famine
Aid group: Darfur attacks strand 14,000 without medical help
Middle East
August 2, 2020
Aid group: Darfur attacks strand 14,000 without medical help
CAIRO (AP) — A recent surge of violence in Darfur, the war-scarred region of western Sudan, has deprived more than…
Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs
Middle East
June 29, 2020
Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs
AL-HANABIYA, Yemen (AP) — When Issa Nasser was born late last year in a village in northern Yemen, his weight…
UNICEF: Millions of Yemeni children may starve amid pandemic
Middle East
June 26, 2020
UNICEF: Millions of Yemeni children may starve amid pandemic
CAIRO (AP) — Millions of children could be pushed to the brink of starvation as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across…
Displaced and scared: Yemenis still in limbo after almost five years of war
Middle East
January 15, 2020
Displaced and scared: Yemenis still in limbo after almost five years of war
Shivering through yet another camp winter, she is one of 3.6 million Yemenis — around 12% of the population —…
One-in-three young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF
World
October 15, 2019
One-in-three young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF
A third of the world’s nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong…
Aid groups warn against Kenya’s UN bid to sanction Al-Shabaab
World
August 27, 2019
Aid groups warn against Kenya’s UN bid to sanction Al-Shabaab
Kenya is urging the UN to list Al-Shabaab under the same sanctions as Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, but foreign…
Yemen will face severe aid cuts without new funds soon, warns UN
Middle East
August 25, 2019
Yemen will face severe aid cuts without new funds soon, warns UN
The United Nations is “desperate” for funds in Yemen and will be forced to shutter 22 aid programs within the…
Yemen’s war cut a father’s route to work, now his toddler starves
Middle East
August 18, 2019
Yemen’s war cut a father’s route to work, now his toddler starves
HAJJAH PROVINCE, Yemen (Reuters) – Before Yemen’s war broke out four years ago Ali Muhammad used to cross the border…
World Food Programme to resume food aid in Yemen’s Sanaa
Middle East
August 10, 2019
World Food Programme to resume food aid in Yemen’s Sanaa
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it would resume the distribution of food to 850,000…
Worsening world hunger affects 821 million, says UN
World
July 16, 2019
Worsening world hunger affects 821 million, says UN
More than 821 million people suffered from hunger worldwide last year, the United Nations reported Monday — the third year…