“Grave danger”: Millions of Sudanese go hungry as war disrupts food supply
NAFISA ELTAHIR, of Reuters, reports on the daily struggle Sudanese are facing to find food in a nation riven by war…
Famine looms in Gaza – how will the world know it has arrived?
United Nations Reuters The United Nations has warned that widespread famine in the Gaza Strip is “almost inevitable” without action. A formal conclusion that famine has arrived in the coastal enclave of 2.3 million people could come next week. Palestinians with children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food […]
One quarter of Gaza’s people one step away from famine, UN says
United Nations Reuters At least 576,000 people in the Gaza Strip – one quarter of the population – are one step away from famine, a senior UN aid official told the Security Council on Tuesday, warning that widespread famine could be “almost inevitable” without action. “Very little will be possible while hostilities continue and while […]
War pushes Sudan towards “catastrophic” famine-like conditions
Cairo, EgyptReuters Families in Sudan’s conflict zones could experience famine-like hunger by next summer, the United Nations has warned, while some in the war-ravaged capital are surviving on a single, meagre daily meal. Some 30 million people, almost two thirds of the population, are in need of assistance in Sudan according to the UN, double […]
West Africa faces acute food shortages with thousands near famine, say UN agencies
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday. West and Central Africa has faced increasing risks caused by higher temperatures and erratic rainfall. War in […]
Aid funding shortfall could push Afghans into famine – WFP
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters A drop in donor funding could push parts of Afghanistan into famine this year, the World Food Programme said on Monday, adding that up to nine million Afghans could be left without food aid after it had already had to slash rations. A huge humanitarian aid package after the Taliban took over […]
Children dying in Somalia as food catastrophe worsens
Mogadishu, MozambiqueReuters More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of UN agencies and aid groups. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which sets the global standard for determining […]
From Ukraine to Yemen, UN seeks record $US51.5 billion for “shockingly high” aid needs
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations and partners on Thursday appealed for a record $US51.5 billion in aid money for 2023, with tens of millions of additional people expected to need assistance, testing the humanitarian response system “to its limits”. The appeal represents a 25 per cent increase on 2022 and is more than five times […]
UN aid chief wants 25 per cent more money in 2023, no famine in Somalia yet
New York, USReuters The United Nations will ask for 25 per cent more money in 2023 to fund humanitarian aid operations globally, the UN aid chief told a Reuters NEXT event on Wednesday, where he also warned that while famine would not yet be declared in Somalia, people were already dying there of hunger. The […]
Donors must act now to save East Africa from famine, IRC says
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Donors need to provide cash now to save lives and not wait for famine to be declared in parts of East Africa where tens of millions of people are going hungry, the head of the International Rescue Committee said on Tuesday. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are suffering their worst drought in 40 […]