About 282 million people faced acute hunger last year: UN-led report
8 months ago

About 282 million people faced acute hunger last year: UN-led report

Al Jazeera  

Gaza, Sudan and other conflicts – along with extreme weather and economic shocks – worsened food insecurity, says new report calling the global outlook ‘bleak’ for this year. Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to United Nations agencies and development groups. Extreme weather events and economic shocks added to the number of those facing acute food insecurity, which grew by 24 million people compared with 2022, according to a global report on food crises from the Food Security Information Network published on Wednesday. “War, climate chaos and a cost-of-living crisis – combined with inadequate action – mean that almost 300 million people faced acute food crisis in 2023,” he said, adding that “funding is not keeping pace with need”.

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UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa
4 days, 3 hours ago

UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa with that number set to rise to 52 million by the middle of next year, the United Nations food agency said Friday. According to a new report released Friday, the World Food Program said 3.4 million people are currently facing “emergency …

Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says
1 week, 4 days ago

Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on whirlwind visits to hotspots in the Middle East and Sudan to assess dire humanitarian situations and escalating demands for food from millions of people trapped or fleeing conflicts. Now, Skau said, “it’s a triple crisis, and the needs are going to be massive.” While …

A third of Afghanistan’s population faces hunger as harsh winter starts to bite
3 weeks ago

A third of Afghanistan’s population faces hunger as harsh winter starts to bite

The Independent  

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I am starving in Gaza and I don’t believe the world can’t do anything
3 weeks, 3 days ago

I am starving in Gaza and I don’t believe the world can’t do anything

Al Jazeera  

Israel tried to starve Gaza before and the international community reacted. The Israeli army decreased the number of trucks it was allowing to enter to just 30-40 per day and food – which was already expensive and unaffordable for most – started to disappear. The number began to rise after 2010 when an international coalition of human rights activists and …

Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel's Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel's Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

Many in Gaza eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
1 month ago

Many in Gaza eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Deir al-Balah : Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. After being displaced five times, the Eids reside in central Gaza, where aid groups have relatively more access than …

Acute food insecurity to hit most people in South Sudan next year, says UN
1 month ago

Acute food insecurity to hit most people in South Sudan next year, says UN

Al Jazeera  

Almost 7.7 million people will be classified as acutely food insecure in the world’s youngest nation as it grapples with floods and war. Almost 60 percent of South Sudan’s population will be acutely food insecure next year, with more than two million children at risk of malnutrition, warns data from a United Nations-backed review. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase …

Famine Is Likely Imminent In Northern Gaza, Hunger Experts Warn
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Famine Is Likely Imminent In Northern Gaza, Hunger Experts Warn

Huff Post  

Palestinians gather to receive bags of flour distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Abdel Kareem Hana via AP UNITED NATIONS — There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned …

UN warns of imminent famine in Northern Gaza
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UN warns of imminent famine in Northern Gaza

Deccan Chronicle  

There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned on Friday. The Famine Review Committee warned that “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.” The committee’s four independent experts are part of the Integrated Food Security …

‘Strong likelihood’ of imminent famine in north Gaza: Food security experts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Strong likelihood’ of imminent famine in north Gaza: Food security experts

Al Jazeera  

Famine thresholds ‘may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future’, Famine Review Committee warns. There is a “strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas” of northern Gaza, according to a committee of global food security experts, as Israeli forces press on with a major offensive in the area. ‘The unacceptable is confirmed’ The committee …

Famine is likely imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Famine is likely imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned Friday. The Famine Review Committee warned that “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.” The committee’s four independent experts are part of the Integrated …

More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year: report
1 month, 2 weeks ago

More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year: report

Deccan Chronicle  

ABUJA: More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year, the number rising sharply as soaring food prices exacerbate the effects of conflict and climate change, according to a report Friday. According to the latest figures 25.1 million Nigerian are already experiencing "acute food insecurity" even at the peak of this year's harvest season, following floods and dramatic price rises. …

Famine Looms in Vulnerable Regions as Conflict and Climate Shocks Aggravate Food Insecurity
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Famine Looms in Vulnerable Regions as Conflict and Climate Shocks Aggravate Food Insecurity

Associated Press  

Severe food crises threaten hundreds of thousands of people in vulnerable areas worldwide. The report warns that conflicts, economic instability, and climate shocks are driving alarming levels of acute food insecurity, with immediate, scaled-up intervention needed to prevent further deterioration in these already vulnerable regions.

Opinion: Israel is weaponizing hunger against Palestinians. Here’s how the U.S. can stop it
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Israel is weaponizing hunger against Palestinians. Here’s how the U.S. can stop it

LA Times  

As the U.N.’s leading independent expert on the right to food, I have watched with growing horror over the past 12 months as Israel has weaponized hunger against approximately 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In a report submitted to the U.N. General Assembly last month, I documented how Israel has used hunger as a tool of war in …

Food Sovereignty in Gaza Under Threat as Israel's Military Operations Disrupt Agriculture
2 months ago

Food Sovereignty in Gaza Under Threat as Israel's Military Operations Disrupt Agriculture

China Daily  

Palestinians are calling for accountability and the revival of their agricultural sector amid the ongoing Israeli military operations in Gaza. Food sovereignty in the region is threatened due to the attacks, which have caused widespread damage and starvation tactics. The agricultural sector was largely self-sufficient in producing various plant species, but it has been severely disrupted by the Israeli occupation. …

Africa floods wreak havoc on crops, deepen food crisis
2 months, 1 week ago

Africa floods wreak havoc on crops, deepen food crisis

China Daily  

Houses are submerged in Adankolo, Kogi state, Nigeria, on Saturday. HARUNA YAHAYA/AFP Widespread flooding across West and Central Africa has plunged nearly 6.6 million people in 16 countries into crisis, exacerbating an already dire food insecurity situation in the region, where several nations have declared a food security and nutrition emergency. Margot van der Velden, WFP's regional director for Western …

Israel bombards north Gaza; U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again
2 months, 1 week ago

Israel bombards north Gaza; U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again

LA Times  

Residents of a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike return to collect their family’s belongings in Beirut on Saturday. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in the Zarout coastal area on the edge of Barja south of Beirut, and the Health Ministry said four people were killed. Israel’s military said that Hezbollah fired …

Israel Blocking Over 80% Of Food Assistance Into A Starving Gaza, Aid Groups Say
3 months ago

Israel Blocking Over 80% Of Food Assistance Into A Starving Gaza, Aid Groups Say

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Israel is blocking more than 80% of food deliveries from entering a starving Gaza, according to data compiled by more than a dozen humanitarian groups warning of the dire consequences of the military’s almost year-long siege on the Palestinian territory. Alongside Israel’s nonstop bombing that has flattened entire neighborhoods and shredded Palestinian bodies, the ongoing obstruction of …

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations
3 months, 1 week ago

UN warns some 2.5 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations

The Independent  

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UN and US say food is on its way to a famine-stricken camp in Sudan
4 months ago

UN and US say food is on its way to a famine-stricken camp in Sudan

The Independent  

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Drive to eliminate global hunger by 2030 has stalled, UN warns
5 months ago

Drive to eliminate global hunger by 2030 has stalled, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

About 733 million people faced hunger in 2023 due to conflicts, climate change and economic crises, a UN report says. A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve as the number of people suffering chronic hunger has barely changed over the past year, a UN report says. The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition …

Famine threat looms over Gaza, UN warns
5 months, 1 week ago

Famine threat looms over Gaza, UN warns

China Daily  

A boy sits on debris at a school sheltering displaced people after an Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. EYAD BABA/AFP A group of independent experts and special rapporteurs of the United Nations have said famine was now gripping the Gaza Strip as children die from malnutrition amid Israel's alleged starvation campaign as bombings of schools …

Has famine arrived in Gaza? UN experts say it has
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Has famine arrived in Gaza? UN experts say it has

Al Jazeera  

A group of independent UN experts warn famine has spread throughout Gaza after more than nine months of war. “Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across all of Gaza,” 10 independent UN experts, including the special rapporteur on the right to food and the special …

Famine has spread throughout Gaza, say UN experts
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Famine has spread throughout Gaza, say UN experts

CNN  

CNN — The recent deaths of more Palestinian children due to hunger and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip indicates that famine has spread across the entire enclave, according to a United Nations statement, citing independent experts. An estimated 495,000 people in Gaza – or 22% of the population – are “experiencing an extreme lack of food,” according to an Integrated …

Over half of Sudanese face 'acute food insecurity': U.N.-backed report
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Over half of Sudanese face 'acute food insecurity': U.N.-backed report

The Hindu  

More than half of Sudan's population is facing high levels of "acute food insecurity", a situation exacerbated by the country's devastating war, said a report cited by the United Nations on June 27. "Fourteen months into the conflict, Sudan is facing the worst levels of acute food insecurity" that the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, has recorded, the …

Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan

Associated Press  

CAIRO — International experts portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan in a report Thursday warning that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between rival generals. The report said that 8.5 million people are facing extreme food shortages after 14 months of conflict in Sudan and that hunger has spread to the capital Khartoum …

Over 750,000 people in Sudan at risk of starvation: Global hunger monitor
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 750,000 people in Sudan at risk of starvation: Global hunger monitor

Al Jazeera  

United Nations’ hunger monitoring system says there’s a risk of famine in 14 areas of Sudan if the conflict escalates. There is a risk of famine in 14 areas across Sudan if the conflict between military factions escalates, a global hunger monitor has said, noting that it faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity” ever recorded in the country. …

High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say
5 months, 4 weeks ago

High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say

NPR  

High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say toggle caption Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images Nearly all of Gaza’s population is struggling with food shortages and hunger, and half a million people are now facing starvation, a new report by independent experts says. Sponsor Message The I.P.C.report says more than 340,000 Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing the …

Experts say Gaza is at ‘high risk’ of famine despite increased aid to the north
6 months ago

Experts say Gaza is at ‘high risk’ of famine despite increased aid to the north

Associated Press  

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — An influx of aid appears to have eased a hunger crisis in northern Gaza for now, but the entire territory remains at “high risk” of famine after Israel’s offensive in Rafah caused displacement and the disruption of aid operations in the south, a draft report said Monday. The report by the leading international authority on …

Experts say Gaza is at 'high risk' of famine despite increased aid to the north
6 months ago

Experts say Gaza is at 'high risk' of famine despite increased aid to the north

New Indian Express  

Israel invaded Gaza after Hamas' attack on Oct. 7, in which Palestinian militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted about 250. The latest findings come from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, an initiative first set up in 2004 during the famine in Somalia that now includes more than a dozen U.N. agencies, aid groups, governments …

Darfur sees an increase in much needed food aid, but it’s still not enough to avert famine, UN says
6 months ago

Darfur sees an increase in much needed food aid, but it’s still not enough to avert famine, UN says

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Families in Sudan’s embattled western Darfur region have finally received an emergency increase in food aid that is much needed to help avert looming famine, the U.N. food agency said Thursday. The World Food Program said in an update that five convoys carrying 5,000 tons of food aid have crossed from neighboring Chad into Darfur since the beginning …

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed
6 months ago

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed

Hindustan Times  

CAIRO — South Darfur saw a slight increase in critical aid when the U.N.'s World Food Program delivered life-saving food and nutrition to some families across the violence-riddled western Sudanese state, the organization said. Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed The WFP mission in Sudan said Tuesday that more than …

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed
6 months ago

Some life-saving food assistance entered South Darfur, UN says, but aid groups say more is needed

Associated Press  

CAIRO — South Darfur saw a slight increase in critical aid when the U.N.'s World Food Program delivered life-saving food and nutrition to some families across the violence-riddled western Sudanese state, the organization said. The WFP mission in Sudan said Tuesday that more than 50,000 people in hunger hotspots across South Darfur are receiving much-needed food assistance in collaboration with …

Sudan’s food crisis and what action is needed | Explained
6 months, 1 week ago

Sudan’s food crisis and what action is needed | Explained

The Hindu  

The UN recently warned of the risk of famine in Sudan. Sudan’s food security has dramatically worsened due to ongoing conflict and economic decline. Rural households are especially hard hit due to disrupted agricultural activities, limited access to markets and soaring food prices. Improved access to credit, better farming techniques, broadened and deepened social protection, and resilient infrastructure could help …

The UN says a quarter of the world’s children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in Africa
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The UN says a quarter of the world’s children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in Africa

Associated Press  

KALTUNGO, Nigeria — The 9-month-old twins cried nonstop and tugged at their mother, seeking attention but also food. “What will I give them when I don’t have food myself?” Here in northern Nigeria, where conflict and climate change have long contributed to the problem, her twins are among 181 million children under 5 — or 27% of the world’s youngest …

A quarter of the world’s children under 5 suffer from severe food poverty, the U.N. says.
6 months, 2 weeks ago

A quarter of the world’s children under 5 suffer from severe food poverty, the U.N. says.

LA Times  

Aisha Aliyu, a 36-year-old mother of five, shows her farm in Kaltungo, Nigeria, this month. “What will I give them when I don’t have food myself?” Here in northern Nigeria, where conflict and climate change have long contributed to the problem, her twins are among 181 million children under 5 — or 27% of the world’s youngest children — who …

Nine out of 10 children in Gaza lack food for growth: UNICEF
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Nine out of 10 children in Gaza lack food for growth: UNICEF

Al Jazeera  

New report examines child food poverty worldwide, with particular focus on ‘catastrophic impact’ of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. About 90 percent of children in Gaza lack nutrition and face “severe” threats to their “survival, growth and development”, according to the United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF. A report, published by UNICEF on Thursday, laid bare the “catastrophic impact” of Israel’s offensive …

UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July

Associated Press  

CAIRO — United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. Egypt has refused to open its Rafah crossing with Gaza since Israeli forces seized the Gaza side of it nearly a month ago, instead diverting aid to Israel’s Kerem Shalom …

Northern Gaza in ‘full-blown famine’, says UN food program chief
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Northern Gaza in ‘full-blown famine’, says UN food program chief

Hindustan Times  

The chief of the United Nations' food program has warned of a "full-blown famine" in northern Gaza and reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Israel's war against Hamas. "There is famine, full-blown famine in the north and it's moving its way south," Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Program, said in an interview excerpt published Friday. The World …

A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory. “There is famine — full-blown famine — in the north, and it’s moving its way south.” She said a cease-fire and …

282 million faced acute hunger in 2023, worst hit in Gaza
7 months, 4 weeks ago

282 million faced acute hunger in 2023, worst hit in Gaza

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. The U.N. report said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, due to the …

U.N. report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza
7 months, 4 weeks ago

U.N. report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza

LA Times  

Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. The United Nations report said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, because of the sharp deterioration …

The Sudan War exacerbate hunger and suffering one year down the line
8 months, 1 week ago

The Sudan War exacerbate hunger and suffering one year down the line

China Daily  

FILE PHOTO: A Sudanese woman, who fled the conflict in Murnei in Sudan's Darfur region, walks beside carts carrying her family belongings upon crossing the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad August 2, 2023. The war that broke out on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the capital Khartoum, has …

World paid little attention to Sudan’s war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger
8 months, 1 week ago

World paid little attention to Sudan’s war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger

Associated Press  

CAIRO — On a clear night a year ago, a dozen heavily armed fighters broke into Omaima Farouq’s house in an upscale neighborhood in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Sudan has been torn by war for a year now, ever since simmering tensions between its military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into street clashes in the capital …

World paid little attention to Sudan's war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger
8 months, 1 week ago

World paid little attention to Sudan's war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sudan has been torn by war for a year …

Nearly 55 million face hunger in West and Central Africa, UN warns
8 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 55 million face hunger in West and Central Africa, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

UN agencies say double-digit inflation and stagnating local production are major drivers of the hunger crisis. Nearly 55 million people will struggle to feed themselves in the coming months in West and Central Africa as soaring prices have fuelled a food crisis, United Nations agencies have warned. “For children in the region to reach their full potential, we need to …

Biden’s top aid official says famine is already underway in Gaza
8 months, 1 week ago

Biden’s top aid official says famine is already underway in Gaza

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden’s top aid official said that famine is …

Top U.S. Official Says America Acknowledges Famine In Gaza
8 months, 1 week ago

Top U.S. Official Says America Acknowledges Famine In Gaza

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. believes famine is underway in Gaza, U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Samantha Power said on Wednesday ― a striking admission prompted by questioning over a HuffPost story revealing USAID officials privately reached that conclusion last week. Rep. Joaquin Castro asked Power during a congressional hearing about HuffPost’s April 2 story on a USAID cable …

Families in Gaza surviving on ‘less than a can of beans a day’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Families in Gaza surviving on ‘less than a can of beans a day’

The Independent  

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