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Unprecedented floods and winds have displaced thousands of families, destroyed homes, and severely damaged critical infrastructure, impacting over half a million people in Yemen, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Thursday.
AFP - Agence France Presse
Gerard walks despondently around his small pharmacy in the centre of Burundi's main city Bujumbura, surveying the many empty shelves.
University World News
How can desert encroachment be halted? Algeria is having trouble finding the answer, and researchers from all sectors are being called to the rescue t...
World Food Program USA
Acute hunger is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger "hotspots," a new U.N. early warning report has revealed today.
The East African
Zambia's Agriculture minister said the restriction will only be lifted after a careful assessment of the next harvest.
Diggers Editor-Zambia: News Diggers!
AS Zambia grapples with an unexpected dry spell during what should be the rainy season, the situation has become more than just a weather anomaly - it's a pressing humanitarian concern. For about a month now, the absence of rain has brought scorching temperatures, causing crops to wither and raising
Mirage News
Wageningen Economic Research conducted a scenario study examining the global effects of the war in Ukraine on food security and the environment. Two
POLYGRAPH.info
Thousands of Ugandans die of hunger every day because of food shortages and the effects of climate change that deprive farmers of harvest and income.
National Catholic Reporter
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network predicts that by July, parts of nine countries will be at internationally recognized emergency levels of food insecurity. Catholic agencies spoke to NCR about what drives food insecurity.
The Borgen Project-BORGEN
If we can break the life cycle of hunger, then communities have a chance to break the cycle of poverty.” Ultimately, to attack hunger at....
VOA
Move is in response to a recent report that said situation is expected to worsen until the next harvesting season in March 2024
ReliefWeb
News and Press Release in English on Burkina Faso about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought and more; published on 3 Oct 2023 by ICRC
ReliefWeb
News and Press Release in English on Bolivia (Plurinational State of) about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought and Heat Wave; published on 3 Oct 2023 by Save the Children
Monitor
Naro wants government to establish a fully-functional seed system for the crops that are dominantly grown in northern Uganda
ReliefWeb
Situation Report in English on World and 34 other countries about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought and Flood; published on 30 Sep 2023 by FEWS NET
Facundo Iglesia-Buenos Aires Herald
Agustín Salvia, the country’s leading expert in poverty, reveals what lies beneath the latest stats
Andrew Bergman-Dabanga Radio TV Online
Farmers in Mershing in South Darfur are warning of famine if humanitarian organisations do not...
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The United Nations says people are running out of food around the world, with more than 340 million people facing acute food insecurity.But according to the ...
Chioma Onuh-Businessday NG
The World Bank has said that the Niger coup d'état may increase pressure on the food markets in Nigeria and other West African countries. The Nigerien
Lea Berriault-GIS Reports
Niger is the latest coup in a wave of instability across the Sahel. Disruption of the uranium trade and terrorism pose rising challenges.
VOA
Need is rising as humanitarian funding is drying up, UN food chief says
The IRC
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is warning of the grave humanitarian consequences if urgent attention is not paid to the deteriorating hunger and humanitarian crises in various parts of Mali, especially in the Menaka and Timbuktu regions. Climate change, ongoing violence in parts of the country and economic shocks have resulted in a significant increase in malnutrition and displacement across the country. Already, over 2,500 people are living in famine-like conditions meaning people are starving to death every day due to an extreme lack of food.
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Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtubeFor more stories on Afghanistan: https://sc.mp/oq4uBaba Karim works as a porte...
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that 6 million children in Yemen face the threat of starvation unless urgent measures are taken to ensure adequate funding to provide life-saving aid.
Meril Cullinan-Action Against Hunger
Conflict and violence threatens food security for 85% of 258 million people in 58 countries, according to a new Action Against Hunger report, “No Matter Who’s Fighting, Hunger Always Wins."
AP NEWS
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Russia has agreed to extend a deal that has allowed Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger. Erdogan said Wednesday that the deal would be extended for two months. The breakthrough accord brokered by the U.N. and Turkey last summer came with a separate agreement to ease shipments of Russian food and fertilizer that Moscow insists hasn’t been applied. Russia had set a Thursday deadline for its concerns to be ironed out or had threatened to bow out. Russian officials confirmed the extension but neither they nor Erdogan immediately commented on any concessions Moscow may have received.
Kristen Callaway-Food for the Hungry
THE PROBLEM: Each year, nearly 3 million children under 5 years of age will die from malnutrition, making it the single largest cause of child deaths.
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Campaigners from Oxfam wearing giant papier-mache heads of major world leaders gathered in London on Wednesday (May 17), to raise awareness of a hunger crisi...
Pulse Uganda
CARE International
Nearly 7 million people currently face food insecurity mainly associated to climate change impacts.
Daniel Bardsley-The National
Weather extremes threaten Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
ReliefWeb
News and Press Release in English on Sudan and 4 other countries about Food and Nutrition, Protection and Human Rights and more; published on 10 May 2023 by WFP
EU Science Hub
The April edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessmentshows poor cereal yields expected in the Maghreb region, southern Angola and northern Namibia. Early season drought affects Haiti.
UN News
A “large-scale” outbreak of the Moroccan Locust, one of the world’s most damaging plant pests, across eight provinces in Afghanistan’s wheat basket, could cause massive crop losses and “dramatically” worsen food insecurity.
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Experts warned on Monday that Haiti is heading towards a catastrophe in terms of availability of food production, which could mean widespread famine. teleSUR...
the Guardian
UK foreign secretary and US secretary of state have urged Russia not to use global hunger as a tool of war
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The UN in Chad is warning it is running out of provisions as more refugees flee the fighting in Sudan. Nearly two million people in the country need daily fo...
World Food Program USA
The number of people experiencing acute hunger rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, according to the latest GRFC.
From the worsening hunger crisis to a threat to the bourbon industry, here’s a snapshot of key food and drink stories from around the world:
Susannah Savage,E&E News-Scientific American
The number of people facing acute food insecurity shot up for the fourth year in a row in 2022
Associated Press-STLtoday.com
It was the fourth consecutive annual increase.
Reuters
New patches of young, bright green growth dot the sandy terrain of Dollow but for the 150,000 Somalis who have left home to seek help in this southern town, the small recent rains are not enough.
Times of India Blog
From national level Millet Melas in multiple states and international trade fairs attracting global community, India is celebrating 2023 – The International Year of Millets in its unique way. Referred as the ‘smart food’, from...
Arab News
At critical junctures in life, it is often said that it is best to look back before moving ahead. Today, the world faces an unprecedented food crisis, mainly due to climate change but also due to civil strife and of course, since last year, the Russia-Ukraine war, which has hurt farmers in two of the largest grain and fertilizer-producing and exporting countries.
The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
There are ominous signs that food insecurity is likely to deteriorate in Nigeria this year, as security challenges escalate further in some parts of the country, Kaduna State especially.
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim-HumAngle
West and Central Africa could be “one step away” from famine, the United Nations has said, and analysts are forecasting Nigeria will not be spared. Countries in the Sahel region, particularly Burkina Faso and Mali are particularly at risk, the UN says. But HumAngle can report that communities in Nigeria’s northern regions will also find …
ReliefWeb
Infographic in English on Angola and 11 other countries about Education, Food and Nutrition and more; published on 20 Apr 2023 by WFP
Hope C. Michelson, Ph.D.
In this opinion piece, Hope C. Michelson, Ph.D., with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs discusses how the global food system is failing more individuals than ever before.
Fox News
Madagascar is experiencing "catastrophic" hunger in inaccessible and remote areas of the country. The country has suffered through three cyclones since the year began.
AP NEWS
United Nations' officials say hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with a 10-year high of some 48 million people facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region. U.N. officials said at a press conference in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, on Tuesday that food insecurity driven primarily by violence and the fallout from COVID-19 and inflation has heavily impacted Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, northern Nigeria and Mauritania. U.N. officials said that for the first time, some 45,000 people in the Sahel region are on the brink of starvation, one step away from famine. The officials say the vast majority facing catastrophic levels of hunger in the arid expanse below the Sahara Desert are in Burkina Faso.
Mirage News
DAKAR – Acute food insecurity is on track to reach a 10-year high in West and Central Africa by June of this year – a new study shows – with
What is "severe wasting" and how to combat it.
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Joshua Okpata, Innovation Design Lead, United Nations World Food Programme, spoke to the Global Business Report about the WFP 2022 Report and how they are fo...
UN News
A dire lack of humanitarian funding has left hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people in Chad facing hunger in the coming months, UN agencies said on Friday.
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Millions of people are staring at a looming food crisis driven by conflict, climate change and economic turmoil. The issue is especially acute in Nigeria, Ch...
ABC News-ABC News
The United Nations food relief agency is investigating the theft of food aid from lifesaving humanitarian operations in Ethiopia, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press
WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Jaco Maritz-How we made it in Africa
Burundi agriculture offers untapped potential in areas such rice, rabbit farming and modernisation.
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The Horn of Africa is experiencing its longest and most severe drought on record, pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation.It is a situation mad...
The Globe and Mail
The flooding arrives days after a recent study warning Somalia’s record drought will continue to inflict catastrophic damage for the next three months, causing a projected 135 deaths every day
Firstpost
UNICEF said in a statement that 'an estimated 970,000 children under 5 from West Africa's three central Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger) will face severe wasting this year'
World Food Program USA
A new report from WFP USA called Dangerously Hungry examines the ways hunger acts as a driver of conflict around the world.
AP NEWS
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Famine-like conditions in South Sudan's southeast have left 13 people dead due to lack of food and water, an aid agency has said. Hundreds more from the country’s minority Jie community are on the verge of starvation in the northwestern region of Kapoeta in Eastern Equatorial state, the Humanitarian Development Consortium said Wednesday.
The Times of India
Pakistan News: NEW DELHI: For a middle class family in Pakistan, making ends meet has become increasingly difficult due to a paralyzed economy and skyrocketing infla.
Just as the climate crisis is a universal challenge, global hunger is a fundamental issue that ultimately impacts business success — and humanity as a whole. Yet global hunger is a predictable and preventable problem that we can solve in our lifetimes, and doing so can provide a strong return on investment.
ReliefWeb
Situation Report in English on Angola about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Drought; published on 31 Mar 2023 by FEWS NET
ReliefWeb
News and Press Release in English on United Republic of Tanzania about Agriculture; published on 28 Mar 2023 by USAID
The Tablet - w: enquiries@thetablet.co.uk-The Tablet
For five consecutive years, the rains in East Africa have failed, but the UK government is doing less and less to help each year.
ReliefWeb
Analysis in English on Kenya and 7 other countries about Climate Change and Environment, Food and Nutrition and Drought; published on 19 Mar 2023 by Kenya Red Cross
https://thenationonlineng.net/
The Hill
The hunger now gripping parts of the continent is primarily the result of decades of mismanagement of agricultural resources and broader economies.
The IRC
As the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a UN-brokered agreement to ensure lifesaving grain reaches dozens of countries from Ukraine and the region, nears expiry on March 18, the International Rescue Committee calls for renewal of the UN-brokered deal for 12 months to help stave off hunger in the most food insecure countries.
The Citizen
Nearly all countries in the drought-prone region have been severely impacted by climate change
Crux
More than five years of war between insurgents and security forces led one million people to leave their farms and villages in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique’s northernmost province.
