Rising food prices, growing displacement and disruptions to global supply routes are placing millions of people across the ...

The United Nations World Food Programme issued a warning on Tuesday, stating that the world is experiencing an intensifying hunger crisis. They attributed this to a severe gap between available ...

Cindy McCain’s tenure running the World Food Program will end prematurely. The executive director announced on February 26 that she planned to resign for health reasons following a stroke in October.

U.N. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain has announced she will step down as the head of the humanitarian ...

ROME, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Executive ⁠Director ⁠of the ⁠United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Cindy ​McCain plans to step ...

ROME (AP) — The United Nations' food aid agency said Wednesday that severe funding cuts from its top donors are especially hurting its operations in six countries and warned that nearly 14 million ...

In this opinion piece, Kip Tom, a former ambassador to the UN food and agriculture agencies, says the World Food Program needs an executive director who has the knowledge, experience and relationships ...

Kigali, Rwanda - March 12, 2026 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Impact Hub Kigali (IHK) have launched the fourth edition of the IGNITE Challenge. The IGNITE Challenge 4.0 will ...

The 71-year-old widow of John McCain announced she'll be stepping down as head of the world's largest humanitarian ...

Damascus, March 10 (SANA) The World Food Programme (WFP) reported that 6.7 million people in Syria received assistance in January, noting a relative improvement in food security according to its 2025 ...

The next WFP chief could help the UN emergency food agency save millions of lives – or walk away from a starving world.