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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

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…

Chicago Tribune

‘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

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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.

ABC News

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

Daily Mirror

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.

Radio France Internationale

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

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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

Reuters

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kenyan farmers endure painful drought as millions face starvation

Water is at a premium in Kenya, where four million people are facing starvation as severe drought brings life to a standstill. The government has declared an emergency in four counties, including Tana River on the south coast, but locals there have seen government aid dry up as well.

Radio France Internationale

UN warns 6 million Afghans at risk of famine as crises grow

The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that Afghanistan faces deepening poverty with 6 million people at risk of famine

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U.N. aid chief pushes for restart of Afghanistan development aid

Countries should restart some development aid for impoverished Afghanistan that was halted a year ago when the Taliban seized power, the U.N. aid chief said on Monday, as the United States told Russia and China to "put your money where your mouth is."

WEKU

Biden's goal to end hunger by 2030 and his new food conference, explained

The first White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health since 1969 is happening in late September. Some are worried the administration won't be able to meet the high bar that conference set.

Al Jazeera

Five things to know for Africa Climate Week

Facing deadly drought and historic floods, African leaders will voice calls for urgent action at the Gabon meeting.

The Guardian - UK

Fears of widespread child hunger spark calls for universal free school meals in UK

Teachers and charities say free meals needed for all state pupils as 800,000 children in poverty do not qualify

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Japan Pledges $30 Bln in African Aid at Tunis Summit

Japan pledged $30 billion in aid for development in Africa on Saturday, saying it wants to work more closely with the continent, with the rules-based international order under threat after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Addressing a Japan-Africa summit in Tunisia, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tokyo would work to ensure…

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UN Condemns Airstrike in Ethiopia that 'Hit Kindergarten'

The UN children's agency UNICEF on Saturday condemned an air strike that "hit a kindergarten" in Ethiopia's Tigray region, killing at least four people including two children. Friday's strike in the Tigray capital Mekele came days after fighting erupted on the region's southern border between government forces and rebels, ending…

The Independent UK

Tigray war: ‘I can’t help my starving family’, says Ethiopian World Health Organisation boss

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns Tigrayan relatives are ‘completely sealed off’ by civil war

Asharq Al-Awsat

Food, Fuel Shortages Hit Tunisian Shops

Some Tunisian shops are rationing goods including cooking oil, sugar and butter, while big queues have hit petrol stations amid a fuel shortage as the government navigates a looming crisis in public finances. Some grocery shops have restricted customers to single packs of items in short supply, while queues outside…

Reuters

Hungry and malnourished, northeast Nigeria endures humanitarian crisis

Lying on a small bed next to her mother, 14-month-old Aisha Usman stares blankly, her eyes sunk in their sockets and rib cage visible.

The Conversation

Some refugees stay in temporary status indefinitely – how they still manage to create homes and communities

More than 6.5 million Ukrainian war refugees are now scattered across Europe and North America, most with temporary emergency residency allowing them to stay in host countries for one to three years.

France 24

Air strike hits capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region as fighting resumes

An Ethiopian air strike hit the capital of Tigray on Friday killing four people, including two children, rebel spokespeople and humanitarian sources said, as the government vowed to "take action" against military targets in the war-torn region.

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