About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan were forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024, nongovernmental organization Save the Children said.
Nearly 3 of 10 Afghan children will face crisis or emergency levels of hunger this year as the country feels the immediate impacts of floods, the long-term effects of drought, and the return of Afghans from neighboring Pakistan and Iran,
Is anyone surprised that the GOP dominated House Agriculture Committee proposed devastating cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/CalFresh, aka foodstamps) in the upcoming Farm Bill?
There's a campaign to reach out to your Congressperson and Senators asking them to reverse this abominable act - and the San Francisco-Marin Foodbank has an online letter to let you do that (I've tested it - it works no matter where you live)
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) director said the comprehensive famine in northern Gaza might spread south. Northern Gaza is experiencing "full-blown" famine, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Director Cindy McCain. ...
The situation in #Sudan is tragic but only a few media outlets have been reporting on the crisis.
The UN has warned that Sudan is facing the "biggest food crisis the world has seen in decades", with up to 18 million people at risk of catastrophic #famine
I'm reading that Save the Children has warned that nearly 230,000 children, pregnant women and new mothers could die from #hunger in Sudan without urgent action and funding.
Millionen Menschen sind im Sudan vom Hungertod bedroht
Am Montag tagt in Paris eine Sudan-Geberkonferenz. Millionen Menschen sind von Krieg bedroht und auf humanitäre Hilfe angewiesen. Aber weder die Regierung noch die Rebellen denken daran, mit einem Waffenstillstand das Leid zu lindern. Von Udo Schmidt.
" "100% der Bevölkerung des Gazastreifens leidet unter akuter Ernährungsunsicherheit... benötigen humanitäre #hilfe", sagte Blinken.
Nach Angaben des Gesundheitsministeriums des Gazastreifens wurden durch israelischen Beschuss und Bodenoffensiven mindestens 33.360 Palästinenser im #gazastreifen getötet und 74.993 verletzt, wobei zwei Drittel der Toten #frauen und #kinder sind."
We cry shame on the #feudal baron who forbade the #peasant to turn a clod of #earth unless he surrendered to his #lord a fourth of his crop. We call those the barbarous times. But if the forms have changed, the relations have remained the same, and the #worker is #forced, under the name of free contract, to accept feudal obligations. For, turn where he will, he can find no better conditions. Everything has become private property, and he must accept, or die of #hunger. #communism#peterkropotkin
This comes after the Governor of the region announced a new route to deliver humanitarian aid to the western territory. The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF has left 18 million people – more than a third of the population – facing acute food insecurity.
UN aid chief says 730,000 Sudanese children are thought to suffer from ‘severe’ malnutrition.N early five million people in Sudan are at risk of “catastrophic” hunger in the coming months, the United Nations has warned, calling for the country’s warring parties to allow aid deliveries....
In Zimbabwe, "people grow the cereal grain sorghum and pearl millet, crops that are drought resistant and offer a chance at harvests, but even they failed to withstand the conditions this year.
With this year’s harvest a write-off, millions in #Zimbabwe, southern #Malawi, #Mozambique and #Madagascar won’t be able to feed themselves well into 2025."
"The United Nations children’s fund says there is a “dire situation” in several eastern and southern African countries, where at least 45 million children are dealing with severe #FoodInsecurity made worse by #ClimateChange."
Northern Gaza in 'full-blown' famine: Senior UN official (www.euronews.com)
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) director said the comprehensive famine in northern Gaza might spread south. Northern Gaza is experiencing "full-blown" famine, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Director Cindy McCain. ...
Sudan war: RSF rejects proposed humanitarian aid route to Darfur (www.africanews.com)
This comes after the Governor of the region announced a new route to deliver humanitarian aid to the western territory. The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary RSF has left 18 million people – more than a third of the population – facing acute food insecurity.
UN warns five million could suffer ‘catastrophic’ hunger in Sudan amid war (www.aljazeera.com)
UN aid chief says 730,000 Sudanese children are thought to suffer from ‘severe’ malnutrition.N early five million people in Sudan are at risk of “catastrophic” hunger in the coming months, the United Nations has warned, calling for the country’s warring parties to allow aid deliveries....