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Why Ethiopia's war crisis is deepening by the day
The widening war in Africa’s second-most populous country, with 110 million people, is also a growing humanitarian crisis.
Drought brings hunger crisis in Afghanistan after US troop withdrawal
Millions of Afghans are struggling for food after a prolonged drought disrupts supplies in a country reeling from a surge in Taliban violence as U.S.-led foreign troops complete their withdrawal.
UN chief: World hunger worsened by climate change, conflict
The gathering was called to help prepare for a UN food systems summit to be held in September in New York.
No Kid Hungry launches celebrity-filled collab with Williams Sonoma
The must-have collection has customized spatulas created by celebrity chefs, actors and talk show hosts, with standouts created by stars including Bobby Flay, Tamron Hall and Hilary Duff.
South Africa violence continues to spiral, causing food and fuel shortages
Food and fuel shortages in South Africa have grown so severe amid deadly rioting and looting that some on the front lines are considering cannibalism, according to a report. "We...
UN: world hunger was dramatically worse in pandemic year
The United Nations lamented what it called a “dramatic worsening” of world hunger last year, saying much of that is likely connected to the pandemic.
Oxfam: 11 people die of hunger each minute around the globe
In a report titled “The Hunger Virus Multiplies,” Oxfam said Thursday that the death toll from famine outpaces that of COVID-19, which kills around seven people per minute.
FEED the need: Lauren Bush Lauren & Polo fight against child hunger
On Tuesday her lifestyle brand introduced its latest charitable collab, the Polo x FEED Collection, to raise money for the fight against childhood hunger in America.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ends 24-day hunger strike
Alexei Navalny said he would stop the strike after having been examined by non-prison doctors — something he called “a huge progress.” The 44-year-old Kremlin critic will continue to ask...
New zinc-fortified wheat set for global expansion to combat malnutrition
MEXICO CITY - Scientists at a leading global grains research institute expect to sharply ramp up new wheat varieties enriched with zinc that can boost the essential mineral for millions...
UN food chief on border, pandemic: 'When you don't have food, you pack up and go find it somewhere'
The American chief of the United Nations' food agency was at a hospital in Yemen when he tried to make a child smile. "Her little feet were sticking out of the blanket,...
Nearly a million going hungry in conflict-hit Mozambique, UN says
GENEVA - Almost one million people face severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands have fled Islamist militant attacks, the United Nations food agency said on Tuesday. Islamic...
'Leave no Tigrayan': In Ethiopia, an ethnicity is erased
HAMDAYET, Sudan — The atrocities have been seared into the skin and minds of Tigrayans, who shelter by the thousands within sight of the homeland they fled in northern Ethiopia....
US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults
PHOENIX — America is starting to claw its way out of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, but food insecurity persists, especially for children and older adults. Food banks...
UN: Yemen conflict escalates as country speeds toward famine
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations warned Tuesday that an offensive by Houthi rebels in Yemen has escalated the nearly six-year conflict in the Arab world’s poorest nation as it...
‘This is hell’: UN food aid chief visits Yemen, fears famine
The head of the U.N. food agency warned after a visit to Yemen that his underfunded organization may be forced to seek hundreds of millions of dollars in private donations...
Food bank gets massive donations increase to help hungry 9-year-old girl
The 9-year-old Monmouth County, New Jersey, girl had the fidgets — she couldn't sit still or pay attention during her Zoom class. Her teacher tried to get her to focus,...
UN says boat with Rohingya refugees adrift without food, water
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A group of Rohingya refugees is adrift in a boat in the Andaman Sea without food or water, the United Nations said Wednesday, as their families worried...
Dumpster divers face off with cops over discarded food at Portland grocery store
Angry dumpster divers prevailed in a tense standoff with cops this week outside a Portland supermarket -- where the garbage bins were piled high with discarded food amid widespread power...
Maggot-like worms safe for humans to eat: food safety agency
A European food safety agency has deemed mealworms safe for consumption — though many already knew that.