World Oct 25 UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief missions as Israeli airstrikes continue The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply cut back relief operations across the Gaza Strip.
World May 25 1.1 million Afghan children under 5 could face severe malnutrition this year, U.N. says The United Nations says that in Afghanistan, 1.1 million children under the age of 5 will likely face the most severe form of malnutrition this year as increasing numbers of hungry, wasting-away children flow into hospital wards.
World Dec 07 After Taliban takeover, desperation drives thousands of Afghans a day across borders Since the Taliban takeover in mid-August, Afghanistan’s economic collapse has accelerated, robbing millions of work and leaving them too poor to feed their families.
World Dec 02 Aid official says Afghanistan’s crises ‘progressively getting worse’ United Nations figures from early November show almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, around 60 percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger. That includes nearly 9 million people who live in near-famine.
World Nov 22 Amid lost jobs, middle class Afghans slide into poverty Many Afghan families who once had steady, stable incomes have plummeted into desperation, uncertain of how they will pay for their next meal.
World Oct 25 AP explainer: How months of tensions led to Sudan’s coup The military coup in Sudan threatens to wreck the country's fragile transition to democracy, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.