Famine
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Sudan: A Year of War
With millions facing famine, diplomats should push the two main belligerents much harder to accept a ceasefire – before the…
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Stopping Famine in Gaza
Only a prolonged ceasefire accompanied by a massive aid operation can improve the situation enough to avoid a horrific toll.…
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Food aid used as weapon of war in Sudan – UK MPs
Vicky Ford, the chair of parliament’s all-party group on Sudan, said there was evidence both warring sides – the Sudanese…
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Children go hungry at Kenya refugee camp as malnutrition numbers soar
Malnutrition among children in one of the world’s largest refugee camps has surged over the past year as concerns grow…
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I’m ashamed to beg for food – Kenya’s deputy president
“I spend all my time, with foreigners, begging for food. Including those who colonised us. It is humiliating. But I…
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Biden races against time to unlock Ukraine’s trapped grain
President Joe Biden surprised some European and U.S. officials this week when he publicly announced that the U.S. was working…
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Kenya’s drought hits children the hardest
The drought in Kenya threatens the survival of Turkana communities Kossivi Tiassou Deutsche Welle Many children suffer from malnutrition and…
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Ethiopia: Tigray on brink of humanitarian disaster, UN says
The Tigray region of northern Ethiopia stands on the edge of a humanitarian disaster, the UN has said, as fighting escalates and…
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North Korea Plots a Course of “Heavy Agony” for 2022
With the pandemic not yet tamed and other uncertainty on the international scene, Pyongyang may continue refraining from major provocations…
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Afghan mothers forced to sell their children to survive as starvation threatens millions
Fatima is facing a torturous decision no mother should ever have to face: selling her toddler to prevent her other children…
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Why the fate of our planet’s environment depends on the state of its soil
“The nation that destroys its soils destroys itself,” he wrote, highlighting what remains a fundamental truth: that the state of…
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Viewpoint: Why Ethiopia’s Tigray region is starving, but no famine declared
A report from Ayder Referral hospital in Tigray’s capital city, Mekelle, this week described children dying of starvation. Alex de…
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North Korea Reportedly Ordered Crop Thieves Shot
North Korea, in recent months, has been suffering from notable food shortages and hunger to the point where the famously secretive regime…
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As Ethiopian Troops Exit Tigray, Time to Focus on Relief
The devastating civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region took a stunning turn on 28 June. ICG Eight months after Prime…
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Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Abiy Ahmed denies reports of hunger
Speaking at a polling station on the day of the country’s general election, Mr Abiy admitted there was a problem…
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More than 30,000 children at risk of death in Ethiopia’s famine-hit Tigray region, UN warns
Tens of thousands of malnourished children risk dying in hard-to-reach areas of Ethiopia’s conflict-wracked Tigray region, now hit by famine,…
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