Countries Half a cabbage is a meal for seven people as hunger grips the Eastern Cape According to Gift of Givers, in one home a grandmother cut half of a small cabbage as dinner for... Read more 8 Sep, 2023
Countries Climate change set to ‘increase hunger’ in Africa: UN Sharm el Sheikh – As COP27 delegates in Egypt debate planet-heating emissions, the climate crisis is exacerbating devastating hunger... Read more 17 Nov, 2022
Countries Millions at risk of hunger in South Sudan: UN Juba – Almost eight million people in South Sudan, or two thirds of the population in the deeply-troubled country,... Read more 4 Nov, 2022
Countries South Sudan floods leave 75 000 refugees without food: UN Geneva – The devastating floods in South Sudan have blocked aid from reaching displaced people, the UN said on... Read more 22 Oct, 2022
World One person dying of hunger every four seconds: NGOs Geneva – One person is estimated to be dying of hunger every four seconds, over 200 NGOs warned on... Read more 20 Sep, 2022
Countries Somalia on the brink of famine: aid efforts risk failing marginalised communities yet again Nisar Majid, London School of Economics and Political Science Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis of enormous severity and... Read more 16 Sep, 2022
News IMF urges policy caution for vulnerable Africa Johannesburg – African countries have to walk the tightrope as they contemplate economic reform at a time of worsening hunger... Read more 15 Sep, 2022
Countries UN humanitarian chief says ‘famine at the door’ in Somalia Nairobi – The UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned on Monday that Somalia was on the brink of famine... Read more 5 Sep, 2022
Countries ‘Why are we being ignored’ – plead the hungry in Ethiopia’s Afar Erebti – From a makeshift camp in Ethiopia’s Afar region for people displaced by war, herder Abdu Robso stares... Read more 3 Aug, 2022
Countries UN warns of ‘alarming rise’ of hunger in Sudan Khartoum – Political and economic turmoil have helped drive a third of Sudan’s population towards life-threatening food shortages, and... Read more 17 Jun, 2022