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The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

Famine at Somalia's door

What is a famine and why are they so rarely declared?

Axios

Indian rice export curbs to push up prices

SINGAPORE: India’s decision to curb rice exports is expected to lift world prices and trigger a rally in wheat and corn markets, deepening concerns over food inflation.

Bangkok Post

Empty shelves and rising prices test Tunisians' patience

Food shortages are worsening in Tunisia with empty shelves in supermarkets and bakeries, adding to popular discontent at high prices and risking unrest as the government tries to stave off a crisis in public finances.

Reuters

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Impact of Ukraine conflict is not limited to Europe: India

India highlighted that the impact of the Ukraine conflict is not just limited to Europe, adding that it has exacerbated concerns over food, fertilizer and fuel security, especially in the developing countries. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

The Guardian view on the global food crisis: this is just the beginning

Editorial: Prices are soaring as climate shocks and the effects of war in Ukraine exacerbate structural problems

The Guardian - UK

One in 10 US households struggles to afford enough food, study finds

More than 5m families missing meals and cutting portions because of poverty, according to government research

The Guardian - US

Britain’s charities have done all they can to help desperate people. What will Truss do?

The new PM must realise that only the government has the resources to end the suffering caused by the cost of living crisis, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

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Over 35 North Korean female prisoners left to starve to death in labour camps

Reports from North Korea reveal a grim tale from the widely condemned labour camps in the country. A total of 35 women in the camps are believed to have starved to death in recent months

Daily Mirror

Ukraine says grain coming to Somalia, but Russia skeptical

Ukraine’s president says tons of grain from his country will arrive in the coming weeks in Somalia, where famine approaches and the global crises of food security and climate change put millions at risk

The Independent UK

UN: At least $1 billion needed to avert famine in Somalia

The U.N. humanitarian chief predicts at least a billion dollars will be needed urgently to avert famine in Somalia

The Independent UK

‘I will reach Europe or die’: three stories of Afghan refugees in Turkey

Having paid smugglers to organise a dangerous escape, those fleeing the Taliban face persistent hostility

The Guardian - UK

Bristol Sweet Mart: the shop which has become ‘as iconic as the Clifton Suspension Bridge.’

This November the Majothi family will celebrate 50 years since their exile from Uganda

Bristol Post

UN says at least $1 billion needed to prevent famine in Somalia

The UN humanitarian chief predicted Tuesday that at least $1 billion will be needed urgently to avert famine in Somalia in the coming months and early next year when two more dry seasons are expected to compound the historic drought that has hit the Horn of Africa nation.

France 24

How the politics of love could revolutionise New Zealand’s refugee policy

We like to think we help those in need, but the truth is we could and should be doing much more for the world’s displaced people

The Guardian - AU

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Reuters

Ethnic attacks kill 60 in Ethiopia's Oromiya, says human rights body

Gunmen killed more than 60 people and displaced 20,000 during three days of ethnically motivated violence in late August in Ethiopia's most populous region, Oromiya, the country's human rights commission said on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Kids rushed to hospital with scurvy as parents can't afford fruit and vegetables

Parents using a north London foodbank are rushing their young children to A&E with scurvy symptoms after last year's data shows a tripling of hospital admissions for malnutrition since 2010

Liverpool Echo

Kim Johnson to challenge Liz Truss over free school meals

The Liverpool Riverside MP will be submitting an amendment to the Schools Bill to introduce universal free school meals

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: More Than 700 Children Die in Somalia Nutrition Centers

Hundreds of children have already died in nutrition centers across Somalia, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of Somalia will be hit by famine in the coming months. The Horn of Africa region is on track for a fifth…

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More than 700 children have died in Somalia nutrition centres, U.N. says

Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the U.N. children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in coming months.

The Guardian - UK

UK teachers: how are rising costs affecting pupils?

We’d like to hear from staff working in primary and secondary schools about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on children and young people.

Foreign Affairs

Africa’s Ukraine Dilemma

The continent is caught between Russia and the West.

Al Jazeera

UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia

At least 1 million people in Somalia have been displaced by the worst drought in decades, driven by climate change.

The Guardian - UK

Drought likely to push parts of Somalia into famine by end of year, warns UN

World is ‘in last minute of the 11th hour to save lives’, says aid chief, amid fears that crisis is worse than 2010 famine, when 250,000 died

The Guardian - UK

Cost of living crisis: what governments around the world are doing to help

From cancelling student loan debt to raising minimum wage, different strategies aim to reduce effects of soaring prices

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Part of Somalia will Reach Famine Later This Year

The United Nations said “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal famine declaration in Somalia as thousands are dying in a historic drought made worse by the effects of…

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