Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year, less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

Worsening hunger has been identified in 13 countries and territories, according to the latest Hunger Hotspots report that urges humanitarian action in these areas. The report, a joint effort of the UN ...

Journalist Chris Herlinger teams up with Paul Jeffrey, a United Methodist pastor and photojournalist, to tell stories of people who suffer from hunger and who work to combat it. The causes of hunger ...

We meet the CDO of the World Food Programme who tells us how he focuses on solving problems from first principles, and how that in turn is helping his organization use data to feed the world. In a ...

Pope Leo XIV leaves the Global World Food Day Ceremony in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 16, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.) Listen ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday called on world leaders to show ...

As global temperatures rise and extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, global food security is at risk, especially in the global south. Yet the answer may already be at hand: the ...

NEW DELHI – India has pledged to provide fortified rice to help people in crisis around the world, strengthening its partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) in the fight against global hunger.

Middle East peace, climate change, Ukraine; if Sisyphus were assigned one of today’s global problems, he’d plead to be returned to rock rolling. So let’s focus for a moment on a global challenge that ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war as he urged world leaders to act responsibly and focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and ...

Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), warned of a worsening global hunger crisis in 2026, saying more than 318 million people face severe levels of food insecurity.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The number of hungry people around the world fell for a third straight year in 2024, retreating from a COVID-era spike, even as conflict and climate shocks deepened malnutrition ...

3 November 2025 - With global hunger rising and millions struggling to secure their next meal, world leaders gathered in Doha on Monday for the first high-level meeting of the Global Alliance Against ...