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Feeding a city under siege: Meet the volunteers who saved Chernihiv civilians from starvation

From bringing in supplies through secret routes to delivering sandwiches amid Russian shelling, citizens in Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv tell Bel Trew how they risked their lives every day to provide food to thousands of people battling hunger and thirst

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka facing imminent threat of starvation, senior politician warns

Speaker tells parliament ‘there will be very acute food shortages’ and economic crisis is ‘just the beginning’

The Guardian - UK

Five Yemeni Houthi-Run Areas on Verge of Famine

An international organization specialized in assessing food security has warned of possible famine in five Yemeni areas controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi militias. It also warned that the war in Ukraine, which supplies Yemen with about 30% of its annual wheat needs, threatens to further deteriorate the situation in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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'Harrowing figures': Yemen report says 161K to face famine

More than a dozen U.N. agencies and international aid groups say that 161,000 people in war-torn Yemen are likely to experience famine over the second half of 2022

The Independent UK

UN food agency says 13 million Yemenis may face starvation

The head of the U.N. food agency has warned that 13 million Yemenis are headed for starvation due to a protracted civil conflict and a lack of funding for humanitarian aid

The Independent UK

Afghans need our help – in a world of abundance, there is no justification for a child to die of hunger

I’ll never forget a moment from last week, when a mother I’d never met came running over. She was holding her baby out in front of her. Clearly not thinking about Covid, she embraced me with a big hug and a kiss.

Evening Standard

How the US government uses programs like SNAP to combat food insecurity — and why those benefits have decreased

The rate of children facing limited availability of nutritional and safe foods to meet basic needs increased by 17% between 2019 and 2020.

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Ethiopia expels ‘meddling’ UN staff as famine deepens in Tigray without aid

Seven senior officials responsible for ‘delivering lifesaving aid’ told to leave amid de facto blockade of food, medicine and fuel

The Guardian - UK

U.N. aid chief to Ethiopia on famine in Tigray: 'Get those trucks moving'

United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday he assumes famine has taken hold in Ethiopia's Tigray where a nearly three-month long "de-facto blockade" has restricted aid deliveries to 10% of what is needed in the war-torn region.

Reuters

US, UN Call for Immediate Action as Famine Looms in Yemen

The United States and the United Nations called for immediate action to help Yemen mitigate its humanitarian crisis, as the country stands on the brink of famine, poverty, and disease. USAID's Administrator Samantha Power discussed the humanitarian situation in Yemen during a virtual seminar with the US Special Envoy for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Footballer Marcus Rashford in call to end devastating child hunger 'pandemic'

The child poverty campaigner has asked people to write to their MP to help solve food deprivation in UK homes

Wales Online

Child hunger groups urge Florida’s governor to apply for federal food aid for kids

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Child hunger groups and Florida’s top elected Democrat urged Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday to tap into $820 million in federal aid money that would provide meals for more than 2 million children in low-income households.

Tribune News Service

Sudan-Ethiopia tensions rise amid diplomatic wrangling and famine

After Sudanese efforts to help broker a ceasefire in Tigray were rejected by Ethiopia, Khartoum has recalled its ambassador to Addis Ababa.

Radio France Internationale

South Sudan: 10 years after independence, 7 million people at risk of famine

The world's newest country is marking a decade of independence. But the situation is dire for the people of South Sudan, despite the 2018 peace deal between President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar that put an end to a six-year civil war. The deal isn't respected much beyond…

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The Independent UK

UN: Over 400,000 people in Ethiopia's Tigray face famine now

The United Nations says more than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s crisis-wracked Tigray region are now facing the worst global famine in decades and 1.8 million are on the brink

Asharq Al-Awsat

South Sudan Faces Conflict, a Humanitarian Crisis, and Famine

The director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross warned that South Sudan is "a forgotten conflict" facing a "humanitarian crisis" made worse by the pandemic, while the UN chief cautioned that 60% of people in the world´s newest nation are "increasingly hungry." South Sudan has been struggling to…

The Independent UK

'Mom, we need food': Thousands in South Sudan near famine

After nearly a week of hiding from conflict, the South Sudanese woman watched two of her young children die

The Hindu

U.K. does a U-turn, backs Marcus Rashford’s child hunger campaign

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson phoned the 23-year-old Manchester United striker to inform him of the government’s decision to spend £170 million in extra funding to support needy families over the coming year.

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The Guardian - UK

Nearly half of all child deaths in Africa stem from hunger, study shows

Almost 60 million children deprived of food despite continent’s economic growth, in what is ‘fundamentally a political problem’

The Guardian - UK

Calais child refugees went on hunger strike after UK transfer delays

Exclusive: long wait for Home Office decision led to at least one child attempting suicide, the Guardian has learned

The Independent UK

Too young to wed: Poverty and hunger are driving up numbers of child brides in South Sudan

A five-year war in world's youngest country is forcing families to 'sell' their daughters for food, writes Bel Trew

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DCW chief’s hunger strike yet to evoke Central govt’s response

Delhi Commission of Women chief Swati Maliwal should have, ideally, been sitting inside the AC cabin of her office in Delhi’s ITO. However, since April 13, Maliwal has been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the death penalty for those convicted of raping minor girls. Her list of demands, sent to…

The Guardian - UK

Levels of child hunger and deprivation in UK among highest of rich nations

Unicef report finds that one in three British children are in ‘multi-dimensional poverty’ and says gaps between rich and poor are widening around the world

The Guardian - UK

A good breakfast goes a long way towards tackling child hunger

At Magic Breakfast, we’re making the case to government that we simply cannot afford the human and financial cost of hungry children

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