One of the most important global stories going into the New Year will be the effect of El Nino on food supplies in the Horn of Africa and in Southern Africa. So far, this looming threat has not garnered too...
This is a pretty amazing video from the World Food Program showing an operation to open a mountain pass so that a convoy of mules can reach stranded communities in Nepal. It is a good reminder of just how logistically...
Iraq is in the midst of several overlapping crises. It’s a tinderbox that already exploded: A barbaric extremist group controls large swaths of the country; sectarian violence is on the rise; and it’s dangerously hot outside. It’s a wonder then...
Life is about to get measurably more difficult for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Because of a funding shortfall, the World Food Program is forced to reduce by half the amount of food assistance it provides to...
Updates Below, with reactions from key member states South Sudan is on the verge of a famine. So why would the country expel the one UN official in charge of coordinating international aid to stave off mass starvation? The numbers...
The depravity of the ongoing fighting in Yemen is sinking to new lows. The World Food Program said today that it was forced to divert a shipment of food aid from the Port of Aden because of “ongoing security threats.”...
