’One in ten worldwide go to bed hungry every night,’ reveals UN food chief
1 year, 3 months ago

’One in ten worldwide go to bed hungry every night,’ reveals UN food chief

Live Mint  

The head of the United Nations food agency has warned of a severe global hunger crisis affecting over 700 million people who are uncertain about when or if they will have their next meal. According to WFP estimates from 79 countries where the Rome-based agency operates, up to 783 million people — one in 10 of the world’s population — still go to bed hungry every night. “This is the humanitarian community’s new reality — our new normal — and we will be dealing with the fallout for years to come.” The head of the World Food Programme, who is also the widow of the late US senator John McCain, has revealed that the agency's estimates indicate that nearly 47 million individuals in more than 50 countries are on the brink of famine. “Our collective challenge is to ramp up the ambitious, multi-sectoral partnerships that will enable us to tackle hunger and poverty effectively, and reduce humanitarian needs over the long-term,” McCain urged business leaders at the council meeting focusing on humanitarian public-private partnerships. “The private sector stands ready to tackle the challenges at hand in partnership with the public sector.” Miebach stressed, “business cannot succeed in a failing world” and humanitarian crises impact fellow citizens of the world.

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UN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa
4 days, 13 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
8 months, 2 weeks ago

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan's Darfur after months but millions face acute 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. Read our privacy policy The United Nations said Friday …

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan’s Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger
8 months, 2 weeks ago

First UN food supplies arrive in Sudan’s Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The United Nations said Friday it has begun distributing food in Sudan’s restive western Darfur region for the first time in months, following two successful cross-border deliveries in March, but the population still faces widespread hunger unless more help arrives. About a third of the country’s population, or 18 million people, face acute hunger, the U.N. food …

Sudan is on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says
9 months ago

Sudan is on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The nearly year-long conflict between Sudan’s military and paramilitary forces has put the African nation on course to become the world’s worst hunger crisis with malnutrition soaring and already claiming children’s lives, the U.N. humanitarian office warned Wednesday. Edem Wosornu, the director of humanitarian operations, told the U.N. Security Council that already one-third of Sudan’s population – …

Sudan is on course to become the world's worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says
9 months ago

Sudan is on course to become the world's worst hunger crisis, with children already dying, UN says

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. Edem Wosornu, the director of humanitarian operations, told the …

What will it take to end hunger and malnutrition in South Sudan?
10 months ago

What will it take to end hunger and malnutrition in South Sudan?

Al Jazeera  

UN warns Africa’s youngest nation is facing a food crisis. South Sudan is on the verge of a devastating hunger catastrophe, the World Food Programme has warned. Now, the influx of half a million people – escaping the violence in neighbouring Sudan – is worsening an already precarious humanitarian situation. Aid agencies say more funding and unhindered access is vital …

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan
10 months, 3 weeks ago

UN food agency says it has reports of people dying from starvation amid the conflict in Sudan

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. World Food Program said that some 18 million people across Sudan currently face acute hunger, with the most desperate trapped behind the …

One in ten people worldwide go to bed hungry every night: UN food chief
1 year, 3 months ago

One in ten people worldwide go to bed hungry every night: UN food chief

Hindustan Times  

A global hunger crisis has left more than 700 million people not knowing when or if they will eat again, and demand for food is rising relentlessly while humanitarian funding is drying up, the head of the United Nations food agency said Thursday. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain told the U.N. Security Council that because of the lack …

More than 700 million people don't know when — or if — they will eat again, UN food chief says
1 year, 3 months ago

More than 700 million people don't know when — or if — they will eat again, UN food chief says

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. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain told the …

UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase
1 year, 3 months ago

UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase

Associated Press  

ROME — The World Food Program warned Tuesday that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people, with each 1% cut in aid risking to push 400,000 people toward starvation. The agency said the more than 60% funding shortfall this year was the highest in WFP’s 60-year history …

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis
1 year, 4 months ago

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

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. Read our privacy policy The United Nations has been …

UN says it’s forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis
1 year, 4 months ago

UN says it’s forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said Friday. “This year, 345 million people continue to be acutely food …

UN Talks Seek to Fix 'Broken' Global Food System
1 year, 5 months ago

UN Talks Seek to Fix 'Broken' Global Food System

News 18  

A three-day United Nations summit opened in Rome on Monday aimed at tackling a “broken” global food system where millions are starving, two billion are overweight or obese and the planet is suffering. The food systems summit comes amid growing food insecurity around the world, with UN agencies warning of an increasing number of people suffering from chronic hunger. “Global …

Lack of funding forces UN to slash food program in Haiti amid a surge in malnutrition
1 year, 5 months ago

Lack of funding forces UN to slash food program in Haiti amid a surge in malnutrition

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.N.’s World Food Program announced Monday that it is facing a shortage of funds and won’t be able to help 100,000 people in Haiti this month who urgently need assistance. The 25% cut comes as a record 4.9 million people in the country of nearly 11 million need help with finding food, the agency …

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years
1 year, 5 months ago

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in …

Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years, U.N. says
1 year, 5 months ago

Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years, U.N. says

LA Times  

The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in September,” said Margot …

UN agencies decry humanitarian crisis in Haiti and seek help for hungry families fleeing violence
1 year, 6 months ago

UN agencies decry humanitarian crisis in Haiti and seek help for hungry families fleeing violence

Associated Press  

JEREMIE, Haiti — The executive directors of two U.N. agencies warned Tuesday that Haiti’s humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels amid reports of widespread hunger and gang violence. Per capita, the number of Haitians facing emergency-level food insecurity is the second highest in the world, with nearly 5 million struggling to eat every day, said Cindy McCain, executive director of …

UN warns that urgent funding needed to avert catastrophic hunger in northeast Nigeria
1 year, 7 months ago

UN warns that urgent funding needed to avert catastrophic hunger in northeast Nigeria

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least $396 million is urgently needed to prevent widespread hunger and malnutrition in northeastern Nigeria from turning into a “full-blown catastrophe,” the United Nations office in the West African nation said Thursday. “We are ringing the alarm bell that there are people close to or dying right now in the northeast,” Matthias Schmale, the U.N. humanitarian …

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming
1 year, 7 months ago

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming

China Daily  

Men sit in a shade as they take care of their goats in the Dadaab refugee camp, one of Africa's largest refugee camps in Kenya, on March 23, 2023. According to the global report on food crises launched on Wednesday by the Food Security Information Network - an initiative mandated with the strengthening of food and nutrition security information system …

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming
1 year, 7 months ago

Number of people facing acute hunger in Africa still alarming

China Daily  

Men sit in a shade as they take care of their goats in the Dadaab refugee camp, one of Africa's largest refugee camps in Kenya, on March 23, 2023. According to the global report on food crises launched on Wednesday by the Food Security Information Network - an initiative mandated with the strengthening of food and nutrition security information system …

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022
1 year, 7 months ago

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022

Associated Press  

ROME — More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The report found that that the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food aid — 258 million — …

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN
1 year, 8 months ago

Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with some 48 million people, a 10-year-high, facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region, the United Nations warned Tuesday. Driven primarily by violence as well as the economic fallout from COVID-19 and inflation, food insecurity has heavily impacted Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, northern Nigeria and Mauritania, U.N. officials said …

UN food chief: Billions needed to avert unrest, starvation
1 year, 8 months ago

UN food chief: Billions needed to avert unrest, starvation

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. David Beasley praised increased funding from the United States and Germany last …

How can we end the hunger pandemic?
2 years ago

How can we end the hunger pandemic?

Al Jazeera  

As 2022 comes to a close, we are facing a food crisis worse than any other in recent memory. The combined consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and climate change, from disrupted supply chains and soaring inflation to extreme weather events, gradually left millions of people all over the world unable to put food on their tables. …

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation
2 years ago

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 25,000 people could face starvation in conflict-plagued parts of West Africa next year, a United Nations official warned Friday. Federico Doehnert of the World Food Program said violence and the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine are largely driving the threat to people in Nigeria, Mali and Burkina Faso. “One …

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation
2 years ago

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation

The Independent  

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U.N. warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation
2 years, 3 months ago

U.N. warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation

The Hindu  

The U.N. food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude,” with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation — and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine. “The hungry people of the world are counting on us, and … we must not let them down.” Mr. Griffiths said …

UN warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation
2 years, 3 months ago

UN warns up to 345 million people marching toward starvation

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. food chief warned Thursday that the world is facing “a global emergency of unprecedented magnitude,” with up to 345 million people marching toward starvation — and 70 million pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine. David Beasley, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, told the U.N. Security Council that the 345 …

Why UN global hunger report figures are staggering: 150 million added post Covid
2 years, 5 months ago

Why UN global hunger report figures are staggering: 150 million added post Covid

Hindustan Times  

Even since coronavirus hit the world, over 150 million people have been added to the list of those affected by hunger, a new report by the United Nations has revealed. The goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition by 2030 remains a far cry with the latest UN global hunger report revealing that 828 million people - across the …

UN: 2.3 billion people severely or moderately hungry in 2021
2 years, 5 months ago

UN: 2.3 billion people severely or moderately hungry in 2021

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The spike in food, fuel and fertilizer prices sparked by the war in Ukraine is threatening to push countries around the world into famine, bringing “global destabilization, starvation and mass migration on an unprecedented scale,” a top U.N. official warned Wednesday. David Beasley, head of the U.N. World Food Program, said its latest analysis shows that “a …

A third of Sudan's population faces hunger crisis: U.N. food agency
2 years, 6 months ago

A third of Sudan's population faces hunger crisis: U.N. food agency

The Hindu  

A third of Sudan' population is currently facing a food crisis due to the compounded impact of climate shocks, political turmoil and rising global food prices, the U.N. food agency said Thursday. A joint report by the World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said that 15 million people face acute food insecurity across all of the East …

Global hunger calls for a collective action
2 years, 6 months ago

Global hunger calls for a collective action

Live Mint  

The world system that feeds humankind has been under stress for the past two years. The Russia-Ukraine war strangled crucial sources of supply, as these two countries contribute 28% to world wheat exports and 15% to world maize exports. Eleven countries account for 70% of global wheat production: China and India for 31%, Russia and Ukraine for 15%, the US, …

UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa’s Sahel
2 years, 7 months ago

UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa’s Sahel

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The largest number of people are at risk of severe hunger across the region since 2014, and four countries — Burkina Faso, …

UN: 18 million people facing severe hunger in Sahel region
2 years, 7 months ago

UN: 18 million people facing severe hunger in Sahel region

Al Jazeera  

It cites the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs as the reasons. The United Nations is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The largest number …

Feed more hungry people for less money– help them plant
2 years, 8 months ago

Feed more hungry people for less money– help them plant

Hindustan Times  

A few weeks ago, we all woke up to a global milieu that we thought belonged to history. Now, with war impacting a major global breadbasket that supplies many regions with staple food exports, international food commodities markets –themselves already suffering a stiff hangover after two years of the pandemic’s knock-on effects – are being disrupted even further. That millions …

Hunger crisis looms in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ amid conflict
2 years, 10 months ago

Hunger crisis looms in Nigeria’s ‘food basket’ amid conflict

Associated Press  

AGATU, Nigeria — It’s 2 p.m. and Hannah Mgbede asks her husband if she can take her first break of the day from threshing rice so she can breastfeed their 18-month-old baby girl fastened to her back during the grueling work. “Since the crisis, it is only by the grace of God we are feeding to remain alive.” Here in …

UN food agency: 45 million people on the edge of famine
3 years, 1 month ago

UN food agency: 45 million people on the edge of famine

Al Jazeera  

The UN agency says global hunger spiked by three million within a year, with conflict, climate change and COVID main driving factors. The United Nations food agency has said that the number of people on the edge of famine across 43 countries had risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world. The jump from 42 million people …

UN warns hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots
3 years, 4 months ago

UN warns hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots

The Hindu  

Hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots in the next three months with the highest alerts for “catastrophic” situations in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, southern Madagascar, Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria, two U.N. agencies warned on Friday. The Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Food Program said in a new report on “Hunger Hotspots” between August and …

‘Nothing left’: A catastrophe in Madagascar’s famine-hit south
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Nothing left’: A catastrophe in Madagascar’s famine-hit south

Al Jazeera  

More than one million people need emergency food and nutrition assistance, with 14,000 already in ‘catastrophic conditions’. “There’s nothing left here where we’ve been digging,” says Rahovatae, a mother of nine, a spade in her hand in the small wood outside the village. ‘Horror film’ World Food Programme chief David Beasley has compared the plight of the starving in Madagascar …

All You Need to Know about Nobel Peace Prize Laureate UN World Food Programme and World Hunger
4 years, 2 months ago

All You Need to Know about Nobel Peace Prize Laureate UN World Food Programme and World Hunger

News 18  

The United Nations’ World Food Programme, which won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and promote peace, was founded in 1961 at the request of US President Dwight Eisenhower. Twenty cargo aircraft flew three sorties a day to transport 1.5 million tonnes of food as part of ‘Operation Lifeline Sudan’, in which UN agencies …

UN food chief urges rich to help keep millions from starving
4 years, 3 months ago

UN food chief urges rich to help keep millions from starving

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The World Food Program chief warned Thursday that millions of people are closer to starvation because of the deadly combination of conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic and he urged donor nations and billionaires to help feed them and ensure their survival. The U.N. program’s chief David Beasley told the U.N. Security Council that the response …

UN: Coronavirus pandemic could push tens of millions into chronic hunger
4 years, 5 months ago

UN: Coronavirus pandemic could push tens of millions into chronic hunger

India Today  

The United Nations says the ranks of the world's hungry grew by 10 million last year and warns that the coronavirus pandemic could push as many as 130 million more people into chronic hunger this year. Preliminary projections based on available global economic outlooks suggest the pandemic “may add an additional 83 to 132 million people to the ranks of …

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