Famine
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2 million at risk of starvation in Myanmar state amid ‘total economic collapse’
Exclusive: a UN report will accuse the military of imposing ‘collective punishment’ on Rakhine state, more tha…
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‘Poisoned candy’: North Korean state media shuns food aid despite hunger crisis
South Korea warns that death from starvation appears to be rising in many of the North’s provincesThe major No…
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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, Aid, Famine, Foreign policy, Politics, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, World news
Change to aid rules needed to prevent famine in Afghanistan, say UK experts
Former security and diplomatic chiefs warn that country is at risk of economic collapse as Taliban begin talks…
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Famine: new battleground for displaced Afghans – a photo essay
Nearly 700,000 people have been forced from their homes in Afghanistan since the beginning of 2021, joining 2.…
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US eases restrictions on sending aid to famine-hit Afghanistan
Backing is also given to UN resolution exempting most aid from threat of sanctionsThe US has eased its restric…
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The Observer view on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan | Observer editorial
The west must not stand by and allow a million children to die of starvation this winterDuring 20 years of war…
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The Guardian view on Afghanistan: a fast-developing disaster | Editorial
As its economy implodes and the food crisis grows, its people feel betrayed. No wonderThe global attention has…
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Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Pakistan to Poland Continue reading...
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Afghans face catastrophe without urgent aid, UN warns
As deaths are reported in crush at Kabul airport, Keir Starmer leads calls for Dominic Raab to resign over UK’…
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‘Falling off a cliff’: pandemic crippling world’s most fragile states, finds report
The world’s poorest are becoming poorer as the impact of Covid compounds existing crises, says Disaster Emerge…
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Archive, 21 October 1943: the famine in Bengal
21 October 1943: Viceroy Lord Linlithgow is accused of a failure to anticipate the food shortage and to evolve…
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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…