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

The 71-year-old American suffered a mild stroke in October 2025 and returned in early January to the WFP's headquarters in Rome to resume her duties.

The United Nations food agency is shutting down its operations in the northern, rebel-held part of Yemen, following restrictions and harassment by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, UN officials said on ...

Meghan McCain’s mom, Cindy McCain, is making a big life change for the sake of her health following her stroke last year.

Cindy McCain will be stepping down as head of the United Nations World Food Programme to focus on her health, the humanitarian organization announced on Thursday. McCain, 71, suffered a mild stroke in ...

Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Ethiopia due to conflict, severe drought, mass displacement and regional economic and political turmoil that’s left millions of people without access to food ...

Hundreds of thousands of people depend on the U.N. agency for food. It's been eight weeks since Israel blocked aid. The U.N. has run out of supplies for charity kitchens as aid sits across the border.

It has been 30 years since the World Programme of Action for Youth – the first action plan on policies and programmes for youth – was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1995. Governments, civil ...