A global hunger monitor declared on Friday that famine has hit Gaza and could spread in the coming month. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said about 514,000 people—nearly one in four Palestinians in Gaza—are already facing famine. This number may rise to 641,000 by the end of September. The famine is mostly in […]
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‘Nothing left’ for people in famine-struck southern Madagascar
“Look at my child — please help us!” cries the woman. She hurriedly undresses the five-year-old girl, uncovering gaunt arms and ribs that are painfully visible under the skin. The child allows herself to be pulled around before starting to shake. The mother and her daughter live in the famine-stricken region of Anosy in Madagascar’s […]
World Bank grants war-torn Yemen $150 mn for food, water, healthcare
The World Bank on Wednesday allocated $150 million for war-torn Yemen to bolster access to basic healthcare, nutrition, and water and sanitation services. Yemen’s conflict flared in 2014 when Huthi insurgents seized the capital Sanaa, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention to prop up the government the following year. The World Bank said the death toll […]
Some in Madagascar ‘on verge of starvation’: UN
The famine ravaging Madagascar — the first country to experience such conditions due to climate change — is forcing people to eat locusts, cactus fruits, leaves and even mud, and some are on the verge of starvation, a UN official warned Friday. The current situation — brought on by years of persistent drought — prompted […]
Ethiopians vote in poll overshadowed by Tigray
Ethiopians voted Monday in a delayed national election taking place against the backdrop of war and famine in the northern Tigray region and questions over the poll’s credibility. It is the first electoral test for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, 44, who came to power in 2018 championing a democratic revival in Africa’s second-most populous country, […]
Over 30,000 children risk death in famine-hit Tigray: UN
Tens of thousands of malnourished children risk dying in hard-to-reach areas of Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region, now hit by famine, the United Nations said Friday. “Without humanitarian access to scale up our response, an estimated 30,000-plus severely malnourished children in those highly inaccessible areas are at high risk of death,” UNICEF spokesman James Elder told […]