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May in Numbers
1.4 million+ people assisted in May*
841.7 Metric Tons (MT) of food distributed*
US$ 1.9 million of cash-based transfers made*
US$ 69.9 million six-month net funding requirement (July – December 2025)
*Preliminary figures
Strategic Updates
- WFP Director visit to advance strategic dialogue on national priorities with the Government of Niger: From 12 to 15 May, WFP’s Director of Multilateral and Programme Country Partnerships Mr. Stanlake Samkange, visited Niger to engage with the Government and partners to advance strategic dialogue on food systems and resilience priorities for Niger. High-level meetings with the Prime Minister and key ministries identified land restoration as a priority for transformational development in Niger. The Government, with support from WFP, will outline a national plan to scale up land restoration to restore 4 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. This national plan would represent an ambitious yet critical scale-up to achieve multisectoral development goals.
- Funding situation and assistance cuts: WFP Niger is currently operating in an extremely constrained resourcing environment. From July to December 2025, WFP has a funding shortfall of US$ 69.9 million, representing 53 percent of the total needs (USD 131 million) required to sustain operations during this period. Due to critical resourcing gaps and a limited outlook for new funds, WFP has implemented prioritization measures, resulting in the suspension of assistance for nearly 900,000 people under crisis response from June 2025 onwards. This includes suspending assistance to most protracted displaced populations at the end of May 2025, through which WFP had been providing monthly cash or in-kind assistance to 600,000 vulnerable individuals, including IDPs, refugees, and host communities.
- Pastoral lean season response: WFP launched the pastoral lean season response in April, targeting 43,655 people with 3 months’ worth of food assistance. Despite operational challenges, particularly in the Tillabéri region, as of end of May WFP has distributed the first two rations, with the last planned for June.
- Voucher pilot in Tillabéri: WFP is preparing to launch an emergency food assistance pilot using electronic vouchers in Tillabéri region, a first time for WFP Niger. The use of vouchers will improve WFP’s flexibility and adaptability to respond to different needs, and make it better prepared in case cash or inkind modalities become unfeasible in the evolving context.
- Focus on Diffa’s ETC Centre: The ETC Centre in Diffa, Shimodouram, operational since July 2023, continues to provide essential digital services to crisis-affected communities. The centre offers free internet access, phone services, IT training, and smartphone charging stations to promote digital inclusion and resilience. The centre is a key enabler of youth empowerment and access to information in the Diffa region. Since its opening in July 2023, the ETC Services Centre in Diffa, Niger, has served 1,853 users with over 21,000 visits.