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How conflict, climate shocks and collapsing aid budgets are pushing millions to the brink of starvation

  • Global hunger has reached an unprecedented tipping point, as rates of acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for the sixth consecutive year
  • Nearly 60 percent of chronically hungry people are women and girls, reflecting a stark reflection of systemic gender inequality
By JUMANA KHAMIS  ·
UN food, refugee agencies plan deep cuts as funding slashed, memos show

UN food, refugee agencies plan deep cuts as funding slashed, memos show

By Reuters ·
Special South Sudan at ‘critical tipping point’ as extreme hunger reaches its peak, World Food Program warns

South Sudan at ‘critical tipping point’ as extreme hunger reaches its peak, World Food Program warns

By Ephrem Kossaify ·
UN agency says has ‘two weeks’ left of food supplies in Gaza

UN agency says has ‘two weeks’ left of food supplies in Gaza

By AFP ·
Funding shortages may halt global child malnutrition programs, WFP warns

Funding shortages may halt global child malnutrition programs, WFP warns

By Reuters ·
Special How doctors in diaspora are helping resuscitate Syria’s broken health system graphic

How doctors in diaspora are helping resuscitate Syria’s broken health system

By ANAN TELLO ·
Doctor Khaled Mohammed Abu Jari, 57, (C-L) head of the critical care department at the Beit Hanoun Hospital has iftar.

UN food agency says it has 2 weeks’ worth of supplies in Gaza

By AP ·
Drought hits food access for 26 million in southern Africa: UN

Drought hits food access for 26 million in southern Africa: UN

By AFP ·
KSrelief, WFP agree to provide food aid to Yemen

KSrelief, WFP agree to provide food aid to Yemen

By Arab News ·
KSrelief, WFP sign $4.5m agreement to help children, mothers in Somalia

KSrelief, WFP sign $4.5m agreement to help children, mothers in Somalia

By Arab News ·
WFP temporarily suspended movements across the Gaza Strip after one of its vehicles was struck by bullets.

WFP suspends Gaza movement after vehicle hit by bullets near Israeli checkpoint

By Reuters ·
UN World Food Program launches investigation into its Sudan operations as famine spreads

UN World Food Program launches investigation into its Sudan operations as famine spreads

By Reuters ·
Rare food aid convoy enters Sudan from Chad

Rare food aid convoy enters Sudan from Chad

By AFP ·

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