The death toll from starvation in the Gaza Strip has reached 271, including 112 children, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health. In the past 24 hours alone, two additional deaths were recorded due to hunger and malnutrition, underscoring the severity of the crisis unfolding under Israel’s ongoing blockade and military campaign. The United Nations […]

Medical sources and international organizations confirmed on Tuesday that at least 112 children have died from starvation and malnutrition in Gaza, bringing the total number of hunger-related deaths to 269 since October 2023. Aid groups warn that Israel’s strict blockade on food and medicine represents a deliberate policy of “hunger engineering” against the civilian population. […]

Forty people died in Darfur last week amid Sudan’s worst cholera outbreak in years. MSF reports the disease is spreading as conflict and famine deepen the country’s humanitarian crisis.

Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan has accused Israel of turning the Gaza Strip into a “Nazi concentration camp” and carrying out a deliberate policy of genocide against the Palestinian population. His televised statement coincided with an emergency session of the UN Security Council, convened to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the deteriorating […]

A new United Nations report reveals a stark rise in food insecurity across Africa, with over 1 billion people unable to afford a healthy diet in 2024. This figure represents nearly two-thirds of the continent’s population, surpassing all other global regions in severity. While the global hunger rate shows a slight improvement, dropping from 8.5% […]

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of increasing hunger in 13 hotspots around the world, with 5 of them facing an immediate risk of starvation and death in the coming months. A latest Hunger Hotspots report released Monday by the WFP and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that urgent […]

The World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent warning about Haiti’s deepening humanitarian crisis, with 5.7 million people facing extreme food insecurity. WFP’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Lola Castro, described the situation as “dramatic and heartbreaking”, emphasizing that Haiti is among the five worst-hit countries globally in terms of hunger. […]

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s North Darfur has reached alarming levels as nearly 500,000 civilians in Zamzam camp face famine amidst a year-long siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The siege has also left the capital, El Fasher, and surrounding towns on the brink of starvation, despite efforts by the Joint Forces—local […]

The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate as Israel’s decision to halt food and aid deliveries pushes prices to extreme levels, exacerbating an already dire crisis. Aid workers warn that the move undermines efforts made during the recent six-week ceasefire to prevent widespread famine. Thousands of Palestinians are queuing outside aid distribution centers, hoping […]

The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), released on Monday, shows more than 85 percent of returnees fleeing Sudan will be acutely food insecure through the next lean season, starting April 2025. On Monday, United Nations agencies warned of a hunger crisis facing South Sudan, with returnees fleeing the Sudan war expected to have […]