Sudan’s SPLM-N rebel group declares famine in its territory
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters A rebel group controlling Sudan’s Nuba Mountains and parts of Blue Nile state said on Wednesday that the local population was experiencing a hunger catastrophe. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said that 20 per cent of families were suffering severe food shortages, while 30% of children suffered from malnutrition. […]
Solar dry, soldier fly, AI: Africans fight hunger with home-grown innovations
From South African soldier fly farms to Kenyan AI pest-detectors, local innovators are pushing to make farming climate-resilient. KIM HARRISBERG, of Context, reports…
Sudan’s agriculture minister says there is no famine in the country
Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Sudan’s agriculture minister said there is no famine in the country and cast doubt on UN-backed data that 755,000 are experiencing catastrophic hunger, rejecting the idea of aid agencies overriding cross-border delivery restrictions. Sudan has become the world’s worst hunger crisis since the outbreak of a war between the […]
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 […]
In Venezuela, hunger stalks presidential election
Maracaibo, Venezuela Reuters Carolina Leal used to support socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and, before that, his predecessor Hugo Chavez. But now Leal, founder of the ‘Feeding a Dream’ charity, spends her days feeding hungry and sometimes malnourished children in Maracaibo, in Venezuela’s oil-rich state of Zulia. And now she is not so sure. People […]
Essay: Sudan is now confronting its most severe food security crisis on record
In an article first published on The Conversation, ROB VOS and KHALID SIDDIG, of the International Food Policy Research Institute, say the situation in Sudan is grim with a “high risk of famine in multiple regions” if immediate action is not taken…
Sudan faces famine risk in 14 areas, global hunger monitor says
Cairo, Egypt Reuters There is a realistic chance of famine in 14 areas across Sudan if the war that began in April last year escalates, a global monitor said on Thursday, in a sharply worsening hunger crisis that the World Food Programme called the world’s largest. The areas listed by the Integrated Food Security Phase […]
World falling behind on environment, health and hunger goals, UN report says
Singapore Reuters The world is way off track on most of the sustainable development targets agreed in 2015, such as tackling poverty and hunger, says a United Nations report which cites funding shortfalls, geopolitical tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic. The UN’s annual Sustainable Development Report ranks the performance of its 193 member states in implementing […]
In northern Gaza, starved families survive on bread alone
Cairo, Egypt Reuters In the north of the Gaza Strip where Palestinians have been hit hardest by hunger, residents say acute shortages of vegetables, fruit and meat means they are surviving on bread alone. Food that can be found in the market is being sold at exorbitant prices, they said: a kilo of green peppers, […]
Famine watchdog projects 756,000 Sudanese face starvation in coming months
Reuters An estimated 756,000 people in Sudan could face catastrophic food shortages by September, according to a preliminary projection used by United Nations agencies and aid groups to determine whether to officially declare a famine. The preliminary results, as of 1st June and seen by Reuters, reflect a rapidly deteriorating situation in the war-torn country. […]