The United Nations' World Food Programme is closing its southern Africa office due to funding cuts from the Trump administration. To optimize operations, it will consolidate the offices into a regional hub in Nairobi.

The WFP provides up to 90 per cent of food assistance in Somalia, making it an essential lifeline for thousands of people, including many internally displaced by conflict.

BANGLADESH — Rations will be halved for around 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from next month due to a lack of funds, the United Nations food agency has said. Huge numbers of persecuted and stateless Rohingya live in squalid relief camps in Bangladesh, most arriving after having fled the 2017 military crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar.

The World Food Programme is hampered by the Israeli blockade that began alongside the decision to continue the ceasefire into Ramzan

The UN’s food agency has warned that it will run out of supplies to help feed Palestinians in Gaza in just two weeks if Israel continues its total blockade of food and other necessities, putting the lives of millions of Palestinians at risk.