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A Nairobi mother’s story highlights hidden hunger, where families eat enough to feel full but lack vital nutrients, raising risks of anaemia, poor gro...
Kenyan governors warn of a looming drought and urge urgent grain, livestock and hay reserves as NDMA data shows rising hunger, malnutrition and confli...
Puntland is among the worst-affected areas, where authorities estimate that nearly one million people need support, including 130,000 in immediate lif...
According to WFP projections, around 15,000 people in Borno could face "catastrophic hunger" or "famine-like conditions" next year.
Aid agencies, including Save the Children, say the crisis is rapidly worsening and threatens to become a preventable, slow-motion catastrophe.
According to UNICEF, at least 67 children have been killed in “conflict-related incidents” since the Hamas-Israel pause in hostilities was announced o...
There is still a long way to go before people can find an answer to that question - not in promises or temporary pauses, but in days of uninterrupted...
Conflict and violence are the main drivers of hunger in 14 of the 16 hotspots, while economic shocks and extreme weather make conditions worse.
As world leaders gather in Belém, African farmers and youth push for real climate finance, soil restoration, and jobs that can turn promises into prog...
The launch marks one of Mandera's largest county-funded humanitarian efforts this year, coming amid warnings from national and regional drought monito...
The report warns that the combined effects of these factors will erode household food security, deepen livelihood vulnerabilities and increase humanit...
The crisis is being driven by conflict, displacement, poor access to aid, economic hardship, floods and weak community coping mechanisms.
A UN-backed food security panel has confirmed famine in parts of Darfur and Kordofan, warning that millions of Sudanese are facing starvation as war,...
WFP warned that the expulsions come at a critical moment for Sudan, where over 24 million people face acute food insecurity.
AGRA cautions that continued below-average rains could push some areas into crisis, especially as poor harvests and constrained labour income further...
Reports from medical sources in Gaza indicate that the overnight assault targeted homes, vehicles, tents housing displaced families, and a hospital in...
Shelter needs are extreme, with an estimated 90 per cent of the population displaced and at least 1.5 million people urgently requiring emergency shel...
The commission added that over 74,000 civilians, nearly half of them children, remain trapped and are now surviving on sorghum grain, usually used as...
According to Hosni Mohana, the municipality's public relations officer, these operations aim not only to restore transportation routes but also to pre...
Commenting on the shortfall, WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain said the gap between what WFP needs to do and what it can afford to do has never been...
Conflict, climate change and inequality are all playing a role, but there are other reasons for what is known rather dryly as “food insecurity.”
The index measures hunger using four key indicators, including undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting and child mortality.
It noted that amid the critical funding shortfall, only 70,000 newly arrived refugees who fled conflict in neighbouring Sudan and South Sudan will con...
This model can forecast where and at what prevalence level acute malnutrition among children is likely to occur in one month’s time with 89 per cent a...
According to Gaza's health ministry, at least 461 people, including 157 children, have died from malnutrition since the war began in October 2023, mos...
Each household under the programme receives a monthly cash stipend of Sh2,700, helping families buy food and meet other basic needs during periods of...
Last Thursday, the Sudan Doctors Network, a non-governmental organisation, reported 23 deaths from malnutrition among children and women in El Fasher...
In July, Save the Children deployed 25 outreach sites across Turkana to provide health and nutrition services for children and adults in the hardest-h...
According to the latest food insecurity update by ReliefWeb, the number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity fell to 1.8 million betw...
The report emphasises that Africa has the tools to transform its food systems, from climate-smart farming and digital finance to stronger governance a...
