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WFP Sierra Leone Country Brief, June 2026

Country: Sierra Leone Source: World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. KEY HIGHLIGHTS • WFP supported a national nutrition review toalign priorities and accelerate progress inreducing malnutrition in 2026. • Over 1, 600 metric tons of rice, pulses, vegetableoil and salt were delivered to 1, 204 schoolsacross five districts for school feeding. SITUATION OVERVIEW • Sierra Leone’s humanitarian needs are drivenby chronic poverty (54–56 percent poor), economic fragility, and high food prices amid persistent inflation. Climate shocks affectingrain-fed agriculture deepen vulnerability, especially in rural areas. • Sierra Leone’s 2025 Global Hunger Index score of 28. 5 reflects a serious but improving hungersituation, highlighting both progress and the need for sustained investment in food systems and nutrition.

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