hunger

Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, as the Israel-Gaza conflict continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 4 December 2024. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Looting cripples food supply in Gaza as Israel neglects pledge to tackle gangs, sources say

The US Department of State declined to comment on Israel's October commitment, but said that looting remained the primary obstacle to aid delivery

Sulaiman and his family recently arrived at a camp outside Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. He is one of tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who recently fled Myanmar, driven in part by hunger. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
World+Biz

Myanmar junta intimidates aid groups in effort to hide hunger crisis

Palestinian women and girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Photo: AP via UNB
Middle East

Syria struggles; Gaza nears famine, WFP warns

Even TCB is hindered by issues such as rent-seeking, public corruption, and administrative inefficiencies. Photo: TBS
Panorama

The origin of Bangladesh’s hunger is mostly political 

Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, 5 March 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
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UN report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza

Women and children wait to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan, February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola/File Photo
Africa

Sudan needs 'immediate action' on hunger to avert widespread death, UN-backed report says

Representational Photo: Collected
World+Biz

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet world wastes 19% of its food, UN says

Sudanese refugees gather as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams assist the war-wounded from West Darfur, Sudan, in Adre hospital, Chad, June 16, 2023 in this handout image. Courtesy of Mohammad Ghannam/MSF/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Africa

UN warns of catastrophic hunger in Sudan in coming months

A displaced Palestinian boy, who fled with his family from their house amid Israeli strikes, looks after his twin siblings as they take shelter at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Hamas-Israel war

It’s not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in Gaza. Now some are dying of hunger too

Photo: WFP/Michael Tewelde
World+Biz

Sudan soon to be 'world's largest hunger crisis': WFP

FILE PHOTO: Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Almost 10% of Gaza's under-fives now acutely malnourished, UN says

Seventeen-year-old Louch Vi feeds her two sons at her hut in the Mondulkiri region of Cambodia on Feb. 9, 2018. Louch said she and her sons go days at a time without food. FRANCESCO BREMBATI FOR FOREIGN POLICY
Global Economy

High inflation means children go hungry around the world

Representational Photo: Collected
World+Biz

More people can't afford nutritious food and 148 million children are stunted by hunger, UN says