Help world’s poor as well as Ukraine, say faith charities as pope visits South Sudan
An open letter, backed by opinion poll, urges the UK to restore aid budget on eve of a three-day ‘pilgrimage for peace’ in the east...
Category : Hunger
Former development secretaries urge Sunak to increase east Africa aid amid drought
‘Famine in all but name’ ravaging Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, yet British aid is one-fifth of 2017 amount The UK urgently needs to do more...
‘Overlapping shocks’ are undoing efforts to end hunger in Africa, UN warns
Urgent aid response needed as climate crisis, Covid, local conflicts and soaring fuel prices push millions more into hunger • ‘We need urgent help’: Somalis...
Horn of Africa drought puts 3.6m children at risk of dropping out of school
Experts warn that girls’ education will be worst hit, as many families are forced to move away from schools More than 3.5 million children are...
Extreme hunger soaring in world’s climate hotspots, says Oxfam
Charity says 19 million people facing starvation in report highlighting link with extreme weather Extreme hunger is closely linked to the climate crisis, with many...
Tigray: almost one in three children under five malnourished, UN says
Urgent action needed to avert further disaster in war-torn country as funding ‘fast running out’ Nearly one in three children under five in the Ethiopian...
Hunger in Tigray pushing women and girls into sex work
People in Ethiopian region turn to desperate measures after authorities stop 6 million people accessing their own money Hunger in the besieged region of Tigray...
Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond?
A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis Global hunger toll soars...
Hunger crisis grips Horn of Africa – but 80% of Britons unaware, poll shows
UK government urged to act as worst drought in 40 years threatens region while aid efforts and global attention remain focused on Ukraine war The...
Ethiopian drought leading to ‘dramatic’ increase in child marriage, Unicef warns
With hunger across Horn of Africa and 600,000 children out of school, ‘desperate’ parents push more girls into early marriage Drought-afflicted areas of Ethiopia are...
