Boko Haram has displaced an estimated 1.78 million within the country’s borders—80 percent are women and children.

Comprised of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, the Sahel sits just below the Sahara dessert and has become one of the world's worst hunger emergencies.

After seven years of conflict, 6.5 million people within Syria don't have enough food.

Unprecedented drought and a tumbling economy have left half of Zimbabwe's population without enough food. The country is teetering on the brink of WFP's most serious hunger designation.

Before this year's political protests, Haiti was already one of the poorest countries in the Americas and one of the most food-insecure places in the world. Today, more than one in three Haitians needs urgent food assistance.

Climate change is one of the top causes of global hunger, leading to more frequent and intense extreme weather events for vulnerable populations. Over 80% of the world’s hungry people live in disaster-prone countries.

In nearly two-thirds of countries around the world, women are more likely than men to suffer from hunger and malnourishment. Read their stories and see what WFP is doing to help them achieve equality.

The Dry Corridor in Central America is experiencing one of the worst droughts of the last ten years with over 1.4 million people in need of food assistance. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua are the most vulnerable countries.