More than a million people in Myanmar will lose access to life-saving food assistance from the World Food Programme (WFP) next month due to severe funding shortages. The cuts come at a time when conflict, displacement, and access restrictions are worsening the country’s food crisis, WFP warned on Friday.

The World Food Programme will be forced to stop providing vital food aid in Myanmar, "because of a shortfall in funding" says Michael Dumford, head of operations for the agency in the war-torn country.