Famine declarations are relatively rare. But the leading international authority on hunger crises this week declared that ...

WFP says a ‘deepening hunger crisis’ is unfolding and that it may have to pause food aid due to record low funding.

A global hunger monitor is warning that no food aid has reached a conflict-hit area of South Sudan this year despite growing ...

WFP calls for humanitarian air corridor, as crisis in eastern DR Congo drives tens of thousands from their homes, creates acute hunger - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The food-security agency that made the famine determination relied on unweighted sampling of data, while weighted data failed ...

The United Nations has announced that it confirmed "famine" conditions in two Sudanese cities. The UN is calling for an end ...

In the western regions of Sudan, active conflict and severely restricted humanitarian access are driving a sharp ...

Somalia is on the brink of its worst famine in half a century as drought intensifies and global food prices soar, leaving ...

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' food aid agency said Wednesday that severe funding cuts from its top donors are hurting its operations in six countries and warned that nearly 14 million people could ...

The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), which won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and promote peace, was founded in 1961 at the request of U.S. President ...