Famine confirmed in Sudan’s North Darfur, confirming UN agencies worst fears
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )Situation in Zamzam camp - home to more than 400,000 displaced people – has passed famine thresholds, according to Famine Review Committee.
WFP Deputy Head visits communities on the frontlines of climate extremes in Somalia
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )Somalia's longest drought (2020-2023) ended with floods in November 2023. The floods – by some estimates the worst in decades – affected two million people and drove 750,000 people from their homes.
Data visualization tracks myriad dangers faced by refugees and migrants on land routes across Africa.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (News )Interactive maps, charts, photos and text detail a litany of abuses on journeys through East and West Africa and across the Sahara
Alors que les combats font rage au Soudan, les efforts d'aide aux réfugiés s'étendent à deux nouveaux pays
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Points de Presse )Les organisations humanitaires ont désormais besoin de 1,5 milliard de dollars, contre 1,4 milliard de dollars en janvier, pour venir en aide et protéger près de 3,3 millions de personnes
New UNHCR/IOM/MMC report highlights extreme horrors faced by refugees and migrants on land routes to Africa's Mediterranean coast.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )Refugees and migrants continue to face extreme forms of violence, human rights violations and exploitation not just at sea, but also on land routes across the African continent, towards its Mediterranean coastline.
UNHCR’s Grandi warns Sudan carnage will force millions more to flee
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned that without concerted peace efforts, many more people will flee the brutal war in Sudan and into neighbouring countries.
Digital hub connects displaced people in Burkina Faso to new opportunities.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (News )In the city of Kaya, a ‘Connectivity Centre’ means host communities and forcibly displaced people can access online courses, learn new digital skills, and stay in touch with loved ones.
WFP and African Development Bank project boosts wheat production in war-torn Sudan, amid soaring hunger
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced today that the AfDB-financed Sudan Emergency Wheat Production Project had increased wheat production in the country by up to 70% in targeted project locations