Hunger
- Africa, Aid, Bangladesh, Food poverty, Global development, Hunger, Kenya, Poverty, Refugees, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Decision made after attempts to raise more funds had been unsuccessful, agency tells authoritiesFood rations f…
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‘We’d have died of hunger’: street kitchens feed millions in Pakistan
Lost jobs and soaring prices have pushed 5m Pakistanis to the edge. As demand soars at Ramadan, charities cann…
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‘Parents can’t afford meat, eggs and milk’: children bear the brunt of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
Child malnutrition is soaring as inflation hits 94.9%, and many are missing school because parents do not have…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Ethiopia, Famine, Global development, Hunger, Middle East and North Africa, Society, Somalia, South and Central Asia, South Sudan, World news, Yemen
Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond?
A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an …
- Afghanistan, Global development, Humanitarian response, Hunger, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
UK charities launch appeal to help eight million Afghans at risk of starvation
There is a ‘very small window of opportunity’ to intervene, say aid workers, as poverty, conflict, drought and…
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Myanmar junta accused of forcing people to brink of starvation
Advisory group say military has destroyed supplies, killed livestock and cut off roads used to transport food …
- Afghanistan, Food security, Global development, Hunger, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, World news
‘Countdown to catastrophe’: half of Afghans face hunger this winter – UN
An economic crisis aggravated by conflict and drought have caused a collapse in food security since the Taliba…
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Afghanistan could start to run out of food by September, UN warns
World Food Programme calls for urgent aid as chaos of Taliban takeover and second drought in three years creat…
- Coronavirus, Food security, Global development, Hunger, India, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Hunger sweeps India in Covid’s shadow as millions miss out on rations
Desperation grows for those unable to access subsidised food, as worst hunger in two decades reported When Ind…
- Bangladesh, Coronavirus, Food security, Global development, Hunger, Infectious diseases, Natural disasters, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Fighting for life’: Bangladesh shrimp farmers destitute in wake of cyclone
Natural disaster compounded by the collapse of a lucrative export during the pandemic has thrust people into p…
- Bangladesh, Coronavirus, Global development, Hunger, Inequality, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Migration and development, Poverty, Remittances, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Back empty-handed’: Bangladeshis cut off from jobs abroad face rising poverty
Whole communities supported by overseas work are at risk of extreme poverty after the pandemic forced thousand…
- Afghanistan, Brazil, Coronavirus outbreak, Famine, Global development, Hunger, India, Middle East and North Africa, Oxfam, South and Central Asia, World news, Yemen
Hunger could kill millions more than Covid-19, warns Oxfam
Starvation looms from Afghanistan to Haiti as coronavirus restrictions wipe out incomes and cut food suppliesC…
- Coronavirus outbreak, Food poverty, Global development, Governance, Hunger, India, Inequality and development, Nutrition and development, Poverty, South and Central Asia, World news
Where India’s government has failed in the pandemic, its people have stepped in
Civil society has outperformed the state in helping to feed India’s poorest. It should be seen as ally not ene…