World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Decision made after attempts to raise more funds had been unsuccessful, agency tells authorities Food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been slashed in...
Category : Hunger
Refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma camp clash with police after food supplies cut
Teargas fired during protest at reduced rations after US aid freeze wipes out half of World Food Programme budget Thousands of refugees clashed with police...
Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid
The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid...
X-rays show shrapnel and bullets buried in children caught in Sudan war
Images released by MSF doctors highlight impact of conflict in the country, with medical supplies and aid unable to reach people due to fighting A...
Almost two dozen countries at high risk of acute hunger, UN report reveals
Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Palestine and Haiti rated at level of highest concern in latest six-monthly analysis Acute food insecurity is expected to worsen in...
Sudanese factions using starvation as weapon is ‘cowardice’, US envoy says
Tom Perriello condemns tactics of Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese military before peace talks in Geneva The US special envoy for Sudan has accused the...
Up to seven reportedly dead in Nigeria after clashes between police and citizens
Anti-government protests held in Abuja, Minna, Katsina and Lagos despite official efforts to stifle it As many as seven people have died, according to reports,...
Africa to overtake Asia with highest number of hungry people by 2030, says UN
Annual report says climate crisis, conflict and economic shocks leave the global food system ‘disastrously vulnerable’ Africa will overtake Asia as the continent with the...
Child malnutrition crisis in Nigeria amid rural violence and soaring food inflation
MSF says it is overwhelmed in country where 31.8 million people are suffering from hunger An unprecedented number of children in northern Nigeria are suffering...
Essential supplies running out as RSF paramilitary encircles Darfur’s largest city
The population of El Fasher, which includes thousands of displaced people, is in ‘dire need of food, medicine and water’ Water, food and fuel supplies...
