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Somalia is grappling with an unprecedented drought, declared its most severe in history, forcing countless families into a fight for survival. With aid resources dwindling and prices spiraling upwards, communities like that of Abdi Ahmed Farah are witnessing their livestock perish and their futures darken.

In Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees are grappling with a harsh reality as cuts to food aid mean many are left with a mere $7 a month. The World Food Programme insists they are meeting essential needs, yet this drastic reduction raises alarms about looming hunger and hopelessness.

For the first time, the United Nations World Food Program (wfp) has organised the ‘Walk the World’ event in Pune on May 29. The event has been organised to promote the efforts of wfp that focuses on issues such as hidden hunger and get new contributions to feed the needy poor.

SUDAN-POLITICS-UN's wfp temporarily suspends food assistance in parts of Sudan

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday shared the transformational progress made by Odisha in strengthening livelihoods and food security, with a specific focus on marginalized communities and women, at the United Nations World Food Programme (wfp) headquarters in Rome.

Food trucks commissioned by the United Nations World Food Programme (wfp) started rolling out into the remote villages of one of the most severely affected Gorkha district of Nepal.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday spoke of the remarkable progress made by Odisha in strengthening livelihoods and food security, especially of the marginalised communities and women, at the United Nations World Food Programme (wfp) headquarters in Rome.

The UN World Food Programme warns of rising hunger in West and Central Africa. Over 36 million people face food shortages. This number may rise to 52 million. Conflict, displacement, and weather are the causes. Funding cuts worsen the crisis. USAID aid programs are halted. The wfp may reduce its workforce. Millions risk losing aid without urgent funding.

According to UN's World Food Programme (wfp), Uttarkahand has become the country's first state to have "fully digitised, GPS-tagged and cost-effective targeted public distribution system (PDS)."

World Food Programme (wfp) country director Bishow Parajuli on Saturday praised efforts by the state to reduce poverty and its disaster management capabilities.

Elon Musk recently challenged the World Food Programme to explain how $6 billion could solve world hunger and now the head of UN's food-assistance branch wfp David Beasley has laid out the plan as to how this amount could prevent 42 million people across 43 countries from starving.

For the first time, the United Nations World Food Program (wfp) has organised the 'Walk the World' event on in Pune on May 29.

The World Food Programme said Tuesday that it was suspending aid for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia because of a lack of funding. "wfp is being forced to halt treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children in May due to insufficient funding," it said in a statement. It comes as several Western countries have also reduced aid spending.

The United Nation's Word Food Programme (wfp) may include new parameters like stunted growth and anaemia while looking at global hunger index indicators.

UNITED NATIONS: Over 6.5 million people in southern Africa will face "severe hunger" unless donations pick up, the United Nations food agency has warned.

Meanwhile, a 12-person UN assessment team from wfp, the UNDP, the UNICEF and the WHO is visiting some of the worst affected areas to assess the damage.

The UN warns that ending the Gaza famine requires time and opening all crossings to flood the region with food. Nearly 3,000 tonnes of food have arrived since a ceasefire, with the World Food Programme scaling up aid. More distribution points and bakeries are planned, but urgent calls persist for unimpeded access to save lives.

The UN World Food Programme (wfp) has had to reduce rations to an additional 2 million Afghans and is warning of a potential winter catastrophe if funding runs out. The wfp's country director stated that remote communities will have little to no food if funding is not secured. The agency's funding for food and cash assistance is expected to run out by the end of October, leaving 90% of remote areas without food.

The United Nations World Food Programme (wfp) has launched a USD 126-million year-long emergency operation to feed more than one million displaced Iraqis.

The World Food Programme reports its Gaza food stocks are depleted due to Israel's blockade, impacting hundreds of thousands relying on charity kitchens. These kitchens, supporting 80% of Gaza's population with 644,000 daily meals, face imminent closure. Israel's actions, including cutting off supplies, aim to pressure Hamas for hostage release.

A group of 80 countries and the WTO leadership may be seeking a ban on all export restrictions for the World Food Programme (wfp) but several of them have never contributed to the scheme to meet humanitarian requirements. While developed nations made attempts to portray India as a villain for the recent controls on wheat and sugar exports, India said that it has never imposed any curbs on wfp.

The partnership will help the wfp authorities and the state government work together towards sustainable development goal 2 - zero hunger.

The U.N. World Food Programme urgently calls for action to prevent famine in Gaza amid severe restrictions on aid. With 94,000 tonnes of food ready but stuck in Egypt and Jordan, only 5,000 tonnes have entered Gaza, worsening the humanitarian crisis as Israeli control hampers aid delivery.