The Latest Breaking News from WFP

The WFP says aid is being cut by 60 percent for the most vulnerable groups including pregnant women and disabled people.

Falling aid pallet crushes 15-year-old Muhannad Zakaria Eid, as more Palestinians, including children, starve to death.

Months after famine was declared in nearby displacement camps, the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher is now seeing starvation deaths of its own, with no food aid entering and the UN’s World Food Programme warning of worsening conditions for the 300,000 people still trapped inside.

North Darfur’s capital has been under RSF siege for more than a year with key roads blocked and supplies running out.

The World Food Program says Afghanistan is having its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition

Despite mounting international concern over widespread hunger in Gaza, no official famine has been declared in the territory – highlighting the complexities of determining a country's famine status.

Germany, traditionally a staunch ally of Israel, has been increasingly critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza. But while it has insisted that Israel must do more to increase aid supplies, Wadephul addressed his appeal to end the war primarily to Hamas.

Aid agencies, governments and UN’s food security monitor report evidence of worsening starvation, particularly among under-fives

Cabinet agrees to support Middle East roadmap at emergency meeting called amid humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Violent protests broke out at one of Kenya's largest refugee camps on Monday, humanitarian sources said, with unconfirmed reports of at least one death, following months of increased tensions over aid cuts.

IPC says ‘worst-case scenario of famine’ is playing out as it calls for urgent ceasefire to alleviate ‘widespread starvation’