Hunger

Desperate hunger drives crowd to storm UN food warehouse in Gaza

UN agencies warn that the decimated enclave is teetering on the brink of further chaos after months of war and…

1 year ago

More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger

More than 36 million are struggling to meet their basic food needs, which is projected to rise to over 52…

1 year ago

Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts

In total, 3.6 million “most vulnerable” people in Ethiopia stand to lose WFP food and nutrition assistance unless funding arrives…

1 year ago

Record hunger in Haiti amid rising needs

The UN agency is sounding the alarm following the release of the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report,…

1 year ago

‘High death risk’ for UK-Egyptian mother on hunger strike over jailed son

The mother of a British-Egyptian activist imprisoned in Cairo has been warned by her doctor that her life is at…

1 year ago

‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity

On 9 February, M23 fighters gave Tumusifu, her six children and all the other residents of Bulengo displacement camp just…

1 year ago

Alaa Abdel Fattah’s mother calls for Keir Starmer’s help as hunger strike continues

A mother who has been on hunger strike for 134 days to campaign for her son to be freed from…

2 years ago

Gaza: ‘Hunger is everywhere’, babies die from the cold, airstrike on unarmed journalists condemned

In Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes are sheltering in tents, the temperatures are expected…

2 years ago

Acute hunger stalks one in four people in DR Congo, warn aid agencies

The alert from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) follows a new dire assessment from UN-partnered…

2 years ago

Hunger and cholera crises escalate in South Sudan, as needs surge

The UN World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have raised the alarm over…

2 years ago