Essay: Haiti’s crisis is at a tipping point. The world needs to help
In an article first published on Religion News Service, DAVID VANDERPOOL, a surgeon who leads the international faith-based non-profit LiveBeyond, says the international community has a moral obligation to support Haiti during this crisis…
Postcards: As Argentina food prices soar, more people scavenge to survive
MIGUEL LO BIANCO, of Reuters, reports from Buenos Aires…
US resumes food aid to refugees in Ethiopia
Washington, US Reuters The United States is resuming food aid to refugees in Ethiopia after assistance was paused earlier this year because donations were being diverted, a senior US Agency for International Development official said. Ethiopia’s food crisis has deepened in recent years as a result of war in the Tigray region and the Horn […]
The Long Read: Africa’s food crisis is the biggest yet – five reasons why
JOE BAVIER, ABDI SHEIKH, ADITI BHANDARI and MICHAEL OVASKA, of Reuters, report…
Haiti’s PM Henry calls for foreign help amid gang blockade
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Wednesday called on the international community to help the Caribbean nation, as a gang blockade of a key fuel terminal has created widespread shortages of goods including drinking water. Gangs have since last month been blocking the entrance to the Varreux fuel terminal, creating dire shortages […]
People facing acute food insecurity reach 345 million worldwide – WFP
Baghdad, Iraq Reuters The number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide has more than doubled to 345 million since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change, the World Food Programme said on Wednesday. Before the coronavirus crisis, 135 million suffered from acute hunger worldwide, said Corinne Fleischer, the WFP’s regional director, […]
USAID pledges Kenya $US255 million to fight drought, appeals to rich countries to help
Nairobi, KenyaReuters The US development agency USAID on Friday said it would give Kenya $US255 million in emergency assistance to tackle severe drought. Some 4.1 million people in the East African nation are facing acute food shortages, the government says, while the number of cases of child malnutrition has surged by half in parts of […]
Facing hunger: A Somali boy’s mission to find food as climate change takes its toll
KATHERINE HOURELD, of Reuters, reports from Dollow in Somalia…
Wow!: Women-led startups help family farmers feed Latin America
FABIO TEXEIRA and ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how – from Brazil to Ecuador’s Amazon – women entrepreneurs are working to boost small-scale and organic farming as fears grow of a global food crisis…
Ukraine calls for moves to unblock ports and prevent global food crisis
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s President called on the international community on Monday to take immediate steps to end a Russian blockade of his country’s ports to allow wheat exports and prevent a global food crisis. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made his comments in an online post after speaking to European Council President Charles Michel who was visiting […]