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UN faces $500m budget cut and 20% job losses after big drop in US funding

Core budget to fall to $3.2bn next year and initial minimum 3,000 job cuts expected amid streamlining process

The Guardian - UK

Could a US and Saudi-backed proposal lead to peace in Sudan?

US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE, proposed the initiative, which has been criticised by Sudan’s government.

Al Jazeera

Sex work and abuse: the women trapped in Malawi’s growing refugee camp

With the US no longer accepting refugees, Dzaleka’s residents have no prospect of relocation. Three women tell us what life is like in a camp designed for 10,000 people but which now holds more than 58,000

The Guardian - UK

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Senators say US is complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza

Democrats Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley reach ‘inescapable conclusion’ after fact-finding trip to region

The Guardian - US

Eleven UN workers arrested in Yemen amid Houthi crackdown

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the arrests carried out by the Iranian-backed Houthis, who had vowed to retaliate for Thursday's Israeli strikes that killed their prime minister and other senior members of government.

Euronews

Yemen's Huthi Rebels Detain At Least 11 UN Staff: Envoy

The United Nations said Yemen's Huthis detained at least 11 workers on Sunday in raids on UN premises, which came after rebel authorities had made numerous arrests following Israel's killing of their prime minister.

International Business Times

Billie Piper urges people to demand ‘action’ for Palestinian children

The World Food Programme has confirmed a famine in Gaza which the UN has described as being caused by a ‘systemic obstruction by Israel’.

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'We must demand urgent action': Billie Piper raises plight of Palestinian children in Instagram post

‘Palestinian children in are barely surviving through unimaginable days and long nights of bombardment, starvation and fear’ - Billie Piper

Evening Standard

Takeaways from AP's reporting on Venezuelans' daily struggles to access food

Venezuelans are facing severe food insecurity amid a prolonged crisis

The Independent UK

For many families, every meal is a struggle in Venezuela's economic crisis

Millions of Venezuelans are struggling to buy food as the economy unravels

The Independent UK

Aid To Famine-struck Gaza Still 'Drop In The Ocean': WFP

The World Food Programme warned Tuesday that the aid Israel is allowing to enter Gaza remains a "drop in the ocean", days after famine was formally declared in the war-torn Palestinian territory.

International Business Times

Refugees in Cameroon face hunger as UN runs out of emergency food funds

The United Nations has warned it will have to suspend life-saving humanitarian aid for half a million refugees and vulnerable people in Cameroon at the end of August unless it receives new emergency funding.

Radio France Internationale

Drone attack destroys UN aid convoy in Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur region

The attack is the second in the past three months to prevent a UN aid convoy from delivering to North Dafur.

Al Jazeera

Israel pounds Gaza, killing 81, as it begins assault to seize Gaza City

Attacks come as Israeli-induced famine grips the besieged Strip amid calls for Israel to accept a mediated truce.

Al Jazeera

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‘No more food’: In northern Nigeria, US funding cuts bite for aid groups

Organisations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations.

International Business Times

Desperate Myanmar Villagers Scavenge For Food As Hunger Bites

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge.

Al Jazeera

Refugees in Kenya impacted by food aid cuts; WFP rolls out new system

The WFP says aid is being cut by 60 percent for the most vulnerable groups including pregnant women and disabled people.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian boy killed in Gaza aid drop as starvation toll rises to 217

Falling aid pallet crushes 15-year-old Muhannad Zakaria Eid, as more Palestinians, including children, starve to death.

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Radio France Internationale

Starvation spreads from camps to besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher

Months after famine was declared in nearby displacement camps, the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher is now seeing starvation deaths of its own, with no food aid entering and the UN’s World Food Programme warning of worsening conditions for the 300,000 people still trapped inside.

Al Jazeera

Thousands in Sudan’s besieged el-Fasher at ‘risk of starvation’, UN warns

North Darfur’s capital has been under RSF siege for more than a year with key roads blocked and supplies running out.

The Independent UK

Afghanistan has its 'sharpest surge' ever of child malnutrition, UN agency says

The World Food Program says Afghanistan is having its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition

Radio France Internationale

Defining famine: the complex process behind Gaza's hunger crisis

Despite mounting international concern over widespread hunger in Gaza, no official famine has been declared in the territory – highlighting the complexities of determining a country's famine status.

Euronews

Germany's FM says Berlin has responsibility to prevent Israel's international isolation

Germany, traditionally a staunch ally of Israel, has been increasingly critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza. But while it has insisted that Israel must do more to increase aid supplies, Wadephul addressed his appeal to end the war primarily to Hamas.

The Guardian - UK

Children and elderly people most vulnerable as Gaza famine deepens, warn experts

Aid agencies, governments and UN’s food security monitor report evidence of worsening starvation, particularly among under-fives

The Guardian - UK

UK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel holds to a ceasefire

Cabinet agrees to support Middle East roadmap at emergency meeting called amid humanitarian crisis in Gaza

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