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12 October 2026 Evaluations Independent evaluation This system-wide evaluation examines United Nations system cross-pillar coordination in the Sahel from 2013 to 2025. Covering ten countries under the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS), it examines how coordination across the peace and security, sustainable development, humanitarian action and human rights pillars was organized, governed, financed and implemented at headquarters, regional and country levels.

This country insight report, developed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), explores the role of school meal programmes in Mali and their potential contribution to peace and social cohesion, with a specific focus on Bandiagara and Mopti.

This country insight report, developed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), explores the role of school meal programmes in Somalia and their potential contribution to peace and social cohesion, with a specific focus on Galkayo.

Skip to main content 8 October 2026 Evaluations Syntheses Evaluations and Evidence Summaries Independent evaluation South-South cooperation This summary brings together evidence from 33 WFP-commissioned independent evaluations (26 centralized and 7 decentralized evaluations), which were completed during the period from 2021 to 2025.

An El Niño-intensified drought in early 2026, in Central America's Dry Corridor, will have knock-on effects for agriculture and food security in the region. Photo: WFP/Darlan Bautista Richard Choularton: The forecast earlier in the year was for a very strong El Niño. As we head to the end of the year, they show it’s very likely this El Niño will be the strongest ever. This means we are seeing projections for more intense and widespread floods, storms, and droughts.

El Programa Mundial de Alimentos celebra la reciente puesta en libertad de uno de sus empleados, que había sido detenido arbitrariamente en Yemen, y se siente aliviado de que se haya reunido con su familia. Nos solidarizamos con los 72 miembros del personal de la ONU y los cinco antiguos miembros del personal de la ONU, entre los que se encuentran compañeros de WFP, que siguen detenidos en Yemen, y seguiremos explorando todas las vías posibles para garantizar su liberación inmediata y segura.

Nearly half of the population in Government-controlled areas of Yemen face acute food insecurity as humanitarian support sharply declines

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Skip to main content 5 October 2026 Evaluations Impact Evaluations Resilience programming Climate and resilience As climate shocks intensify and aid budgets shrink, development and humanitarian agencies need clear evidence to show what works to build resilience and reduce poverty.

BANGKOK, Thailand – As weather extremes, rising food costs, and overlapping global crises put communities across Asia and the Pacific under growing pressure, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling for enhanced investments in national social protection systems to protect food security and nutrition and respond quickly when emergencies strike.