Famine
Fierce hunger stalks jihadist-beleaguered Niger
Sahel is the world's poorest country according to the UN's Human Development Index, facing bloody jihadist insurgencies and stalked by hunger.
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Pope offers prayers for famine-hit Tigray
The UN has said that over 90% of the more than five million people in the Tigray region need emergency food aid, and has urgently appealed for more than $200 million to scale up its response.
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Over 30,000 children risk death in famine-hit Tigray: UN
"Without humanitarian access to scale up our response, an estimated 30,000-plus severely malnourished children in those highly inaccessible areas are at high risk of death," said Unicef spokesperson James Elder.
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UN warns of famine in drought-ravaged southern Madagascar
Ministry of Health data revealed that 16.5% of children under five now suffer from acute malnutrition, almost double the proportion four months ago, the United Nations World Food Programme said.
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UN chief warns of risk of famine for millions around the world
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said over 30 million people in more than three dozen countries are 'just one step away' from a declaration of famine.
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Clay quells hunger in famine-hit Madagascar
"We call it survival soil because it allows the acidic taste of tamarind to seep into our mouths, which staves off hunger," said Doday Fandilava Noelisona, a 35-year-old farmer in the village of Fenoaivo.
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Yemen in 'imminent danger' of world's worst famine in decades: UN
The country has endured a five year war between Iranian-backed Huthi rebels and government forces.
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UN warns of famine risk in world hotspots
The Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme warned that a "toxic combination of conflict, economic decline, climate extremes and the COVID-19 pandemic ... is driving people further into the emergency phase of food insecurity".
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UN launches famine and virus aid plan in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's economy has been in a slump for more than a decade, experiencing multiple climate and economic related shocks including chronic shortages of cash, fuel, medicines and food.
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Hunger stalks southern Africa as climate crisis deepens
The WFP says that 60% of Zimbabwe's 15 million people are currently food insecure.
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Famine on rise in Near East and North Africa: FAO
These included Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, whose ongoing four-year war has killed tens of thousands of people, including many civilians, according to humanitarian organisations.
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Famine on rise in Near East and North Africa: FAO
These included Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, whose ongoing four-year war has killed tens of thousands of people, including many civilians, according to humanitarian organisations.
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More than 113 milion people suffer 'acute hunger' - UN
Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, and Syria were among the eight nations accounting for two-thirds of the total number of people worldwide exposed to the risk of famine.
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N Korea admits farming failures amid food shortages
Agricultural production is chronically poor in the North, which has periodically been hit by famine, with hundreds of thousands dying - some estimates say millions - in the mid-1990s.
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Yemen famine crisis
Maps showing famine risk and internal displacement in Yemen.
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5.2 million children at famine risk in Yemen: charity
Disruption to supplies coming through the embattled Red Sea port of Hodeida could 'cause starvation on an unprecedented scale,' the British based NGO said in a new report.
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Australia’s drought is like a cancer eating away at farms and families
The worst drought in living memory is sweeping parts of eastern Australia, leaving farmers struggling to cope and many of them asking questions about the future.
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Nigeria says half of government food aid never reached victims of Boko Haram
Some 1.5 million people are on the brink of famine in the northeast, where the jihadist group has killed more than 20,000 people and forced 2.7 million to flee.
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Our world of plenty is on the brink of unprecedented famine
In the face of famine, people are dying and unless political decisions change, deaths will increase exponentially.
