In 1961 the Eisenhower administration played a key role in the establishment of the World Food Programme (WFP) - an experimental effort to provide food through the United Nations to people around ...

The World Food Programme (WFP) works closely with UNHCR during emergencies and longer-term crises to provide food to uprooted people around the world, especially vulnerable groups such as women and ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Cindy McCain, executive director of the UN's World Food Programme, about humanitarian emergencies in Central Africa and in Gaza. The crisis of hunger has grown dire ...

The following is the transcript of an interview with Cindy McCain, World Food Programme executive director, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 25, 2025.

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.

U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CINDY MCCAIN: Thank you. MARGARET BRENNAN: Now overnight, we learned that that U.S. pier off of Gaza that was set up by the military has reopened.

The United Nations' World Food Programme said on Monday it will immediately lift the suspension of its operations in Sudan that was put in place after the tragic deaths of its team member.

The World Food Programme has run out of food, the United Nations agency said Friday, 54 days after Israel imposed a complete blockade on the Gaza Strip. “Today, WFP delivered its last remaining ...

GENEVA/CAIRO (Reuters) - The World Food Programme said on Friday it had run out of food stocks in Gaza due to the sustained closure of crossings into the enclave, while Gaza authorities said ...

The World Food Programme (WFP) works closely with UNHCR during emergencies and longer-term crises to provide food to uprooted people around the world, especially vulnerable groups such as women and ...