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. […]
Parts of Sudan are in famine, extent unclear, top US diplomat says
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Parts of Sudan are in famine, a top US diplomat said on Tuesday, adding that the extent of extreme hunger remained unclear nearly 14 months into a war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “I think we know we are in famine,” Tom Perriello, the US special envoy […]
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, […]
Gaza tailors take in clothes as Palestinians go hungry
Rafah, Gaza Reuters Palestinian tailor Anwar Abu Keresh used to take out the clothes of his Gaza customers but after eight months of Israel’s military campaign and the hunger crisis it has caused, he now has to tighten them to fit people’s thinning bodies. The UN says over a million people face “catastrophic” levels of […]
UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in “extreme, immediate danger”
United Nations Reuters Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in “extreme and immediate danger” as worsening violence advances and threatens to “unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout Darfur,” top UN officials warned the Security Council on Friday. War erupted in Sudan one year ago between the Sudanese army (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces […]
Nearly 55 million people face hunger in West and Central Africa
Dakar. Senegal Reuters Soaring prices have helped fuel a food crisis in West and Central Africa, where nearly 55 million people will struggle to feed themselves in the coming months, UN humanitarian agencies warned on Friday. The number facing hunger during the June-August lean season has quadrupled over the last five years, they said, noting […]
World Court orders Israel to halt Gaza famine; Hamas says ceasefire needed
The Hague, The Netherlands/Cairo, Egypt Reuters The World Court on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel, accused by South Africa of genocide in Gaza, to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave’s Palestinian population and halt spreading famine. But Gaza’s Hamas rulers said a ceasefire was needed to halt the […]
Essay: A ceasefire is not enough
KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS, interim president of Episcopal Divinity School and canon theologian at Washington National Cathedral, says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that divine justice does not settle for temporary ceasefires but advocates without ceasing for a lasting peace…