KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling up food assistance, logistics and telecommunications support in eastern DRC, where Ebola is spreading through communities already hit by conflict, displacement and severe hunger.
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At the International Social and Behavioral Change Communications Summit, Â鶹ÊÓƵ highlights innovative approaches empowering people to make healthier food choices.
Panama City/Bangkok - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) showcased how integrating social and behavior change approaches across its programs is critical to improving diets and ending hunger at the International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit, held this week.
ROME/PORT SUDAN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned that the rapidly deteriorating situation in and around El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan in Sudan, risks unleashing a new wave of violence and mass displacement. This threatens to deepen the country¡¯s already catastrophic hunger crisis.
ROME/PORT SUDAN ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned that the rapidly deteriorating situation in and around El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan in Sudan, risks unleashing a new wave of violence and mass displacement. This threatens to deepen the country¡¯s already catastrophic hunger crisis.
KYIV, Ukraine ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine signed a memorandum today at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk to extend their school meals cooperation into the 2026/2027 school year, after helping to provide 40 million free, nutritious school meals to 275,000 children in frontline regions of Ukraine in 2025/2026.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a contribution from the European Union (EU) of approximately 265 million Sierra Leonean leones (€11.5 million) aimed at strengthening child nutrition and local food systems. More than 25,000 people are expected to benefit from the funding.
KYIV ¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a new contribution of €15 million from the European Union (EU) to support cash assistance to Ukrainians living in frontline areas and to sustain humanitarian logistics.
ROME, Italy ¨C Pope Leo XIV visited the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Rome today, lending his voice to the unprecedented global hunger crisis. Speaking to Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s global teams and Executive Board, he paid tribute to the organization¡¯s dedicated staff, many of whom serve on the frontlines of conflict, risking their lives daily to serve those in need.
Kathmandu, Nepal - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), and World Food Program USA today announced a strategic partnership to scale up home-grown school feeding in Nepal. This builds on a successful pilot phase that demonstrated how locally sourced meals can improve nutrition, support children¡¯s learning outcomes and strengthen local food systems.
KAMPALA, Uganda ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a EUR 3 million contribution from the European Union¡¯s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) to provide life-saving food assistance to 336,000 refugees in Uganda.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes the announcement of an USD 800 million direct contribution to Â鶹ÊÓƵ by the U.S. State Department. This critical funding will support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s life-saving food and nutrition operations to reach more than 38 million of the most vulnerable across at least 37 countries.
Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine remain hotspots of highest concern, with northeast Nigeria and Somalia joining the list as acute hunger risks deteriorate towards catastrophic levels
COPENHAGEN/ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced Chef Rasmus Munk ¡ª founder of award-winning restaurant Alchemist and the food innovation centre Spora ¡ª as its newest Goodwill Ambassador and first Goodwill Ambassador from the Nordics.
KATHMANDU, NEPAL ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Environment, today kicked off the implementation phase of the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA), marking a major step towards strengthening climate resilience and food security in Nepal.
Mogadishu, Somalia 8 June 2026 ¡ª The Federal Government of Somalia, the African Development Bank Group (Bank Group), the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have launched a USD 11.8 million initiative to strengthen agricultural and pastoral systems in Somalia through climate resilience, sustainable land and water management, higher productivity, better market access, and stronger disaster preparedness.
CAIRO, Egypt ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is bringing issues of hunger and food security to cinema audiences across screens in Egypt through a new awareness campaign, ¡°?? ????¡± (¡°Not My Day¡±), screened ahead of movie showings nationwide.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today announced the appointment of Italian long-distance runner Nadia Battocletti as a Â鶹ÊÓƵ Goodwill Ambassador. Battocletti, an Olympic and World silver medalist, reigning 3,000m world indoor champion, and multiple European champion, will use her global platform to raise awareness of hunger and humanitarian crises worldwide, and to engage young people in the fight against hunger.
ROME, Italy ¨C Three months after warning that the escalating Middle East crisis could push millions more people into hunger, new analysis from the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) shows that the fallout from the conflict is already having deep and long-lasting effects in some of the world¡¯s most vulnerable countries.
Nairobi / Port Sudan ¡ª The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have signed the USD 87 million Boosting Agrifood Systems Resilience in Sudan (BOOST) project, aiming to strengthen food systems and provide critical support to farmers in areas central to the country¡¯s food supply.
CAIRO, Egypt ¨C The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have marked the completion of a joint programme supporting refugees and Egyptian host communities through integrated programmes to improve nutrition, economic resilience and social cohesion.
Latest IPC analysis warns of deepening acute food insecurity levels, rising malnutrition risks and urgent threats to livelihoods through 2026 in Government-Controlled Areas.
ROME ¨C Carl Skau has assumed the role of Acting Executive Director of the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ). Skau takes over from Executive Director Cindy McCain. He will head the organization temporarily until a new Executive Director is appointed.
BEIRUT, Lebanon ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is warning that nearly three months into the conflict, Lebanon faces a deepening humanitarian emergency with a critical combination of displacement and increased food insecurity. More than one million people remain displaced, while soaring prices, lost incomes and strained markets are pushing food further out of reach for vulnerable families.
