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Surge in Gaza violence increases famine risk, monitor says

Reuters The entire Gaza Strip remains at risk of famine and is experiencing emergency levels of hunger, with intense Israeli military operations adding to concerns and hampering humanitarian access, a global monitor said on Thursday. About 1.84 million people across the besieged Palestinian enclave are living through high levels of acute food insecurity, including nearly […]

Churches call for action on growing hunger crisis in Malawi

Nairobi, Kenya Church leaders in Malawi have raised concerns about the escalating hunger crisis in the south-eastern African nation, urging collective efforts to address the situation which has resulted in millions of people facing acute food insecurity. The landlocked country, home to over 21.7 million people, is grappling with a deepening food crisis as a […]

Insecurity, rising costs push 31 million Nigerians into acute food shortage, study says

Lagos, Nigeria Reuters More than 31.8 million Nigerians are acutely short of food due to security challenges and the removal of fuel subsidies, the government said on Tuesday, citing a study by several of the country’s international development partners. The scale of the shortages, which have led to malnutrition among women and children, was set […]

Drive to end global hunger has stalled, United Nations warns

Rome, Italy Reuters A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve, with the number of people suffering chronic hunger barely changed over the past year, a UN report said on Wednesday. The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report said around 733 million people faced hunger […]

Camping in schools, hungry Haiti families ask: when will normality return?

Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Majorie Edoi sells food from a stand in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince – or she used to, until a conflict with armed gangs cut off the city from suppliers, paralysed trade routes and pushed the Caribbean country to its highest levels of hunger on record. The 30-year-old mother of three now sells food […]

Oxfam urges G7 to tap fraction of military spend for global hunger, debt

Reuters Charity Oxfam urged wealthy nations to boost spending on ending hunger ahead of a G7 annual summit set to kick off in Italy on Thursday, saying that just three per cent of G7 military spending could help solve the global food and debt crisis. The G7 – comprising the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, […]

UN food agency looks for $US400 million to feed millions in southern Africa

Harare, Zimbabwe Reuters The UN World Food Programme (WFP) needs $US400 million to feed millions of people in southern Africa following a drought that plunged parts of the region into hunger, the programme said on Wednesday. The WFP told Reuters it needed urgent funding for six months to support drought relief in Zimbabwe, Zambia and […]

UN warns Haiti’s capital blockaded, no aid for malnourished children

United Nations/Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haiti’s capital is almost completely cut off by air, sea and land blockades as gang violence intensifies, stopping aid from getting to 58,000 children with the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, the head of the UN children’s agency warned on Monday. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said two-thirds of Haiti’s children […]