KATHMANDU, Nepal ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling up its response in Nepal as some communities devastated by flash floods and landslides remain isolated by damaged roads, destroyed infrastructure, and challenging terrain. Emergency food assistance was dispatched and distributed to affected areas within hours of the disaster, and specialist logistics teams have been deployed to help humanitarian partners reach the most isolated locations.
YANGON, Myanmar ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has activated a free-to-user emergency cargo transport service to bolster the humanitarian response to severe flooding in Myanmar¡¯s Ayeyarwady Region. By making its logistics capacity available to all humanitarian partners, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is accelerating the delivery of life-saving relief to flood-impacted communities.
KHARTOUM, Sudan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) strongly condemns the aerial attack that hit two trucks carrying Â鶹ÊÓƵ food assistance outside of Dilling, South Kordofan, on 30 August 2026. The trucks were destined for Kadugli, South Kordofan, and were clearly marked with Â鶹ÊÓƵ banners and flags.
JERUSALEM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced that due to critical funding constraints, it is cutting in half the number of people it can support with food assistance in the West Bank. The reduction comes at a time when food needs have more than doubled since 2023.
KATHMANDU, NEPAL - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the Government of Australia's contribution of AUD 2 million to support emergency food assistance and logistics operations for communities affected by the devastating floods in northern Nepal.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of 2,400 mt of rice from the Government of the Republic of Korea, valued at USD 2.9 million, that will support food assistance for 100,000 refugees and vulnerable host communities in Ethiopia.
DAMASCUS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have officially launched the second phase of the ROK¨CÂ鶹ÊÓƵ REACH initiative, providing USD 5 million in life-saving food and nutrition assistance to approximately 38,000 of the most vulnerable people across Syria over the next 12 months.
DAKAR, Senegal ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed the recognition of the Sahel Integrated Resilience Initiative as a United Nations World Restoration Flagship, recognizing the large-scale efforts to restore degraded land and strengthen food security across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
JUBA, South Sudan ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has today welcomed a timely contribution of JPY 350 million (approximately USD 2.2 million) from the Government of Japan to support lifesaving nutrition assistance for vulnerable women and children in South Sudan.
Statement attributable to Carl Skau, Acting Executive Director of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) following remarks delivered during the United Nations Security Council open debate: Food Under Fire: The Security Council¡¯s Role in Mitigating Global and Local Food Crises.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The European Investment Bank (EIB), through its development arm EIB Global, is providing a grant of up to €4 million to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support the development and rollout of tailored climate-risk insurance products for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. It is the first climate-risk insurance project backed by the EIB. This was announced at the ongoing United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP 17 in Mongolia.
RAMALLAH, Palestine ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today signed and exchanged an international agreement with the Government of Japan for a grant of JPY 500 million (or approximately USD 3.1 million) to deliver lifesaving food and nutrition assistance to Palestinians facing severe food insecurity.
YANGON, Myanmar ¨C The Republic of Korea today announced an additional USD5 million in funding to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Myanmar. The contribution comes at a critical time, as Â鶹ÊÓƵ analysis warns that up to 5 million people could be pushed into acute food insecurity if the ongoing elevated food and fuel prices persist.
BOGOTA, Colombia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling up emergency operations in Colombia, reaching survivors in some of the country¡¯s most affected and vulnerable regions with critical food assistance following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck on 10 August.
CAIRO, Egypt ¨C The Locarno Film Festival announced that Khufu, the winning film of the first edition of the ¡°Eish¡± Short Film Competition launched by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), Zest and El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) in Egypt, has won the Pardino d¡¯Argento (Silver Leopard) Arts3 Foundation award for the International Pardi di Domani Competition at the 79th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
JUBA, South Sudan ¨C More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing further access to lifesaving food, nutrition and other assistance due to critical funding shortfalls, leaving families who fled war and hunger with nowhere else to turn, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today.
YANGON, Myanmar ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched an emergency response in Myanmar as monsoon floods threaten to push vulnerable communities deeper into hunger.
LILONGWE, Malawi - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has signed an agreement with the Government of Japan for a contribution of JPY 300 million (USD 1.9 million) to provide critical food assistance for 170,000 food-insecure people during Malawi¡¯s October to March lean season, when food stocks are low and families struggle to meet their daily food needs.
YAOUNDE ¨C 12 August 2026 ¨C The Government of Japan has contributed JPY 200 million (approximately USD 1.25 million or XAF 708,000,000) to support the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in providing emergency food assistance to more than 13,000 refugees and internally displaced people affected by food insecurity in Cameroon.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a USD 30 million contribution from the Republic of Korea (ROK) to launch the second phase of the ROK-Â鶹ÊÓƵ REACH initiative (Responding with Emergency Assistance for Conflict-affected Households), providing emergency food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable populations affected by conflict, displacement, and economic shocks.
KABUL, Afghanistan ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is sounding the alarm over a deepening child malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan, warning that funding shortfalls are forcing life-saving food and nutrition programmes to be scaled back at the very moment they are needed most. Without urgent support, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and its partners will be unable to prevent more children from becoming dangerously malnourished, putting lives at risk in the coming months.
Rome, Italy | Tuesday, 4 August ¨C CIMMYT, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center , and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), today signed a landmark global agreement to strengthen the world¡¯s ability to feed people in a crisis while building more resilient agricultural systems for the future.
BEIRUT, Lebanon ¨C The Government of Lebanon and the UN, with generous funding from the European Union, launched today an intervention to assist conflict-affected farming households and protect agricultural livelihoods across the country. This support is part of a larger multi-year programme funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
