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89 per cent of smallholder farmers reported lower crop yields since fighting began, while more than half said insecurity had prevented them from harve...
Children in northern Kenya, particularly in Turkana County, are increasingly vulnerable to escalating malnutrition and food insecurity because of repe...
Across the Gaza Strip today, the WHO said that more than half a million people are trapped in famine, with destruction to food and health services, an...
The OHCHR spokesperson told journalists in Geneva that Israeli authorities had carried out investigations in the past, as the occupying power.
With the release of the latest food security report from the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) on war-ravaged Gaza since December, World Food Prog...
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report released in June notes that the overall malnutrition burden among children under five has inc...
Several international NGOs have limited their language and advocacy on the topic of Gaza, a DW investigation found. They fear that Israel might otherw...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP), and the World Health Organisation (WHO) stressed that immediate a...
Since August 8, the office has recorded 54 attacks on residential buildings and entire blocks in Gaza City, killing 87 Palestinians, including at leas...
Amnesty's Monday report cited testimonies of displaced Palestinians and medical staff who treated malnourished children.
Between May 27 and August 8, the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah treated more than 4,500 wounded patients – most reporting injuries sustained while...
Even if food aid reaches Gaza, Sudan and other famine zones, complications can arise in malnourished or starving people when they regain access to reg...
Moses Vilakati said issues such as climate shocks, food price volatility, and disrupted value chains are testing the resilience of systems and the res...
The UN has warned that "everyone" in the besieged capital of North Darfur was under a daily struggle to survive, with food prices soaring and no acces...
On Tuesday, UN experts called for the dismantling of the foundation, saying it was being exploited for covert military operations.
Thousands have died and much of Gaza has been laid to waste, but life must continue, according to the correspondent, who is remaining anonymous for se...
The cholera outbreak is unfolding against a backdrop of deepening catastrophe. Since the war between rival militaries erupted in April 2023, critical...
Although earlier projections had anticipated modest improvements in food security following the 2024 meher harvest, millions of people—especially in T...
As one in three people currently go days without food, OCHA reiterated that no one should ever be forced to risk their life to get something to eat.
In January 2022, a deadly clash over pasture and water erupted between Wario’s community and the Degodia from Wajir County. Eleven people died, includ...
The ongoing four-day IGAD meeting in Nairobi, which began on July 28, aims to endorse this strategy, strengthen partnerships, and form a working group...
A recent IPC alert cautioned that food security will likely deteriorate further between July and October, during the lean season, particularly in conf...
The situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic: scant aid supplies are trickling in while international organizations warn of a famine. Here are the...
The report attributed the crisis to fighting, economic problems, rising food prices, disease outbreaks and extreme weather conditions including drough...
Many have been forced to flee the fighting dozens of times. Most find themselves homeless and hungry while facing an uncertain future.
On just one day this week, nearly 30,000 people were forced to flee under new Israeli relocation orders, with no safe place to go and clearly inadequa...
The group blamed the crisis on recent funding shortfalls following the withdrawal of vital humanitarian assistance by the United States and other dono...
Much of the continent's cropland growth during the period under review was driven by increases in staple crops, such as maize, rice and wheat, particu...
UNICEF said Gaza now faces a "man-made drought," warning that if an ongoing fuel blockade of over 100 days is not lifted, "children will begin to die...
The UN report states that the SAF has enforced complex and punitive bureaucratic hurdles, while the RSF has looted aid convoys and completely obstruct...
