SOMALI REFUGEES IN ETHIOPIA FACE RATION CUTS AS AID SUPPLIES DWINDLE

Somali refugees in Ethiopia face ration cuts before March, World Food Program appeals for 27m in aid... READ MORE›

MILLIONS EITHER MALNOURISHED OR OBESE IN GLOBAL NUTRITION CRISIS, STUDY SAYS

The Global Nutrition Report is an independently produced annual analysis of the state of the world's nutrition... READ MORE›

$640M PLEDGED AS THIRD OF WORLD MALNOURISHED

Donors have pledged an extra 640m ?490m to reduce the serious burden of malnutrition, which affects one in three people in the world... READ MORE›

MILLIONS 'COULD STARVE IN CONGO PROVINCE'

The head of the UN food agency has appealed for aid to avert a humanitarian crisis in the conflict-wracked DR Congo province of Kasai... READ MORE›

IN BESIEGED SYRIAN 'DE-ESCALATION' REGION, CHILDREN DYING OF HUNGER AS AID IS REDUCED TO TRICKLE

But food supplies still rarely enter the region, where medical officials say hundreds of children are suffering acute malnutrition... READ MORE›

BRAZIL INVESTIGATORS LOOK AT MEALS MADE OF PROCESSED PELLETS

The investigation comes amid a growing outcry over the pellets, which Sao Paulo Mayor Joao Doria says will help improve nutrition for poor children... READ MORE›

ON WORLD FOOD DAY, 350,000 PEOPLE IN CHAD FACE STARVATION

Eight years ago, Boko Haram militants crossed the border from Nigeria and launched their first attacks in Chad, in the Lake Region... READ MORE›

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NO ONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II

The world is caught up in the Trump saga and ignoring a famine that could affect 20 million people in four countries... READ MORE›

110 DEAD FROM HUNGER IN PAST 48 HOURS OF DROUGHT

The drought is the first crisis for Somalias newly elected Somali-American leader, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed... READ MORE›

A STAGGERING HUNGER CRISIS IS UNFOLDING IN NIGERIA, AND THE WORLD IS BARELY AWARE

In August, the United Nations sent two helicopters to Maiduguri, to fly humanitarian workers to reclaimed cities across Borno... READ MORE›

HUGE RISE IN HOSPITAL BEDS IN ENGLAND TAKEN UP BY PEOPLE WITH MALNUTRITION

Official figures reveal that people with malnutrition accounted for 184,528 hospital bed days last year, a huge rise on 65,048 in 2006-07... READ MORE›

HASSAN ALI KHAIRE: HUNGER, DISEASE KILL 110 IN TWO DAYS

The UN humanitarian appeal for 2017 for Somalia is 864m, to provide assistance to 3.9 million people... READ MORE›

WORLD FACES WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE 1945, SAYS UN OFFICIAL

Twenty million people face starvation without an immediate injection of funds in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria, warns Stephen O'Brien... READ MORE›

IN YEMEN'S WAR, TRAPPED FAMILIES ASK

What can I do? Osama Hassan suffers from severe hunger in Bani Saifan, Yemen... READ MORE›

HUNGER EATS AWAY AT VENEZUELA'S SOUL AS ITS PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE

Former foreign minister and top aide Delcy Rodriguez has denied the country has a food crisis, denouncing the blackmail of hunger ... READ MORE›

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS LEAVE 3 MILLION CHILDREN AT RISK OF HUNGER, REPORT SAYS

He added Abolishing hunger during school holidays is beyond the ability of individual community groups and volunteers alone... READ MORE›

YEMEN FOOD CRISIS LEAVES MILLIONS AT RISK OF STARVING

Yemen had one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world before the current conflict, according to the WFP... READ MORE›

CHILDREN DISCOVERED ON BRINK OF STARVATION IN BELARUSIAN ORPHANAGES

The photos of raw-boned children from one of the Minsk orphanages published by the online magazine Imena shocked Belarusians... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S PLAN TO SLASH FOREIGN AID COMES AS FAMINE THREAT IS SURGING

Last year, the United States contributed 6.4 billion in humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations, more than a quarter of global funding... READ MORE›

'ALARM BELLS WE CANNOT IGNORE': WORLD HUNGER RISING FOR FIRST TIME THIS CENTURY

UN agencies warn conflict and climate change are undermining food security, causing chronic undernourishment and threatening to reverse years of progress... READ MORE›

UN CHIEF: WORLD MUST ACT TO AVERT FAMINE IN SOMALIA

The World Health Organization WHO has warned there are just two months left to avert what would be Somalia's third famine in 25 years... READ MORE›

THE U.N. ASKED FOR BILLIONS TO AVERT FOUR HUNGER CRISES. THE MONEY DIDN'T ARRIVE.

In South Sudan, the United Nations says that 2,800 people are fleeing worsening violence and looming famine every day... READ MORE›

HER LIFE FLUTTERS, PAUSES AND DISAPPEARS. IN A TIME OF PLENTY, SHE DIES OF HUNGER

Her mother runs her thumb along Canab's collarbone and into the soft of her neck, constantly checking her pulse... READ MORE›

The reasons for Indian mothers' relatively poor health are many, including a culture that discriminates against them... READ MORE›

FAMINE DECLARED IN SOUTH SUDAN, WITH 100,000 PEOPLE FACING STARVATION

The United Nations has been alarmed by the recent deterioration in South Sudan... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SAYS NATO TURNING UKRAINE INTO FRONT LINE OF CONFRONTATION

Haitian politics are still a mess and poverty is deep-rooted, but the economy is rising, more children are going to school and health is improving... READ MORE›

UN SAYS WORLD FACES WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE 1945 WITH TENS OF MILLIONS STARVING

More than 20 million people are facing famine and starvation in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria, with the UN warning an urgent aid injection is needed... READ MORE›

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FACE ACUTE HUNGER IN DRC

One in 10 people living in rural areas suffers from acute hunger, while chronic malnutrition affects 43 per cent of children under five years, the FAO report said... READ MORE›

UN ACCUSED OF FAILING AS NORTH-EAST NIGERIA AT RISK OF FAMINE

But Maj Gen Leo Irabor, who leads the military operation against Boko Haram in the region, said hunger in the Bama camp was relative ... READ MORE›

UN APP TO FEED SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN IN RAMADAN

There are some one million registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon, but the real number is far higher... READ MORE›

WHAT'S THE BEST BIT OF THE UN? NO 3

The world's largest humanitarian agency delivers food and other relief supplies to about 80 million people in more than 80 countries every year... READ MORE›

SOUTHERN AFRICA'S DROUGHT LEAVES MILLIONS HUNGRY

UN says 14 million people face starvation because of reduced food production, blamed on El Nino weather pattern... READ MORE›

'DYING OF HUNGER': FAMINE DECLARED IN SOUTH SUDAN

Aid agencies said 100,000 people were affected by the famine, which threaten to affect a further one million people in the coming months... READ MORE›

UN SAYS WORLD FACES LARGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE 1945

Now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine... READ MORE›

WORLD OVERLOOKS ETHIOPIA DROUGHT CRISIS THAT IS LEAVING MILLIONS HUNGRY

This year, the food program will help more than 2A million children, pregnant women and breast-feeding mothersA sufferingA fromA moderate acute malnutrition... READ MORE›

CHILDREN AT RISK IN 'WORST CRISIS SINCE 2001'

Inefficient food production means that large parts of the North Korean population face malnutrition or death... READ MORE›

'50 CHILDREN WILL DIE'

But O'Brien underlined that humanitarian aid alone would not resolve Yemen's crisis... READ MORE›