The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that half a million refugees and the most vulnerable groups in Cameroon are at risk of losing humanitarian food aid in the coming weeks, as resources reach critical levels.
In a statement released Thursday, WFP explained that without urgent new funding, it will be forced to stop life-saving food assistance at the end of August to over 240,000 people who have escaped conflict in Cameroon. Additionally, more than 200,000 children and mothers will lose vital nutrition support, and school meals for 60,000 children will stop, putting their health, education, and futures at risk.
"We have reached a critical tipping point," said WFP's Country Director in Cameroon Gianluca Ferrera. "Without immediate funding, children will go hungry, families will suffer, and lives will be lost."
The statement noted that in July, WFP was forced to end assistance for 26,000 refugees from Nigeria in the Minawao refugee camp in the north. In 2025, WFP has delivered lifesaving food assistance to 523,000 people, including internally displaced families, Nigerian and the Central African Republican refugees, and vulnerable host communities.
According to the March 2025 Cadre Harmonise food security analysis, an estimated 2.6 million people across the country are projected to face acute food insecurity between June and August 2025, a 6 percent increase from the same period last year.
