New report warns that 282 million people faced acute hunger last year. Hunger around the world has reached alarming levels, according to a new multi-agency report on global food insecurity. For the fifth year, acute food insecurity has increased, impacting hundreds of millions of people. The issue is posing a…
Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to United Nations agencies and development groups. Extreme weather events and economic shocks added to the number of those facing acute food insecurity, which…
UN agencies say double-digit inflation and stagnating local production are major drivers of the hunger crisis. Nearly 55 million people will struggle to feed themselves in the coming months in West and Central Africa as soaring prices have fuelled a food crisis, United Nations agencies have warned. In a joint…
Israel says it will send a delegation to Qatar for more talks with mediators after Hamas presented a new truce proposal. The main United Nations aid agency operating in Gaza has said that acute malnutrition was accelerating in the north of the Palestinian enclave as Israel prepared to send a…
Rafah, Gaza Strip – The rooms and corridors of Rafah’s Al-Amal Rehabilitation Society, a two-storey building in a sunny yard filled with trees, and a children’s play area off to the side, are as lively as they have ever been. But instead of it being just the deaf students who…
Five people were killed and several injured after a parachute landing a humanitarian airdrop failed to open, bringing a pallet crashing down into a crowd of people waiting for food north of Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp. The government media office in Gaza confirmed the casualties after the incident occurred on…
Six children have died from dehydration and malnutrition at hospitals in northern Gaza, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian territory has said, as the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave worsens. Two children died at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the ministry said on Wednesday. Earlier it reported…
Israel denies accusations it is blocking aid deliveries as UN says people are at risk of starvation in the besieged strip. Before Israel’s war, most of the 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza were already dependent on humanitarian assistance. After four and a half months of a total siege, compounded…
As the war continues, the UN agency warns tens of thousands of children will ‘likely die’ without more aid. At least 700,000 children in Sudan are likely to suffer from the worst form of malnutrition this year, and tens of thousands could die, the United Nations children’s agency has warned….
NewsFeed ‘We will starve in the streets.’ Gaza residents say they will die without aid from UNRWA. Norway’s foreign minister tells Al Jazeera why his country will keep funding the agency in the face of Western cuts. Published On 29 Jan 202429 Jan 2024 Check out our Latest News and…
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