EL GOUNA, Egypt ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Egypt has joined Egyptian designer Karim Mekhtigian, fine jewellery brand IRAM and actress Enjy Kiwan in a first-of-its-kind creative collaboration to raise awareness and support for food security.
ADEN, YEMEN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today that escalating conflict in Yemen has cut off life-saving assistance to 800,000 people. Shifting frontlines, blocked roads and growing insecurity are severely restricting humanitarian access in the city of Taiz and other areas affected by the conflict.
BANGKOK, Thailand ¨C As weather extremes, rising food costs, and overlapping global crises put communities across Asia and the Pacific under growing pressure, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is calling for enhanced investments in national social protection systems to protect food security and nutrition and respond quickly when emergencies strike.
JUBA, South Sudan ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) strongly condemns a significant security incident and the forced offloading of humanitarian food assistance under duress during a recent river convoy operation in Ayod County, Jonglei state.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the recent release of one of its staff members who had been arbitrarily detained in Yemen and is relieved that he has been reunited with his family.
KHARTOUM, Sudan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) strongly condemns an aerial attack that hit two contracted trucks carrying Â鶹ÊÓƵ food commodities in South Kordofan in the early hours of Saturday, 3 October 2026.
ADEN/ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today that food insecurity is steeply increasing in Government of Yemen areas, as escalating conflict forces families from their homes, disrupts markets and restricts humanitarian access. Here are the latest updates on food security and Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s response to the escalation.
DHAKA, Bangladesh ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Bangladesh has welcomed a USD 5 million contribution from the Republic of Korea. The contribution comes as humanitarian resources are increasingly stretched and it will help sustain life-saving food assistance, nutrition services and school feeding for more than 462,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh over a 12-month period.
MOGADISHU, Somalia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a USD 2 million contribution from the Republic of Korea¡¯s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support 47,500 children in Somalia through home-grown school meals and treatment for moderate acute malnutrition.
RAMALLAH, Palestine ¨C The Government of the Republic of Korea has provided USD 5 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to deliver cash-based assistance to over 100,000 conflict-affected Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, helping families meet their most essential needs.
KAMPALA, Uganda ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Uganda has welcomed a contribution of EUR 4.5 million from the Government of Ireland to support more than 221,000 school children and 108,000 smallholder farmers in drought-hit Karamoja and to help 19,200 refugees and host communities transition to self-reliance. The contribution will also help strengthen social protection systems that deliver regular cash payments to 5,100 mothers, young children and older people in Karamoja.
KATHMANDU ¨C A month after devastating floods swept through valleys in northern Nepal, Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) assistance continues to provide a vital lifeline to affected communities that remain highly vulnerable. Widespread displacement, lost livelihoods, damaged farmland, and disrupted market access are affecting families¡¯ ability to feed themselves properly, without assistance.
BETIOKY, Madagascar ¨C The Government of Japan and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today inaugurated three solar-powered agricultural hubs under the ¡°Rapid Rural Transformation¡± (RRT) initiative and six Learning and Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres in Betioky district. The nine facilities are supporting drought-affected communities to produce food, improve children¡¯s nutrition and build resilience to climate shocks.
The Government of Japan contributed an emergency grant of USD 1 million to support emergency food assistance for communities affected by recent devastating flash floods in Nepal through the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
ADEN, YEMEN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling up its emergency response in Yemen. This is happening as thousands of families have been forced to flee their homes due to renewed fighting along the country¡¯s western coast. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has already provided food assistance to 45,000 people and is preparing to assist an additional 1.5 million people if the conflict intensifies. This latest crisis comes at a period of critically low funding for Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Yemen operations which could limit how quickly and widely the agency can respond.
This is a transcription of what was said by Matthew Hollingworth, Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Assistant Executive Director for Programme Operations ¨C to whom quoted text may be attributed ¨C at today's Geneva briefing.
DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti ¨C The Government of Djibouti today assumed management of a strategic Humanitarian Logistics Base previously run by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), marking a major step in national efforts to strengthen food security, emergency preparedness and regional supply chains.
KHARTOUM, Sudan - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a USD 5 million contribution from the Republic of Korea to provide emergency food assistance to 365,000 people and nutritious school meals to 23,000 children as Sudan faces one of the world¡¯s largest hunger crises.
HARARE, Zimbabwe ¨C The Government of Japan has contributed JPY 200 million, approximately USD 1.3 million, to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support food and nutrition assistance for refugees and asylum seekers at Tongogara Refugee Settlement.
N¡¯DJAMENA, Chad ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Japan today signed an agreement for a JPY 200 million contribution, equivalent to USD 1.3 million or XAF 706,000,000 to provide school meals and malnutrition prevention services to communities in food-insecure and crisis-affected areas of Chad.
