Record 28 million people face acute hunger in conflict-ravaged Congo
Reuters Twenty-eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a record for the country, driven by an escalating conflict between the government and Rwandan-backed rebels in the east, the United Nations said on Thursday. A longstanding humanitarian crisis in Congo has been aggravated by the conflict, with 2.5 million more people […]
Fighting hunger: How the halt in US aid is crippling global efforts to feed the hungry
JAIMI DOWDELL, LENA MASRI, RYAN MCNEILL, GIULIA PARAVICINI and NAFISA ELTAHIR, of Reuters, report on the impacts of the US aid freeze…
“Strong likelihood” famine imminent in north Gaza, say food security experts
London, UK/United Nations Reuters There is a “strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas” of the northern Gaza Strip, a committee of global food security experts warned on Friday, as Israel pursues a military offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas in the area. “Immediate action, within days not weeks, is required from all actors […]
Haiti conflict drives thousands toward famine
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters A gang-fuelled social and political crisis in Haiti has swollen the ranks of those suffering severe hunger in recent months, with an estimated 5.4 million Haitians having run out of food and gone a day or more without eating. Of those, at least 6,000 residents of the Caribbean island nation now suffer […]
UN appeals for Security Council help to combat famine in Sudan
United Nations Reuters Senior United Nations officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for help in getting humanitarian aid access in Sudan “across borders, across battle lines, by air, by land” to fight famine that has taken hold in at least one site in North Darfur. The United States last month suggested that the […]
Global food monitor says famine has taken hold in Sudan’s Darfur
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The war in Sudan and restrictions on aid deliveries have caused famine in at least one site in North Darfur, and have likely led to famine conditions in other parts of the conflict region, a committee of food security experts said in a report on Thursday. The finding, linked to an internationally […]
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…
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]