Overview

• US aid to the UN World Food Programme was paused in March, creating a funding gap that led to 50 percent cuts in food rations across Africa’s largest refugee camps.
• In Kenya’s Kakuma camp, monthly distributions have fallen to roughly 3 kg of rice per person, coinciding with a surge in severe malnutrition cases and child fatalities.
• WFP Uganda warns a US$50 million shortfall will leave nearly 1 million refugees without assistance by year’s end, prompting school withdrawals and deeper food insecurity.
• New arrivals at South Sudan’s Renk transit centre are limited to fortified biscuits and half rations due to a US$34.6 million financing gap in that country.
• Insufficient contributions have stalled long-term resilience initiatives such as farming and beekeeping in Angola and Cameroon, heightening refugees’ reliance on emergency aid.