Mass starvation Stories

West Bank settler expansion scheme threatens Palestinian life: UN
UN News  |  Aug 21, 2025

OCHA said the wider occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) would feel the effect, with 18 Palestinian Bedouin communities put at a higher risk of displa...

Gaza aid insufficient to avert ‘widespread starvation’
UN News  |  Aug 20, 2025

Al-Kheetan insisted that in the past few weeks, Israeli authorities have only allowed aid to enter in quantities that remain “far below what would be...

One million women, girls in Gaza face mass starvation: UN agency
XINHUA  |  Aug 17, 2025

The remarks came as Gaza-based health authorities reported on Saturday, 11 more deaths, including a child, from famine and malnutrition in the past 24...

Humanitarian organisations warn new Israeli regulations are choking Gaza aid
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 14, 2025

The humanitarian organisations blame new INGO registration rules introduced in March, which allow Israel to deny access based on vague criteria such a...

Namibia condemns Israel's plan to control Gaza City
XINHUA  |  Aug 14, 2025

Penda Naanda, executive director in the ministry, said the ministry welcomes the condemnation of this plan by compassionate members of the internation...

After starvation in Gaza and Sudan, refeeding syndrome a risk
DW News  |  Aug 12, 2025

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...

East Africa on the edge as record droughts break climate and humanitarian systems
Mwangi Maina  |  Jul 22, 2025

By early 2025, nearly 23 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya were deemed "highly food insecure," with over 11 million livestock lost in wha...

700,000 refugees in Kenya face severe hunger crisis after aid cuts
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 01, 2025

The group blamed the crisis on recent funding shortfalls following the withdrawal of vital humanitarian assistance by the United States and other dono...

Kenya's food crisis deepens as 2.8 million face starvation following poor rains in 2024
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 20, 2025

The report attributes this spike to depressed October–December rains, which have severely affected crop and livestock production in arid and semi-arid...

Mass starvation is 'very real risk' in some Sudan regions, WHO says
Reuters  |  Jun 12, 2024

UN agencies warned last month that Sudan was at imminent risk of famine, with about 18 million people acutely hungry, including 3.6 million children w...

Children starving to death in northern Gaza - WHO
Barack Oduor  |  Mar 05, 2024

At least 15 children had died from malnutrition and dehydration at the Kamal Adwan hospital.

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