Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Food Insecurity

UN says part of Somalia will reach famine later this year

The United Nations says “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region

The Independent UK

Famine in parts of Somalia 'at the door', says UN humanitarian chief

Famine will occur in parts of Somalia between October and December, the United Nations warned on Monday, as a drought worsens and global food prices hover near record highs.

Reuters

Struggling families forced to rely on uniform and food banks as back-to-school costs ‘prohibitive’

Cost of living crisis: As The Independent shines a spotlight on the challenges facing the UK, we speak to parents in need of help with ‘prohibitive’ prices

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

US Says Sending Envoy to Ethiopia, Condemns Eritrea Return to War

The United States on Friday dispatched an envoy to Ethiopia to seek an end to renewed fighting, and condemned neighboring Eritrea for re-entering the conflict in the northern region of Tigray. Mike Hammer, the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, will head this weekend to Ethiopia and "convey…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gunmen kill dozens in Ethiopia’s Oromia region: Report

Witnesses say at least 42 people have been killed as clashes between the Oromo and Amhara groups escalate.

Al Jazeera

3 Balkan countries to work on averting food, energy shortage

Anticipating a tough winter in light of the war in Ukraine, three Balkan states have agreed to help each other with potential food or energy shortages

The Independent UK

Tribal violence flares again in Sudan's Blue Nile

Seven people were killed and 23 injured as tribal violence flared in Sudan's southern Blue Nile state, the state's security committee said, just weeks after major clashes.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

National food bank day: What to donate

As food bank use increases but donations fall, here’s how you can help your community

The Independent UK

‘Powder kegs waiting for a spark’: rising costs threaten global unrest, say risk analysts

More than half the world’s countries at heightened risk of conflict and instability because of soaring food and energy prices

The Guardian - UK

Elderly across Stirling being forced to choose heating or eating as energy crisis deepens

A charity which helps deliver shopping to over 65s has made the claim as prices continue to skyrocket.

Daily Record

Fighting on a new front in Ethiopia's ongoing Tigray war

Fighting between government forces and Tigrayan rebels has broken out along a new western front, near Sudan, after a ceasefire collapsed a week ago.

Radio France Internationale

Ethiopian, Eritrean troops clash with Tigrayan forces in the north

Allied Ethiopian and Eritrean government troops attacked Tigrayan forces on Thursday inside the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, a Tigrayan military spokesperson said, as the latest flare-up in the conflict entered its second week.

Reuters

Drought in England: what food items might be affected?

Eleven out of the 14 Environment Agency areas are now in drought

Evening Standard

US special envoy for food security: 'Ukraine's grain is getting to the world's hungry'

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Dr. Cary Fowler, the US Special Envoy for Global Food Security, discussed the issue of global hunger, particularly in Africa. Dr. Fowler hailed the arrival in Djibouti of a UN-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat, destined for millions at risk of…

France 24

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: ‘They will freeze or they will starve’ brings UK energy crisis home

Readers of Scotland on Sunday got one heck of a jolt when they opened their morning newspaper this weekend. The front page article focused on the massive increase in energy costs being faced in Britain and the especially catastrophic effect on anyone living in rural areas in the far north…

The Guardian - UK

‘We need your help’: Bishops plead with UK to aid drought-ravaged Horn of Africa

Open letter from 44 Anglican leaders contrasts ‘generous’ British response to Ukraine with ‘dire need’ still unmet in their countries

ABC News

Lockdowns may have lifted long ago, but COVID-era food relief services are busier than ever

Three Aboriginal women are working with food relief agencies to provide groceries and meals to families and elders struggling due to the cost-of-living crisis.

Daily Mirror

Starving and 'desperate' burglars raid foodbank stores but leave ALL the cash

Volunteers at Tasty not Wasty CIC woke up this morning (30/8) to find broken windows and empty cupboards - but their money boxes untouched

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

UN ship brings food relief from Ukraine to Horn of Africa

A ship carrying wheat from Ukraine to the drought-stricken Horn of Africa has docked in Djibouti – the first to make the journey since the Russian invasion of Ukraine six months ago led to a dramatic drop in cereal exports.

The Independent UK

1st Ukraine grain ship for Horn of Africa reaches Djibouti

The first ship carrying grain from Ukraine for people in the hungriest parts of the world has docked at the Horn of Africa port of Djibouti as areas of East Africa are badly affected by deadly drought and conflict

Asharq Al-Awsat

1st Ukraine Grain Ship for Horn of Africa Reaches Djibouti

The first ship carrying grain from Ukraine for people in East Africa affected by drought and conflict has docked at the Horn of Africa port of Djibouti. Food security experts call it a drop in the bucket for the vast needs in the worst-hit Horn countries of Somalia, Kenya and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Food Aid Vessel Leaves Ukraine for Yemen, WFP Says

The second shipment of humanitarian food aid since Russia's invasion left Ukraine for Yemen on Tuesday, the World Food Program said in a statement. The MV Karteria left from the Black Sea port of Yuzhny and will stop in Türkiye for the grains to be milled into flour, the UN…

Reuters

U.N. ship brings food relief from Ukraine to drought-stricken Horn of Africa

A ship carrying wheat from Ukraine to the drought-stricken Horn of Africa docked on Tuesday, the United Nations said, the first to make that journey since the Russian invasion began six months ago.

Reuters

Food aid vessel leaves Ukraine for Yemen, WFP says

The second shipment of humanitarian food aid since Russia's invasion left Ukraine for Yemen on Tuesday, the World Food Programme said in a statement.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ethiopia Urges Int'l Pressure on Tigray Region to Accept Peace Talks

Ethiopian ambassador to Sudan, Yibeltal Aemero, accused on Monday many parties, he refused to name, of interfering and supporting the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to fuel the conflict in his country. In a press conference in Khartoum, the ambassador called on the international community and neighboring countries to exert…

1 … 313 314 315 316

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.