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Lost jobs and soaring prices have pushed 5m Pakistanis to the edge. As demand soars at Ramadan, charities cannot copeThere is a crowd outside the Khana Ghar food kitchen. Men wait patiently on one side as a group of women push forward, clutching photoc…
Read MoreChild malnutrition is soaring as inflation hits 94.9%, and many are missing school because parents do not have the cash to send themOver the past few months, at a state school in the centre of Colombo, Sri Lanka, it has become common for children to f…
Read MoreA toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisisGlobal hunger toll soars by 150m as Covid and war make their markThe world is in the grip of an unprecedented hunger crisis…
Read MoreThere is a ‘very small window of opportunity’ to intervene, say aid workers, as poverty, conflict, drought and a freeze in humanitarian funding bring Afghanistan to the brinkLeading UK charities have launched a joint winter appeal to save the lives of …
Read MoreAdvisory group say military has destroyed supplies, killed livestock and cut off roads used to transport food since February coupMyanmar’s military junta has been accused of forcing people to the brink of starvation with repeated offensives since it se…
Read MoreAn economic crisis aggravated by conflict and drought have caused a collapse in food security since the Taliban takeover More than half of Afghanistan’s population is facing acute hunger as the country has been thrown into one of the world’s largest fo…
Read MoreWorld Food Programme calls for urgent aid as chaos of Taliban takeover and second drought in three years create dire humanitarian situationUN agencies have warned of food shortages to Afghanistan as early as September without urgent aid funding, as it …
Read MoreDesperation grows for those unable to access subsidised food, as worst hunger in two decades reported When India’s devastating second wave of Covid-19 struck in April, Nazia Habib Khan’s second marriage abruptly came to an end after a year of beatings …
Read MoreNatural disaster compounded by the collapse of a lucrative export during the pandemic has thrust people into povertyThis time last year the west coast of Bangladesh was a thriving place for shrimp farmers. It was a decent enough living and there was a …
Read MoreWhole communities supported by overseas work are at risk of extreme poverty after the pandemic forced thousands homeCoronavirus – latest updatesRead more in the series: The return of extreme povertyWhen the pandemic forced Firoza Begum back to Banglade…
Read MoreStarvation looms from Afghanistan to Haiti as coronavirus restrictions wipe out incomes and cut food suppliesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people are being pushed towards hunger by the coronavirus pandemic, whi…
Read MoreCivil society has outperformed the state in helping to feed India’s poorest. It should be seen as ally not enemyThe highways connecting India’s overcrowded cities to the villages had not seen anything like it since the time of partition 73 years ago. H…
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