the world's largest humanitarian organization. And, today, it says some 340 million people face severe food insecurity because of conflict, instability and climate change.
The following is the transcript of an interview with Cindy McCain, World Food Programme executive director, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 25, 2025.
The World Food Programme said on Friday it had run out of food stocks in Gaza due to the sustained closure of crossings into the enclave, while Gaza authorities said Israeli airstrikes had killed ...