Number of hungry children in Africa’s Sahel hits 10-year high – UN
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The number of hungry children in West Africa’s Sahel region reached a 10-year high in 2018 due to poor rains, conflict and high food prices, the United Nations said on Friday. More than 1.3 million children under the age of five suffered from severe malnutrition this year in the six worst hit […]
Yemen’s plunging economy threatens to kill more people than war – aid agency
Thomson Reuters Foundation Yemen’s tanking economy threatens to kill more people than bombs and guns, an aid agency warned on Tuesday as the currency hit its lowest level ever, compounding the world’s biggest hunger crisis. The Norwegian Refugee Council said soaring food prices were pushing many people closer to the brink in a country where […]
UN denunciation of starvation as war weapon needs tough enforcement – experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation A United Nations vote condemning starvation as a means of warfare is historic but will be useless without concrete steps to help millions of starving people, top experts said on Friday. The 15 member Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Thursday that threatens sanctions on countries that obstruct efforts to provide […]
Millions of Yemenis suffer ‘nightmare’ of war as closed borders halt aid
Thomson Reuters Foundation Hardship is intensifying for millions in Yemen, reeling from war, starvation and a major cholera epidemic, after its borders were closed, blocking vital food and medical deliveries, an aid worker said on Wednesday. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen said on Monday that it was closing all air, land […]