Overview

• The World Food Programme reports severe disruptions to assistance in Afghanistan, DR Congo, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan, with conditions expected to deteriorate through the end of the year.
• The agency projects a 2025 budget of about $6.4 billion, down from $10 billion in 2024, marking its most strained funding outlook in recent years.
• The warning follows US actions under President Donald Trump to freeze foreign aid and cut more than 80% of USAID programs, with USAID ceasing operations on July 1.
• WFP cites an analysis in The Lancet that outlines the broad humanitarian consequences of the US funding reductions for global food assistance.
• Relief organizations have expressed alarm as constrained supply lines threaten to push vulnerable populations from crisis into emergency hunger.