Hunger

Haiti’s freefall demands urgent global action as millions face hunger and violence

Edem Wosurnu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed journalists on her recent mission to the Caribbean island nation where violent armed gangs remain in control of large areas of the territory. The worsening crisis is marked…

4 months ago

Aid cuts push millions in West and Central Africa deeper into hunger

 A staggering 55 million people across West and Central Africa are expected to suffer crisis levels of hunger, or worse,…

7 months ago

Sudan: UN warns of unprecedented child hunger in Darfur as fighting fuels refugee exodus

The war, which erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF),…

8 months ago

Gaza famine pushed back, but millions still face hunger and malnutrition, UN says

According to the latest IPC report – a global tracking of malnutrition and food insecurity – no areas of Gaza…

8 months ago

Somalia declares drought emergency as millions face hunger after failed rains

On 10 November, the Federal Government of Somalia formally declared a drought emergency and appealed for urgent international assistance as…

9 months ago

DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid fighting and lack of aid funding

UN aid agencies are struggling to access provinces overrun by Rwanda-backed M23 rebel fighters at the start of the year,…

10 months ago

Gaza: Aid teams race to push back hunger; one million food parcels delivered

Last month, hundreds of thousands of people returned to northern Gaza – where famine was declared at the end of…

10 months ago

Rise in number of people in the UK facing hunger says charity

A third of children under five are living in UK homes where this is not enough access to healthy and…

11 months ago

‘Only hunger and bombs’ for besieged civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher

At least 57 civilians were killed in the attack, which included the Abu Shouk displacement camp on the outskirts of…

1 year ago

Hunger in Gaza: Women and children face death in search of food

“I used to easily receive aid distributed by the UN,” Abir Safi, a displaced person from the Zeitoun neighborhood of…

1 year ago