Remarks by Carl Skau, WFP Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, at the Security Council Session: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

Carl Skau, WFP Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, speaks at the Security Council Session on the hunger crisis in Sudan and its regional impacts.

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Sudan’s War Risks Creating the World’s Largest Hunger Crisis, Warns WFP Chief

Sudan’s war has shattered millions of lives and created the world’s largest displacement crisis. Now this catastrophe also risks becoming the world’s largest hunger crisis, unless fighting stops, WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain warns.

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WFP Expands Resilience Activities to Support Small-Scale Farmers in Zambia

With $500,000 from Citi Foundation, WFP is ramping up a ground-breaking initiative that seeks to strengthen resilience to climate crises and boost financial inclusion for 17,200 small-scale farmers in Zambia over the next two years.

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WFP Ramps up Deliveries of Vital Food Assistance to Drought and Conflict-Affected Areas of Ethiopia

Since late 2023, WFP has activated more robust delivery mechanisms for its operations in Ethiopia, a significant step in assuring the delivery of critical food assistance to the hungriest populations affected by drought, flooding and conflict.

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WFP Calls for Urgent, Safe Access to Feed Millions in Sudan as Fighting Rages Across the Country

WFP urgently calls on Sudan’s warring parties to provide immediate guarantees for the safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian food assistance to conflict-hit parts of Sudan.

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WFP Warns of Major Setback to Aid Efforts as Fighting Spreads in Sudan

WFP has been forced to temporarily suspend food assistance in some parts of Gezira State, as fighting spreads south and east of Sudan’s capital Khartoum.

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WFP Warns That Hunger Catastrophe Looms in Conflict-Hit Sudan Without Urgent Food Assistance

Parts of war-ravaged Sudan are at a high risk of slipping into catastrophic hunger conditions by next year’s lean season if WFP is unable to expand access and regularly deliver food assistance to people trapped in conflict hotspots.

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WFP Operations Risk Grinding to a Halt in Chad as Refugees Flee Darfur Killings

WFP is today warning of a looming halt to its food and nutrition assistance to 1.4 million crisis-affected populations in Chad – including newly arrived Sudanese refugees – due to funding constraints.

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WFP Launches New Operating Model to Restart Food Distribution to Millions of Vulnerable Ethiopians

WFP is activating its revamped approach to operations in Ethiopia, a major step which will start to reach 3.2 million people with food assistance for the first time since June 2023.

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World Food Program USA and the Zoetis Foundation: Advancing Climate Resiliency to Support Thriving Farmer Livelihoods

In its continued commitment to advance farmer livelihoods around the world, the Zoetis Foundation supports World Food Program USA in helping WFP address food insecurity in Ethiopia and Kenya. 

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From Drought to Floods: Climate Extremes Drive Somalia Hunger Crisis

Climate extremes will keep hunger in Somalia at record highs, warned WFP today, as deadly floods sweep the country, devastating deeply food-insecure communities who are still battling to recover from the country’s longest recorded drought.

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Climate Crisis Drives Malnutrition in South Sudan to Unprecedented Levels in Flood-Affected Areas, WFP Warns

Children in flood-affected parts of South Sudan are expected to face extreme levels of malnutrition in the first half of 2024 as the climate crisis tightens its grip on the country, WFP warned today.

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