hunger

Thank you, Presidency. I would also want to thank Director Wosornu and Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo again for their briefings. Lastly, I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Ibn Chambas for his briefing, which emphasized to us...

Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to the latest State of Food Security...

Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise across the flood, drought, and conflict-affected areas of South Sudan, with some communities likely to face starvation if humanitarian assistance is not sustained and climate adaptation measures are not...

More than 200 NGOs issued a dire warning on Tuesday, estimating that one person dies of hunger every four seconds, and asking swift international action to “stop the escalating global food crisis.” 238 groups from 75...

An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of Africa experiences its worst drought in decades, the World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday. Three consecutive rainy seasons...

According to the United Nations, a third of the 420 million people in the Arab globe do not have enough to eat, with 69 million suffering from malnutrition last year. The Food and Agriculture Organization of...

In reaction to the IPC Famine Review Committee’s recent report, Emily Farr, Oxfam’s Emergency Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihoods Advisor, said: Today’s IPC study by independent food security specialists confirms our fears that 400,000 people in...

Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry nowadays, with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic increasing already worsening trends this year, according to a United Nations (UN) report published Monday. Economic retardations and climate-related...

According to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the impact of the coronavirus pandemic could increase the number of people at risk of a food insecurity and malnutrition from 17 million to 50 million...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned of increased conflict and hunger if climate change is left unabated. “When climate change promotes conflict, such as over access to increasingly-scarce land and water resources,...