Famine

Four months after famine was first confirmed in Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state, more areas in North Darfur and the Western Nuba mountains have been identified as experiencing famine conditions, as access to food...

The United Nations issued a warning on Thursday that hunger is imminent in Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine state as the nation’s civil war limits trade and agricultural output. According to a recent UN Development Programme analysis, “Rakhine’s...

Given that starvation is a real threat in Sudan, the World Food Programme has urged the parties involved in the conflict to provide the organisation complete access. Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in conflict...

After more than 15 months of war in Sudan, a catastrophic combination of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints has resulted in famine in a camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North...

The United Nations employs stringent standards to declare a famine, and on Monday it issued a warning of a “catastrophic” food catastrophe for over a million people in Gaza. It depends on the Integrated Food Security...

According to the UN on Friday, unless the Israel-Hamas conflict changes, famine in the Gaza Strip is all but certain. Even while conditions in the Palestinian territory have gotten worse since the war began on October...

As Israel continues to wage war on the Palestinian organization Hamas, the World Food Programme warned on Tuesday that famine is “imminent” in northern Gaza, where no humanitarian organization has been permitted to give supplies since...

More than four months into the Israel-Hamas conflict, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees stated on Sunday that famine in the Gaza Strip may be avoided if essential supplies is permitted into the beleaguered area. “This...

As the risk of famine grows, and more people are exposed to deadly disease outbreaks, a fundamental step change in the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza is urgently needed, United Nations agencies warned today. The...

The United Nations Security Council was expected to vote Friday on a resolution to boost aid to Gaza, as the world body warned the Israel-Hamas war was pushing the Palestinian territory towards famine.   Separate diplomatic efforts...