The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a generous, first-ever in-kind contribution of rice from the Government of the Republic of Korea to support vulnerable families and schoolchildren across Lebanon.
WFP is working with key partners to improve food security through the THABAT project, an initiative funded by the Sudan Transition and Recovery Support (STARS) multi-donor trust fund.
The latest FAO-WFP Hunger Hotspots early warning report categorized Yemen among the countries of “highest concern” requiring urgent humanitarian response. In October 2025**, adequate food remained inaccessible for 63% of surveyed households in Yemen**
Gaza Strip With the beginning of the month of November, and the ceasefire entering its fifth week, there was an improvement in the prices of basic food commodities across all governorates in the Gaza Strip, with decreases in the prices of vegetables.
The Government of Lebanon is an important partner of WFP in the implementation of its CSP. In particular, the evaluation will seek to engage with the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Economy and Trade, and the Ministry of Energy and Water, National Disaster Risk Management Unit, as well as relevant municipalities.
Syria stands at a pivotal juncture offering new opportunities but facing enduring challenges. While normalization and sanctions relief are underway, more than a decade of conflict has left public systems deeply weakened, demanding sustained international engagement to rebuild institutional and human capacity.
Over a month into the ceasefire, WFP delivered more than 30,000 mt of food in Gaza and rapidly scaled up operations. However, during the reporting period, shortages of some commodities due to access constraints, including de-prioritization of humanitarian cargo at crossings, customs clearance delays, corridor suspensions, and the continued lack of access to northern crossings, led to temporary suspensions at several distribution sites, resulting in roughly 20 percent reduction in volumes.
• South Sudan is facing overlapping crises, including violence, protracted economic decline and climate shocks, which continue to fuel food insecurity and malnutrition.
Since the 10 October ceasefire, WFP has scaled up operations, reaching over one million people - out of the 1.6 million targeted - with food distributions, hot meals, bakery support, fortified snacks for children, expanded nutrition services, and digital cash assistance.
Three weeks into the ceasefire, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has distributed food parcels to one million people in the Gaza Strip as part of a broad operation to push back hunger in the war-torn territory. But to continue expanding operations to the level required, humanitarian teams need more border crossings to be opened and more access to key roads inside Gaza.
